WASHED, which stands for “Washed Apparel Serving Humanity Every Day,” is a clothing company that aims to give back to the community.
The phrase, “buy a shirt to give a shirt,” on every tag rings true. For every shirt sold, the company will buy and wash a shirt from Goodwill.
Founder of WASHED Jayce Candrea uses all the proceeds to buy second-hand clothing and other supplies to give to people experiencing homelessness in downtown Phoenix and other cities. So far, over 1,500 shirts have been donated.
Candrea is a senior studying business management at Grand Canyon University. The company earned Candrea first place in GCU’s Shark Tank-style competition, “Canyon Challenge,” where students pitch their ideas to investors for a cash prize.
Correction: A previous version of this story, not the video package, misspelled Jayce Candrea’s name.
Amber Victoria Singer is a second-year student at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication pursuing a degree in journalism with a minor in sustainability. Along with being a staff reporter for Downtown Devil, she hosts a weekly DJ shift and music show on ASU's student radio station, Blaze Radio, and interns at KJZZ. In her limited free time, Amber likes to roller skate, thrift and drink extra sweet iced caramel lattes.
