Santa Ana resident and community activist Alex Flores is hosting a Business Launch Party for his enterprise, Unum Sunglasses, on Thursday, December 12th, from 6:30pm – 9pm, at 207 N. Main St., in Santa Ana.
The event will feature music by Dj Tytonix. To RSVP email aflores@unumsunglasses.com or call 714-474-8768.
In the summer of 2013 the idea of Unum Sunglasses came to founder Alex Flores as a challenge, to dream big and establish a platform to give back. Given this challenge, Flores began to work hard and believed in the possibility of creating a universal sunglass line with a range of bold colors. He quickly began working to make this vision into a reality and decided to name his sunglass line after a word from his favorite motto “E Pluribus Unum”, Out of Many One.
Unum Sunglasses is a company that provides classic sunglasses in a variety of colors to suit any mood or outfit . More than that, Unum is a brand with an identity. The identity emphasizes community, and they will establish and reinforce this by donating 10% of all proceeds to educational scholarships.
I wonder what kind of conflict of interest exists when Alex Flores applies for one of the new
$5, 000 small business grant, given he is Michele Martinez’s campaign manager.
There would not be any conflict of interest since I would go through all proper channels to qualify for this grant. Also this is offered to anyone that meets the guidelines, but for your comfort I do not qualify for it as I do not meet the storefront requirement.
Thank you for looking out for me though. I do invite you to visit the website as the sunglasses make a perfect gift for the holidays also enjoy a discount, use promo code martinez2014 for a 15% off your purchase.
There would not be any conflict of interest since I would go through all proper channels to qualify for this grant. Also this is offered to anyone that meets the guidelines, but for your comfort I do not qualify for it as I do not meet the storefront requirement.
Thank you for looking out for me though. I do invite you to visit the website as the sunglasses make a perfect gift for the holidays 🙂 also enjoy a discount, use promo code martinez2014 for a 15% off your purchase.
You forgot to mention Alex that part of the proceeds is going to fund scholarships, which is pretty cool.
Can’t wait for the day that I reachout to local students and ask to submit applications for Unum Scholarships!
Alex,
That is admirable. 10% is a HUGE chunk of margins!
I don’t know your history, other than what I read hear. CSUF, your alma mater would likely match this 10% as a graduate, perhaps Pulido, also a TITAN would match, I bet Michele would too. That makes $8.00 bucks per pair or 40% donation.
I would likely contribute to a good cause as well.
You should speak to Roman’s group about the college experience for Santa Ana youth. As a Native Santa Anan who made it through SAC and CSU you are a role model.
You should run for council!
I am committed to give back to my community and 10% is not enough. But you are right I will actually be reaching out to the Santa Ana College Foundation to see if they would match my contributions as I plan to give SAC students the scholarships. They have matched our efforts in the past when I was student government president.
Now I have not yet graduated from CSUF and I will be running for council in 2018. Flores 2018
Thank you for your support. If possible join us at the launch party.