Charity Partnership with Local Domestic Women's Shelter

Giving Back to Chicago's Apna Ghar

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.Apna Ghar is a domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian women, and was the first Asian shelter of its kind in the Mid-Western United States. The partnership with five ACCESSORIES allows them to move forward towards economic success and feel good about creating something that others deem fashionable.

New Leather Bags from Apna Ghar five ACCESSORIES is supporting Apna Ghar's SEW (Sewing Empowers Women) group to hand sew customized designs for Five Accessories. By utilizing leather remnants donated from The Furniture Store, a local furniture maker, that otherwise would have been discarded in the trash dumps, the Apna Ghar ladies are using the leather to create unique, hand-sewn business card holders, change purses, and small over the shoulder purses and handbags, with more ideas and design to come.