TodaysMama

PakNak.com

It began with two moms, two cups of tea, two husbands, three children, two cats, one dog and one dream: let’s start a business! After more discussion, more tea, and many hours consulting with our “expert” children on what kids would use and love, PakNak was born. From there, we set out to create ginormous fun, one backpack at a time.

We worked toward building a profitable business, but we knew we wanted more than that. We wanted to set a standard for social responsibility, so we contacted the wonderful people of Eastco, where they focus on clients abilities, not disabilities, to help us pack the Naks. From there, it was only fitting that our first large order (10,000 PakNaks!) should come from Schoolhouse Supplies, a free store for public school teachers in our hometown of Portland, Oregon.