In 2009, the first Uptown Cheapskate opened its doors for business in Salt Lake City, Utah, but the idea of opening a trendy resale clothing store for teens and young adults started brewing years prior.
Today, Uptown Cheapskate has expanded to over 130+ locations in 23 states. With its solid franchise concept Uptown continues to grow, bringing great like-new fashions at cheapskate prices to people all over the country.
There are children in villages all over the world attending schools that don’t offer adequate classroom facilities. They meet inside huts, are taught under trees, walk miles to neighboring villages, or don’t go to school at all. At Kid to Kid & Uptown Cheapskate we believe that education is a basic human right and the key to breaking the poverty cycle. We’ve partnered with buildOn to end this vicious cycle through the construction of new schools in the developing world. Our franchisees donate thousands of items to local charities every year, but our commitment doesn’t stop there.
Uptown Cheapskate hosts two annual Charity Fill-A-Bag Sales at our local stores, which goes to support buildOn, an organization that builds schools in developing countries. These Fill-A-Bag Sales are exactly what they sound like: customers pay a small donation (around $20) and are able to stuff as many items into the bag as they can – and all of the money goes directly to buildOn. We also donate 5 cents per customer on an ongoing basis to buildOn when customers opt out of taking a plastic bag.
Since 2015, we’ve raised more than $650,000 to build more than 21 schools in developing countries such as Mali, Burkina Fason, Senegal, Haiti, Nepal, Malawi, and Nicaragua.
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