Bound For Freedom

Specialties

–Bound For Freedom is a movement and organization focused on bringing freedom worldwide. To do this, our store in downtown St. Joe MI, sells and promotes products from many wonderful organizations around the world, in order to free victims and sponsor causes across the globe.

–B4 °F sells freedom promoting products such as clothing, journals, jewelry, hats, sandals, bath and body products, nutritional supplements, coffees and teas, greeting cards, bags, wallets, headphones and much more.

–In addition to selling freedom products, we hope to serve as a creative hub & work space for artists and entrepreneurs to work, create, collaborate and dream.

–Our laid-​back café atmosphere is cultivated to allow for individuals to sit down read a book, drink a cup of fair trade tea/​coffee, meet with friends and dream of ways to change the world together while feeling good about the fact that purchases & passions can and are helping bring global and local change.

History

Established in 2012.

November 2012 — B4 °F established, moved from conceptual to actual business

December 2012 — May 2013 — Fundraising and products brought in

June 2013 — Winter 2013 — Began selling products at fairs and festivals all over Southwest MIchigan

February 2014 — April 2014 — Acquired & renovated 404 State Street, St. Joseph, MI Location

April 18^th 2014 — Grand Opening of B4 °F store front

January 14^th 2015 — Café Expansion and Store Renovations

Meet the Business Owner

Austin and Kelsey B.

Business Owner

Austin & Kelsey met in the winter of 2009 in accounting class as they were both picking up business minors, which combined, they joke, counts as a business major. After dating for 9 months from August 2011 to June 2012 they were engaged for 2 months before getting married only 10 days before their one year of dating anniversary. Shortly after getting married Bound For Freedom was born as well as Maiko Media which is Kelsey’s wedding photography, media, and design company. Now happily married for almost 2 years this couple continues to look towards the future and dreams about was is yet to come for both business.

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