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A quarter of movement.
Q2 did not slow down and it did not simplify. We closed a storefront and started asking better questions about where retail could go next. We hosted +55 people, over 11 different tourism and educational groups from 5 different countries. We went to Panama as VIP vendors for a sustainable fashion show and came back with something harder to measure than sales. Some quarters you build. Some quarters you scatter seeds. This one was both.
$19K
In Q2 sales — and again, 50% back to our artisans
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Tourism and academic groups hosted this quarter
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Events attended, nationally and internationally
Retail
Steady ground, and one deliberate change.
Sales across Turrialba and Flamingo held at $19K for the quarter. In early May, we closed the Flamingo storefront — not reactively, but as part of a longer conversation about where physical presence actually makes sense for us. We are looking at hotel partnerships and coastal retail formats that put our products in front of travelers without anchoring us to a fixed lease.
Amber McNeil, our first-ever intern, came back for nearly two months. She held down the Flamingo storefront — the day-to-day of the shop, the customers, the floor — and stepped in wherever else she was needed. She also spent a week living alongside Carolina at the Wearsos apartment. Someone who already knows how we work and why, and that trust shows the moment she walks back in.
On where retail goes next: Hotel partnerships would put our pieces directly in front of travelers already looking for something with a story. It's a direction we would love to see happen, and one that brings us closer to a bigger goal: seeing Wearsos in airports.
Programs & Groups
The groups that reminded us why this works.
This quarter, Wearsos hosted over 50 guests across 11 groups — Discover Corps regenerative tourism experiences, academic faculty visits, and purpose-driven partners who came to learn about businesses for good firsthand. April through July.
April
04/26 — Group Visit
Lynne's friend Meg from Paris Beer Co came with her friend Sydney. Meg works for Eucalan, a natural organic soap company, and their visit opened a real conversation for a possible partnership. Eucalan's no-rinse formula is amazing for travel when you're not likely to have a washing machine or need to conserve water – check them out!
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04/26 — Group Visit
Rajpreet, a U of T alumna from the same International Development program Lynne graduated from, came over to visit with a friend. A connection rooted in shared academic history and genuine curiosity about what a business for good looks like in practice.
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04/26 — Discover Corps
Our first non-pilot DC family experience: a family of four from New York — she works at E&Y, he at Bank of America — four days of regenerative tourism built around real community encounters: the upcycling lab, Mollejones, and the Nortico cacao farm.
April — Site Visit
Maria from Del Mar Adventures came for a site visit with the goal of including Wearsos in her regenerative tourism offerings starting in 2027. Operators who want to move beyond sightseeing and into something with meaning — those are the relationships we want to build.
View photos →The first fully coordinated Discover Corps x Wearsos academic trip. Six people from ACU — the associate Dean Laura Phillips, four additional faculty, and one alumni/donor — spent a week in Turrialba. A program model built to be replicated, with Discover Corps as the operational bridge. View itinerary
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DC Chairman — June
Chris Bradford, Chairman of Terra Education (Discover Corps Mother Company), co-founder of Global Leadership Adventures, and former CEO of the African Leadership Academy, came to Costa Rica with his family for a two-week Spanish immersion in Turrialba. He left these words:
"Lynne is an amazing host and created a memorable experience for our family. Turrialba wins as a beautiful, non-touristy place to visit in Costa Rica. The social business and sustainable agriculture experience is exceptional. The people are awesome and the experiences are great. We are still talking about Wearsos, which is so inspiring. Lynne, you are awesome and I'm really proud of and impressed by all you've done with Wearsos and the community you've built in Turri!" — Chris Bradford, Chairman, Terra Education
06/26 — Southwest | Discover Corps
Ana Schwager from Southwest visited Turrialba in June, joining us during a Discover Corps solo traveler group. She came to see the work firsthand once again — the type of visit that deepens a relationship beyond the commercial. Ana also gifted us a retired Southwest metal heart — the one that every Southwest airplane has. Now hanging on our workshop wall, this is a testament of our long-term relationship.
06/26 — Discover Corps
A mother and her son from California came through our Costa Rica itinerary in June. Two generations, one trip, and the kind of shared experience that is hard to manufacture and impossible to forget. They moved through the upcycling lab, met the artisans, and saw what it looks like when a business is built around a community rather than the other way around.
07/26 — Discover Corps
A couple and a solo traveler from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) experienced Turrialba through Discover Corps' Purpose Experience Offering, part of PwC's My Milestone Reward Program, which rewards employees with travel vouchers for reaching company milestones. Of 15 trip options, they chose Culture, Craft & Conservation — an experience showcasing everything Wearsos has built, alongside other inspiring social enterprises in the region. They returned home not only with meaningful memories, but as advocates for what sustainable, community-centered travel can look like.
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07/26 — ACU Faculty
ACU returned for a second faculty trip: Laura and Mark Phillips, two additional faculty, and the university's risk management assessor. When a university sends people back to see a social enterprise twice in one season, the experiential learning model is working.
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Discover Corps groups confirmed through
2028
DC group departures this year
7
Projected profit from DC groups this year
$18K–$30K
Events & External Reach
Across the map — and back home.
Q2 was the quarter the team spread out. Panama, Nashville, Toronto, Denver — and back home in Costa Rica. Each stop had a different purpose, and each one landed differently than expected.
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Panama City
Panama Sustainable Fashion Show by Catwalk Pros — Chris, Lynne, and Angela attended as VIP vendors at the Ciudad de las Artes. They visited Simple AF, a similar social enterprise who inspired how we could improve our workshop back home. We reconnected with Lexi Muller from Southwest Airlines who has been an amazing Wearsos ambassador who just happened to be at the Biennial of the Americas. At the event, we made key connections with the Ministers of Culture of Panama, Trinidad, and Costa Rica. View photos →
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Nashville, TN
Tennessee Craft Show. We had our artist in-residence representing Wearsos in Nashville. Taking Wearsos to a craft show like this is exactly whaw we want: to look for partnerships that grow our reach, finding the rooms where the right people gather, and showing up.
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Toronto, ON
Growing the Future @ the University of Toronto | Climate Week, June 2. Angela brought products to represent Wearsos at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus during Toronto Climate Week — a meaningful placement in a room full of people who care about sustainability and impact.
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Turrialba, CR
Communication workshop with the team. An in-house workshop on active listening, giving and receiving feedback, and sharing context across cultural backgrounds and roles. For a social enterprise where every interaction is both a brand moment and a mission moment, this is not a soft skill. It is our infrastructure. View photos →
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Denver, CO
Southwest Special Order — Outdoor Days. Southwest placed a special order of three Vilma Backpacks for their Outdoor Days event, May 29–31. A clean B2B moment that shows what the product means in the right context. View photos →
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Online
Tourism Cares Meaningful Travel Map: Wearsos is now officially listed — a certification that places us alongside vetted sustainable tourism experiences globally. View our listing.
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San José, CR
During Climate Week at the University of Costa Rica, we brought Wearsos to connect with local students. Conversations ranged from the mechanics of upcycling airplane leather to the bigger question of what circular design can look like at scale. View photos →
Educating Future Generations
Wearsos continues to inspire youth to believe a better future is possible — through business that cares.
Escuela La Suiza, Turrialba — June 2026
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Lynne visited Escuela La Suiza, a local school in the canton of Turrialba, and spent an afternoon with 50 students. She shared the Wearsos story — what it means to build a business around people, planet, and purpose — and invited students to build their own. Each team developed a business idea aligned with at least one UN Sustainable Development Goal. They left with something no textbook hands you: the belief that the way business works is not fixed, and that they could be the ones to change it.
Team & Community
Who held this together.
Q2 ran on people — some joining for the first time, some returning, and some wrapping up chapters that made Wearsos what it is today.
Luana Figueiredo
Programs & Operations — and Wearsos's second-ever intern, now running the infrastructure that makes everything else possible. Manages operations, group programming, partner coordination, and intern support primarily remotely, while keeping Lynne and Chris moving at the executive level. One week in Costa Rica this quarter — the rest from wherever she is, always present.
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Amber McNeil
Our first-ever intern, back for nearly two months. Amber held down the Flamingo storefront — the day-to-day of the shop, the customers, the floor — and stepped in wherever else she was needed. Someone who already knows how we work and why, and that trust shows the moment she walks back in.
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Rylin Sherron
Franklin College, co-op placement (virtual and in-person). Drove our marketing presence this quarter — growing blog output and building a more consistent LinkedIn presence, keeping Wearsos in the right conversations.
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Aaron Klammer
ACU — in-person, May through July. Marketing and Business Administration student. Aaron touched more of the business than most interns do in a full year: marketing strategy, B2B development, operations, production, and pricing. He came in ready to work and left having actually moved things forward. The skill set showed.
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Cameron Cronin
ACU — in-person, May through July. Finance student who brought real analytical depth to the work. Contributed to B2B development, financial analysis, pricing strategy, internal operations, and production — working in close partnership with Aaron throughout. His finance lens shaped decisions that go beyond what most interns are asked to touch.
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Avery LaCroix
ACU — online internship. Avery reorganized our financial systems and processes from a distance and made it look easy. The structure she put in place is the kind of foundation you do not always notice until you need it — and we will need it. Quiet, precise, and exactly what the operations required.
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Angela Ponnreay — farewell
Our third University of Toronto intern, Angela wrapped up a 10-month placement in late May. She kept the backbone of our social enterprise running — operations, community presence, systems — and left us better than she found us. We are grateful. Our partnership with U of T continues with a new student joining in the upcoming academic year.
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