Jupmode takes issue with non-profit funding of abortions
The Aggie Fund says they were told by custom screen printer Jūpmode to “tone down” their proposed design for the Here for Good fundraiser.
TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo non-profit which provides funding for abortion services for low-income women is crying foul after a t-shirt design for a local screen-printing shop’s fundraising campaign was turned down.
The Here for Good campaign is a fundraiser/promotion put on by Jūpmode each year in which $10 is donated to a local small business when a customer buys one of that businesses’ custom designed t-shirts from Jūpmode.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, the Aggie Fund revealed the design of a shirt they submitted for the fundraiser: a play on the famous ‘You will do better in TOLEDO’ sign but with the text ‘You will Spend money on abortion in TOLEDO”.
The company says they were told by Jūpmode that their design wouldn’t be allowed unless it was “toned down”.
Kristin Hady, from the Aggie Fund, told WTOL 11 Saturday that they have participated in the Here for Good fundraisers in the past and that they never shy away from spreading their mission.
“This is especially frustrating to us to literally be told to tone it down. That’s telling us to tone down what we do. That’s telling us to lessen ourselves. That’s telling us to minimize ourselves,” said Hady. “Frankly it’s letting anti-abortion organizations, people, and opinions dictate our messaging, which is not something we are ever willing to compromise on.”
Jūpmode responded to the Aggie Fund’s Facebook post on Thursday on their own Facebook page, writing:
“The Agnes Reynolds Fund has been part of the Here For Good campaign for the last couple of years and was a welcomed partner this year as well. We hoped that the discussions could have been extended in order to reach a compromise on their design request. The Here for Good campaign aims to support the community. We greatly respect the Agnes Reynolds Fund’s efforts. We do not intend to publicly comment further.”
It’s unclear exactly what Jūpmode found objectionable about the design.
The Aggie Fund’s t-shirt design for last year’s Here for Good fundraiser used similar language, reading ‘I FUND ABORTIONS’ along with the organization’s logo.
Agnes Reynolds Jackson founded the Fair Housing Center in Toledo in 1975. In 1975, the Aggie Fund was established.
