Seven years in, and Jūpmode’s Here for Good program is alive and well. What started as a response to a difficult moment for many businesses during the pandemic in 2020 has grown into a program making a major impact on Toledo’s community. 

Since its inception, the online T-shirt fundraiser has raised over $557,000 for more than 1,000 organizations, businesses, and individuals.

Here’s how the program works:

• Participants submit their designs
• Jūpmode opens an online presale store featuring all participating designs
• After the store closes, the shop begins production
• Jūpmode prints and ships each order
• The shop donates $10 from every T-shirt sale and $15 from every sweatshirt sale to the participating organization or individual

In 2026 alone, the custom screen printing and embroidery shop printed 12,097 garments, shipped 6,085 orders, wrote and mailed 544 checks, and gave $134,540 back to the businesses and individuals that participated. That’s real impact.

And the program comes at zero cost to participants, from schools and nonprofits to restaurants and gyms. It’s open to anyone in Northwest Ohio and the surrounding areas looking to earn extra revenue.

“Whether you sell one shirt or 100, you can sign up for free, and you’ll get a check at the end of the program,” John Amato, owner and founder of Jūpmode, says. “It’s the perfect opportunity for organizations of all sizes to offer merch to their customers without any risk. It’s simple, easy, and free.”

Pushing Forward for the Community

While doubts about the program have crept in at times, Amato says its value to the community helped him push forward. 

“There was a time when we thought we would end the program,” he shares. “Sales were declining, and it felt like more work than it was worth. We gave it another shot because we believe that nothing shows our core values in action more than Here for Good. It’s important to us that we show our community, family-owned businesses, nonprofits, schools, and artists how much we care about their success. It’s an incredible feeling to know that we make such a difference to all of these people.”

Over the years, the program has evolved, and the shop has figured out ways to streamline processes as the number of participants continues to grow.

“Here for Good has become much more structured over the years,” Amato says. “The first year was fluid. We printed shirts in batches as large enough orders came in and didn’t have a scheduled end date. Since then, we’ve moved the sale up in the year, solidified the timeline, added sweatshirts to the offering, created discounted business promo packs for participating organizations, and expanded the geographical reach.”

All Hands on the Print Deck

Printing 12,000 garments and fulfilling more than 6,000 orders is a major operational effort, and Amato says it’s all-hands-on-deck to pull it off.

“It’s a team effort,” he says. “Everyone on our team is involved — from accounts to marketing to procurement to production to fulfillment to finance. We ask a tremendous amount of our team during this program. It has required us to be flexible, fast, and to learn and grow each year to make it better for our customers and our customers’ customers.”

Credit: Instagram by Jūpmode

With those changes in place, the shop has been able to grow the program, and this year’s numbers reflect just how much Here for Good resonates locally.

“It shows that people care about their community and the organizations and individuals that make it special,” Amato adds.

For him, it’s also a reminder that staying true to the shop’s core values of care, accountability, and excellence will continue to drive success. Looking ahead to next year, Amato wants to grow the program even more.

“One of our goals for this year is to create a game plan for growing Here for Good in 2027 and beyond,” he says. “Our customers have shown us how much they appreciate it, and the sales growth is a sign of its potential.”

Individuals and businesses in the Northwest Ohio area can fill out the interest form for 2027, so they don’t miss out on next year’s program.