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February 2011

Gildan presents Homeboy Industries with $100,000
2011-02-14 02:56
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Gildan presents Homeboy Industries with $100,000 as the grand prize winner of the Gildan "I Support..." 2010 Campaign.
Homeboy Industries - Beginning as a jobs program in 1988 by Father Greg Boyle in one of the toughest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, Homeboy Industries has grown to become one of the largest gang intervention organizati...ons in the country. Homeboy helps gang members turn their lives around to become strong contributing members of society.


"Homeboy is takin' it where no one else wants to take it. It...

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A Thank You message from Homeboy Industries
2011-02-11 08:26
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Gildan formally announced the recipient of the $100,000 donation for their first "I support" Campaign at the Las Vegas trade show on Jan. 13 in Las Vegas. And the winner, as many of you know, is HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES. They presented the check to Ruben Rodriguez at the annual trade show in Vegas.

"Thanks everyone for your votes getting us into the top ten and also thanks to the panel of judges who picked Homeboy as the finalist. We were honored to be in such good company. We are so proud to partner with Gildan, whose Gildan Genuine...

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M&R and Gildan break screen print world record at ISS Forth Worth
2011-02-11 08:26
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA—On Friday, October 1, 2010, at the Fort Worth Imprinted Sportswear Show (ISS), Luis Omar Viera of New Buffalo Shirt Factory used M&R’s new Challenger III and M&R’s Passport Automatic Unloader to set a new world record of 1909 shirts printed in one hour by a single operator. This eclipses the previous record of 1805 shirts, set in 2005 on an M&R Formula. Gildan Activewear, which donated the shirts used in the record-setting performance, conducted the 5-5-5 Chari-T Design contest to select the design used in the...

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