Get the shirts
White children’s tees get unpacked and ready for shipping to Presbyterians. Photo by Melanie Hardison.
Sweat-Free Ts come direct from the Nueva Vida Women’s Sewing Cooperative and Fair Trade Zone in Nicaragua. The co-op was created with the assistance of Center for Development in Central America with seed money provided by the One Great Hour of Sharing and distributed by the Presbyterian Hunger Program.
Read more about the cooperative and its members.
The shirts: High-quality, 100 percent organic cotton tees come blank and ready to print with your group’s logo or design. Only the Sweat-Free logo is pre-printed in black on the sleeve. Colors available through Presbyterian Distribution Service (PDS) are white, natural and royal blue (“Presbyterian blue”).
Shirt sizes: child small, child medium, child large, adult small, adult medium, adult large, adult x-large, adult xx-large, adult xxx-large. (Presbyterian Blue Shirts Out of Stock: adult small, adult medium, adult xx-large. Natural Shirts Out of Stock: adult small, adult large, adult x-large, adult xx-large.)
Order by phone:
1. Call PDS at (800) 524-2612.
2. Request the PDS Item Number corresponding to the color shirt you want: ORDER YOUR SHIRTS BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 31, 2016 TO GET THEM FOR $5.00 EACH!!
- For white shirts ($8.00 each): PDS #74360-03-332 + size
- For natural shirts ($8.00 each): PDS #74365-05-332 + size
- For royal blue shirts ($9.00 each): PDS #74365-06-332 + size
3. Have the following information ready when you call:
- The quantities and sizes you need. (Sweat-Free T-shirts are now available at a discount of 20 percent when you order 50 shirts or more. When ordering by phone, your discount will be automatically entered by the customer service representative.)
- The address where you would like the shirts shipped. (Shirts can be shipped to your local screen printer.)
- The date by which you need your shirts. (Rush orders are possible but will involve extra shipping costs.)
Order online:
1. Order here, and have the following info ready:
2. PDS Item Numbers (see #2 above). To specify sizes, type in the PDS number you want, and follow it with our sizing codes:
- Child small = CS
- Child medium = CM
- Child large = CL
- Adult small = S
- Adult medium = M
- Adult large = L
- Adult XL = XL
- Adult XXL = XXL
- Adult XXXL = XXXL
Brand new Presbyterian Blue T-shirts feature the cooperative’s own fabric label, complete with their Web site address for further education. Photo by Melanie Hardison.
Example: To order Natural color in Adult XL, you would key 74365-05-332-XL.
Sweat-Free T-shirts are now available at a discount of 20 percent when you order 50 shirts or more. When ordering online enter promo code SFQTY in the Special Instructions field. Discounts will be calculated at the time your order is processed.
For other t-shirt options, try searching Ethix Merch.
(Please note that shirts from these vendors do not come with the Sweat-Free T logo pre-printed; contact us if you need an electronic file to print the logo on shirts from these vendors.)
For large quantities, long sleeves or special colors or styles, email the cooperative to inquire about placing an order directly.
The cooperative can also do your screen printing, including placing the Sweat-Free T logo on your sleeve.
