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Helping The Unhoused Find Homes & Hope With Humble Design 

About two years ago we were able to first help support Humble Design, a nonprofit in San Diego that works to ensure families emerging from homelessness and transitioning to permanent housing can live both comfortably and with the dignity they deserve. Now, we were once again able to help Humble ...
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Stiiizy Partners With Havalina Skate Co To Build Skate Park In LA

Skate Park Dedication Event Includes Skateboard & Equipment Giveaway, Skate Clinic with Guest Host Vincent Alvarez Like STIIIZY, skateboarding was born from a tight Southern California community whose shared passion spread to the world. On October 1, 2022, those shared SoCal roots paired with our dedication to supporting social impact ...
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Sending Kids Back to School in Style With Special Needs Network LA

Back to School time can be a stressful period for many families, especially those supporting special needs students. After being able to give their children individualized attention throughout the summer months, school registration is a reminder that their children need to return to the classroom, and that means having extra ...
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Potent Positivity in Pomona

Cannabis has tremendous power. Through this plant, we have the potential to bring transformative positive change to people that have been marginalized, underrepresented, and underserved in their communities. STIIIZY accomplishes this by reallocating our resources and directing revenue to support projects that improve communities and serve people in their everyday ...
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Support Everyone, Oppress No One

Check out how Stiiizy celebrated Pride this year! This PRIDE month we recognize the valuable contributions of LGBTQIA+ individuals across California, and throughout America. Our STIIIZY crew joined in the celebration festivities in both San Francisco and Long Beach during Pride. We choose to celebrate diversity and encourage everyone to ...
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Stiiizy Serves & Honors Veterans on Memorial Day

Memorial Day recognizes those who served in our military and made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. As a veteran led company, supporting the veteran community has always been a priority and a cause that is near and dear to us. So this Memorial Day we set out ...
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Kicking for a Cause in Orion Township

STIIIZY Helps Sponsor Charity Kickball Tournament To Help Raise Funds for Miracle League Field at Friendship Park STIIIZY helped sponsor the 1st Annual "Kicking for a Cause" Charity Kickball Tournament organized by Orion Township in Michigan. STIIIZY Joint Efforts volunteers were on site to provide water and snacks to the ...
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Honoring Black History Month

Shryne Group Partners With Social Impact Brand 40 Tons to Bridge Opportunities in Communities Impacted by Cannabis Prohibition In honor and recognition of Black History Month this year we focused on what must be done in order address historical racial injustices and bridge opportunities to Black people that have been ...
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STIIIZY Kicks off the Year Strong by Providing Veterans in Davis With Medical Cannabis

STIIIZY Davis hosts its first SB34 Veteran Supply Drop STIIIZY partnered with our great friends at Weed for Warriors Project once again to jumpstart our 2022 giving season. In January, we were able to provide over 60 veterans with access to donated medical cannabis at STIIIZY Davis. Medical cannabis is ...
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The Gift of Giving, Our 2021 Holiday Season Wrap-Up

How Shryne Group and STIIIZY Made the Holiday Season Special for Communities Across California Shryne Group spread positivity throughout communities in Southern and Northern California to conclude the 2021 giving season.  Shryne Group distributed thousands of toys across California this holiday season. From hosting toy drives out of our retail ...
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Letters of Hope

Shryne Group joined forces with Last Prisoner Project to support inmates incarcerated for non-violent cannabis offenses Shryne Group hosted a letter writing drive for the Last Prisoners Project at our office headquarters during the holidays. Shryne employees were invited to write postcards that would be sent to inmates across the ...
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Cindy De la Vega Honored with Opportunity to Light the Bill Graham Memorial Menorah in Union Square

STIIIZY Celebrates Hanukkah in San Francisco A large crowd gathered to enjoy the lighting ceremony of the Bill Graham Memorial Menorah at the historical Union Square in the heart of San Francisco. The concept of lighting a menorah in a public space dates back to ancient times in the Jewish ...
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Shryne Group Serves Up Joy for Thanksgiving

Both Shryne Group, as well as our flagship brand STIIIZY, were determined to make sure communities across California were able to enjoy the holiday. In Indio, CA our brand Authentic, operating our of our Authentic 760 retail location in Palm Desert partnered with our friends at Martha's Village & Kitchen ...
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Looking Back at Veterans Day 2021

STIIIZY Teams Up with the Blacklist for a 2nd Year & Sponsored the first-ever, Harvest for Heroes Event in Long Beach, CA  In celebration of Veterans Day, our flagship brand STIIIZY teamed up with a lot of great folks to bring an array of support to our Veteran community. From ...
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Rooted in the community, STIIIZY teams up with MUFI

STIIIZY hosts “Grow Where You’re Planted” community event with Michigan Urban Farming Initiative in Detroit Giving should always be a side effect of growth, and as STIIIZY ventures east to new communities and becomes available on shelves across the country, we have to also spread the love. One of the ...
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BLESSED by STIIIZY Uses Proceeds To Benefit Survivors of Domestic Abuse at Downtown Women’s Center

BLESSED by STIIIZY provides 60 Welcome Home Kits to Survivors of Domestic Abuse at Downtown Women’s Center We received a mountain of responses from our Customer Choice Campaign, where we asked our followers and enthusiasts on social media which cause BLESSED by STIIIZY should support next.  The responses from our ...
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STIIIZY joins BALCA in Kicking-Off Hispanic Heritage Month

Read Here On How We Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in The Bay Bay Area Latino Cannabis Alliance (BALCA) is a volunteer-run organization seeking to empower Latinos in the cannabis industry by providing and advocating for education, business development, business ownership, and civil rights. They accomplish this all while celebrating a ...
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STIIIZY Teams Up With Heal the Bay to Remove Trash from LA’s Most Iconic Beach

STIIIZY “Joint Efforts” Volunteers Take Over the Beach at Santa Monica For Their First Employee Volunteering Outing Shryne Group and our STIIIZY Squad have been actively involved in supporting difference makers and promoting social justice within our communities, but this is the first time that we’ve been able to extend ...
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STIIIZY Sponsors Back to School Backpack Giveaway With Community Leaders & Service Organizations Across LA

Shryne Group & STIIIZY Employees volunteer to distribute thousands of backpacks and school supplies Our STIIIZY team was invited to participate in the 16th Annual Back 2 School Food & Backpack Grab-N-Go Event. This event was hosted by the Special Needs Network INC, an organization that responds to the crisis ...
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Connecting Our Unhoused Neighbors with Move-in Essentials

 Shryne Group joins City Net in donating move-in kits to unhoused individuals residing in the Riverside County community. Everyone's journey towards housing is different. With the City Net Organization, their mission is to break the cycle of homelessness in the communities they serve by connecting neighbors who are unhoused to ...
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Petals for Parents

In honor of Mother’s Day, STIIIZY went out into the Los Angeles community to buy out street vendors’ flowers to gift mothers at various community centers. On Mother’s Day 2021, our team went to the outskirts of Los Angeles where multiple street vendors patientlywaited to sell dozens of bouquets that ...
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Shryne Group Builds Unity In The Community

Shryne Group is dedicated to providing confidence and restoring dignity to our unhoused neighbors in Los Angeles, California The homeless crisis in Skid Row has grown exponentially over the past few years. When you throw a pandemic and housing evictions into the mix, it could leave little to no room ...
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Providing Tails for the Troops

SHRYNE GROUP partners with a local nonprofit to provide service animals to those in need. To commemorate Independence Day, Shryne Group has partnered with 4 Paws 4 Patriots to sponsor the training of two service dogs for U.S Veteran Kimberly and retired first responder Cameron— both of whom suffer from ...
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STIIIZY’s “BLESSED by LIIIT” Line of Products Created to Serve the Community

BLESSED Helps to Inspire Young Women & Feed Families In Watts Neighborhood. BLESSED by LIIIT is our commitment back to the community that raised us. We invest a portion of the proceeds we earn from this line into causes that support underserved communities, like military veterans and people experiencing homelessness, ...
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Bringing the Fighting Spirit Back to San Francisco’s Youth

Professional Boxer & Shryne Group Social Equity Partner Karim Mayfield Launches Program to Foster Youth Development Professional Boxer, Community Ambassador & Shryne Group Social Equity Partner, Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield brings the fighting spirit back to San Francisco, along with a positive change to his hometown. SoulChamp, Karim’s boxing and ...
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Shryne Group Partners with Non Profit to Furnish Home for Family

Making A House A Home with Humble Design Partnering with the nonprofit Humble Design in San Diego, an organization that works to ensure families emerging from homelessness and transitioning to permanent housing can live comfortably and with the dignity they deserve. Nearly half of those who enter housing return to ...
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Shyrne Group Community Covid Response

Shryne Group donates PPE to over 10 communities across California COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on communities across the Golden State. In early 2020, when the pandemic first started, many municipalities and organizations scrambled to find personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks, gloves and hand sanitizer. A lot of ...
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Social Activism in 2020

STIIIZY Takes to the Streets to Support Our Communities The summer of 2020 was marked by a surging movement of activism calling for social change. As STIIIZY stands with our communities of color, we believe all people are created equal, deserving to be treated with dignity and respect. In addition, ...
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Shryne Group Supports Small Businesses

During The Pandemic, STIIIZY Spotlights Local & Small Businesses Throughout all the turmoil of 2020, STIIIZY never relented in our support and determination to bring positive change in our local communities. Many businesses were reeling from the economic loss caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic which forced business closures in ...
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Helping the Homeless Cool Down

One of L.A.’s Hottest Summers Summer 2020 in Los Angeles was one of the hottest ever, on top of an active pandemic and civil unrest. On September 6, 2020, the county recorded its highest temperature ever at 121°F. Relief was desperately needed across the board, but the city’s homeless were ...
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STIIIZY Values America’s Veterans

STIIIZY x Weed For Warriors x The Blacklist We’re incredibly proud of the fact that STIIIZY was founded by a military veteran. James Kim, creator of the STIIIZY brand and one of the co-founders of parent company Shryne Group, is an honorably discharged combat veteran from the U.S. Army’s 101st ...
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United Playaz Gun Buyback

Shryne Group Supports Annual Gun Buyback Event Hosted by United Playaz In 2020, joining the efforts of the family of George Floyd, Shryne Group helped to support the United Playaz annual gun buy-back event, hosted in partnership with the San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of ...
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Thanksgiving Food Drive

Trina’s Kids Thanksgiving Food Drive To uplift the community during Thanksgiving, Shryne Group partnered with Trina’s Kids, an organization dedicated to empowering underprivileged youth. We donated a holiday feast of turkey dinners to those in attendance as well as provided both perishable and non-perishable food items to families at the ...
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Providing Toys and Cheer to Families During the Holidays

Party in the Projects Shryne Group supported the 15th Annual Party in the Projects event, a holiday toy drive hosted by two L.A. philanthropic organizations, Red Eye Inc. and Engage the Vision. Both organizations place an emphasis on uplifting inner-city youth. The organizations set their goal of distributing 10,000 toys ...
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Care for San Francisco’s Seniors

United Playaz Food Bank Drive  Day-to-day life has dramatically changed with COVID-19, especially for our seniors who are unable to leave their homes for household essentials. For three months, during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, Shryne Group assisted community-based organization, United Playaz in San Francisco with the ...
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A New Reality

Pandemic. Lockdown. Social-Distancing. These are all terms that have become way too familiar to all of us. COVID-19 has fundamentally changed how we socialize, work and do business and those changes are likely to remain with us for months, if not years to come. At Shryne Group, we have taken ...
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Coming Home

Nearly half of all veterans who served in the years following the 9/11 terrorist attacks face difficulty readjusting to civilian life after their military service, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey. Among the challenges veterans face are difficulty reconnecting with family and friends, finding employment and coping with ...
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Time to Focus on the Fundamentals

California’s legalization of medical marijuana in 1996 ushered in a cannabis industry that would eventually turn into a North American “Green Rush '' nearly two decades later. The Green Rush kicked off a tsunami of opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors, but the bubble has clearly burst now and some see ...
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Cannabis & Social Justice

No other industry of note has had to confront issues of social justice head on as the cannabis industry has. The very origins of our industry are inextricably tied to the social injustices perpetrated by the War on Drugs against communities of color.  While social equity initiatives are well-intentioned, they ...
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Redefining Cannabis Retail

Shryne Group had one goal when it opened its flagship STIIIZY store in downtown Los Angeles: to redefine the cannabis retail experience. The 6,500 square foot dispensary gives customers a fully immersive shopping experience from the moment they step through the doors. See what the Hollywood Reporter had to say ...
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