|  Concerned
about the environment and wanting to work from home to be
with her young daughter Emma, Brenda and a business partner
started GladRags in 1992. Inspired by her daughter's
soft cotton diapers, Brenda decided to design and market GladRags
Cloth Menstrual Pads.
GladRags was a home-based business until 1997. That year
they moved into a light-filled warehouse in Portland's Albina
Industrial District near the Willamette River. They share
space with another local environmental company, Resource Revival,
makers of high-end gifts and accessories from recycled bicycle
parts.
GladRags
are now distributed through health food stores, food cooperatives
and on-line retailers across the country, as well as in Japan
and Europe. GladRags employs two full-time employees, and
one part-time employee, Portland sewing subcontractor, and a
crew from Oregon Employment Services Company which finds job
opportunities for those with developmental disabilities.
Here's a shot of Paul, Trish and Annette from Oregon Employment
Services Company, with their supervisor, Jenny. The crew comes
in every week to package GladRags in our paperboard and cellulose
packaging.
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