The Carry On Shop pop up team enjoyed a successful pop up sale in the Anne M. Pinkard SON building on 4/16/24 selling logo and clothing to students, faculty and staff!
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In preparation for a Pop-Up Shop of Johns Hopkins Logo Wear on April 16, Women’s Board members toured the new and ongoing construction at the School of Nursing. Exciting renovation of the Anne M. Pinkard building has created a beautiful space, The HUB, for the Pop-Up which will feature Nursing logo apparel. It is fitting that the shop will be in the Pinkard building as it honors Nan Pinkard, president of the Women’s Board from 1968 to 1972, who was elected as a full member of the Board in 1977. The School of Nursing Pop-Up will certainly enjoy the success of other Carry On Shop logo ventures.
Photo: Pedro Robles, School of Nursing staff, Pam Babij, Leslie Strunge, Beth Gregory, Kathy Abbott, and Ellen Meyer, Women’s Board Carry On Shop team.
Employees and staff of Johns Hopkins are major customers of logo wear for COS and the Gift Shops. In many cases, they are allowed to wear logo apparel at work. With a strong core of volunteers as well as the support of its manager, John Sizemore, and Kelly Mc Cloud, who fortunately hasn’t quite retired, COS is in a position to stage Pop Up stores at outlying medical facilities like White Marsh and Greenspring Station and at the Farmers’ Markets held on the medical campus.
On a scorching hot day in July, COS volunteers waited on customers at White Marsh in the parking lot under a canopy. They sold $4000 in logo wear – and have been invited back. Next time to an indoor location!
On another not quite so hot day, in the parking lot of the Greenspring Pavilions, over $5000 in logo wear was sold. Of help was a large email order one clinic placed in advance to guide what merchandise to bring.
Crucial to the success of these two Pop Ups was the support of the department of Ambulatory Care Services. Bert Ficke reached out to the department, which enthusiastically promoted the Pop Ups, and treated customers to ice cream cones. The shops became a summer social venture!
At the east Baltimore campus, COS hosted another successful event for Johns Hopkins alumni, arranged by Sandy Seward.
In addition to the Pop Ups, COS had a booth at three of the Farmers’ Markets on the Jefferson Street pathway. Joan Quinn organized volunteers who, along with selling logo items, were able to acquaint students, faculty, staff, and hospital visitors with the Women’s Board and COS. An added bonus for the COS group was delicious foods, crafts, and fruit and vegetable for them to purchase!
Honor Roll of COS Volunteers
Pam Babij, Bert Ficke, Nadine Fontan, Ann Harris, Pam Hindsley, Ellen Meyer, JoanQuinn, Anne Robotham, Sandy Seward, Leslie Strunge, Mary Zlotowitz
The Gift Shop on the ground floor of the Outpatient Center is now open, freshly renovated, twice its former size, and well stocked with attractive merchandise. Items range from Johns Hopkins logo wear and gifts, to greeting cards, toys and puzzles, snacks and beverages. Need a touch of jewelry bling or reading glasses, chargers or batteries? The Gift Shop has them. Time to visit this convenient location just down the escalator from the main Hospital building. Halloween gifts now are 20% off. Holiday items coming soon! Shop to help the Women’s Board fund advances in patient care at Johns Hopkins.
The COS team has truly enjoyed the four Farmer’s Markets that they have participated in. The weather was beautiful. They shared congeniality while promoting the Women’s Board, the Carry On Shop, Gift Shops, Renewal and all our the awesome contributions to the Hospital that the Women’s Board has made since 1929.
Time to shop – Visit the online offerings for Johns Hopkins logo items, via the Women’s Board web site, to see what’s new. Adding to the wide range of performance Under Armour wear, branded merchandise is now available from a pen set to a carabiner badge holder with a Dome cover to a variety of water bottles. Let’s not forget the Padfolio and a black enamel fireside camp mug!
The other day Lisa, the mother of an eight year old with cancer, requested Carry On Shop cards to bring back to Children’s Oncology. She described how wonderful the shop is to her for respite and solace from the hospital. Retail therapy is so necessary when ongoing family crisis. Lisa loves vintage and discovered our store while out walking. Pam Babij is in touch with Lisa and gets weekly updates on her son’s status. In Pam’s words, our team at COS loves our customers. The shop is so small that we really can spend time with them and get to know each unique, amazing and heartwarming story.
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