Social Impact

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We have a purpose behind the company that is much larger than ourselves.  We strive to be a company that gauges itself based upon the degree of actions providing a positive impact on the greater cause.
— Stease Co.

Sustainable Materials and American Made. We provide all of our baseline Stease styles in a Sustainable series that provide a healthy balance of 60% organic cotton and 40% recycled rPET polyester blends. These shirts saves at least 4 plastic bottles from ending up in a landfill, or worse. All of our Tri-Blend series of apparel is Made in America and provide you with a super soft tri-blend of 50% polyester, 25% ring-spun combed cotton, 25% rayon.

Pay it Forward with Donations. We provide a direct positive impact via donations on every sale to local charities and non-profits that make a difference for our future. We have curated a list of our most focused organizations our Stease lifestyle members seek to give back to: ranging from feeding and sheltering homeless to building skateparks for the youth, and National Park conservancy support to local mental health organizations.

More and More Parks. We have special Stease apparel lines and limited edition runs that have a specific donation made for every purchase, such as the Yosemite and Sequoia Stease series of apparel that donates to park conservation for every purchase. We are very passionate about Regional, State, and National Parks! Our goal is to have a Stease Parks series for all major parks in the United States. Send us your requests here.

Get the Youth Outdoors. We had to start small. What do we like to do with all this Stease? Snowboard, skate, hike, run, golf, hang with friends… This is why we have chosen to participate in the support of Tony Hawk’s foundation to help develop community skateparks for the youth, and Burton Snowboards’ organization The Chill Foundation to encourage the younger generations to get into outdoor snow sports and support for the parks, and many more as you will see below!

Think Bigger. We really want to participate in support for local mental health clinics, homelessness shelters, food banks, medical clinics, and first responders. In order to gain a larger reach of customers and increase the impact and overall volume of donations to all of the charities, Stease Co. decided to apply to be one of the initial cannabis retail business in the City of Fresno, California in 2020. The goal was to participate in the renovations and gentrification of Downtown Fresno by locating our business in District 3 within the heart of the Brewery District and South Stadium in a currently vacant and blighted building. We feel this will provide us with an efficient feedback loop with the increased participation with our local charities and organizations.  We feel it is our mission and duty to the industry and community to share our vision for Stease Co.  If awarded a cannabis retail license, our dispensary will pride itself on treating all customers with class and professionalism.  We also strive to have a robust understanding of the industry at large, and our staff knows where and how the product on the shelves originated.  We strive to build a community of local employees that want to grow and promote from within an organization for a long term career in the cannabis industry. We seek to make a significant impact on the Fulton Corridor, Downtown Fresno, and the greater Central Valley with the additional contributions to the Fresno Community Reinvestment Fund. Stease Co. was ultimately not awarded the license for a cannabis retail store in Fresno. Our brand is still making an impact, and is seeking to revisit Fresno once the application window opens again. In the meantime, Stease Co. is an apparel only brand.

Why cannabis? Cannabis, as a global catalyst, is spearheading transformative change by fostering a diverse poly-culture of individuals within an emerging industry. Beyond its economic impact, cannabis is propelling advancements in research on the endocannabinoid system, unlocking insights into immunity, physical and mental health. Simultaneously, its role in agriculture parallels the importance of cultivating a robust soil and gut microbiome, illuminating shared principles that can revolutionize our approach to holistic well-being and sustainable farming practices worldwide.

Our founder and CEO is a Fresno local who has over 14 years of influential industry experience as a leading design consultation, engineering, and equipment supplier to the global cannabis industry.  He sets up infrastructure that is energy and resource efficient, including indoor cultivation facilities that are sustainably designed to minimize the overall ecological impact in the community. Our long term plan is to revitalize and build the native soil in the central valley so more nutritious food is cultivated.

We feel that we have a responsibility to utilize our position and reputation we have in the national and the international cannabis industry.  We feel that this exposure of the Stease brand will ultimately provide more exposure and support to the charities and organizations that need it most.

More Charities. We feel that as the impact gets greater and greater, Stease Co. will seek to provide meaningful donations to more charities that align with our core ideologies.