Hey everybody! It's Hannah, Founder & President of BANGS.

I was inspired to start BANGS in June 2010 after completion of a year long contract teaching English in China's eastern Jiangsu Province.

Inspiration for the design of BANGS shoes was found in the olive green, army-style shoes worn by thousands of construction and field workers across China. I developed the ideology behind the BANGS brand to connect people to an ideology I feel passionately about.

BANGS helps remind consumers that creating positive change does not have an easy, short-term solution. The BANGS method of supporting real sustainable change is to partner with non-profit organizations that turn away from "charity" and support community programs for dignified development.

As a for-profit organization, BANGS hopes to lift some of the fundraising burden from our amazing partners by offering consumers an avenue to combine retail purchases with monetary donations to the non-profit community.

We are in an era where combining philanthropy and business is not only accepted, but demanded by a socially conscious generation of consumers. I believe, along with many others today, that individuals are capable of affecting widespread positive change.

With BANGS, wherever you stand you stand on issues.

Hannah