This invitation is for the folks who’ve always understood...

Julie Kearns -

...that Junket has never just been about selling old stuff.

Many of us are appalled by current conditions: we’re living through economic collapse, accelerating threats to democratic norms, growing hostility toward marginalized people, and climate impacts that keep getting worse.

Whether we're clutching pearls or taking action, we're increasingly aware that if change is going to happen, it's up to us - and it's time to build a bridge to the brightest future possible for as many people as possible.

I’ve been building on my own for the last several years while still navigating real-world stakes: trying to divest from one chapter while seeding the next.

I know I'm not alone in this (and you aren't either - promise!).

It would’ve been a helluva lot easier to ditch everything and walk away when I lost 3000 ft2 of retail space, but that would’ve been anathema – and so instead, I moved the goods, sorted them, protected them—kept the vision and its fixings viable—even through circumstances that had nothing to do with me.

I’m inviting you in now —not because everything is polished or certain, but because ideal conditions may never arrive—and what we have in this moment may well be the best that we'll encounter.

It's taken longer to regroup than I ever imagined that it might, but maybe that’s exactly why it matters that we start now—not because everything is resolved, but because it isn’t.

The systems I’ve designed, built and/or tested during the last several years facilitate the redistribution of post-consumer goods and materials in ways that can also be useful to others: why limit ourselves to doing less bad when we could be creating conditions for surprise, delight, and enthusiastic participation?

The Prix Fixe quarterly pop-up model maximizes the utility, profit, and positive social outcomes of goods that would otherwise end up in the trash.

I mention this, specifically, because our next sale is coming up soon.

While this series is just one small piece of a broader system intended for collective benefit and cooperative ownership, it’s a heartbeat of sorts—and an efficient liquidation model.

Those of us who care about things like a habitable planet - who care about our collective wellbeing in the face of increasing complexity - don’t throw things - or people - away just because they've become inconvenient.

What happens next - the bridge we build together, and where it takes us from here –necessarily launches from shared runway.

10 Ways to Jump In:

  1. Come to an Event: Learn stuff, make stuff, bring friends!
    • Gather & Mend – Bring your repairs; we’ll have the notions
    • Crafty Church – Sunday morning creativity, coffee, and community in a dogma-free zone
    • Sorting Bees – These credit bearing gatherings keep the good stuff moving
  2. Shop Online — shopjunket.com. See what climate-competent delivery and 100% reused packaging actually looks like (for now, at MVP scale).
  3. Join the Steering Committee — Be part of the core team shaping the next chapter (store credit included).
  4. Weigh in – your participation, talents, and preferences matter! 
  5. Give the gift of Junket. Gift certificates are redeemable for merch, events, classes…and future offerings still in the hopper.
  6. Send Instacart, Poplin, or Venmo to help lighten the daily lift while I build momentum for our next steps (julie@shopjunket.com / @juliejunket)
  7. Subscribe to the newsletter - Get occasional updates from the ground floor.
  8. Our next Prix Fixe Pop-up’s upon us! Help us set up — Join us from noon–4pm on Wed 7/30 or Thurs 7/31 to unbox and set up shop. Earn store credit, preview inventory (first dibs!), and be part of the team that sets it all in motion.
  9. Join us for Preview Night on Thursday, 7/31 – Bring a date, grab a drink, come say ‘hey!’
  10. Can’t do Thursday? We’ll be there all weekend (Glam Doll’s got the donuts).

Want to see the full picture?

Visit thereuseproject.com to explore the broader system—including pop-up strategies, community connection points, gateway-to-100% reuse brands, and other elements we'll scale as infrastructure grows.

Each concept is part of an interconnected framework designed to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

This project is intended to build infrastructure that lasts, and work that humans can pause and pick back up again—because life comes first, and overdrive is hard on our hearts, bodies, and relationships.

Resilient systems (like events that pop up quarterly vs shops running 24/7) allow us to meaningfully contribute even when we’re not operating at full capacity. Regenerative models make room for rest, accommodating the ebb and flow of real life.

It's time for less overdrive, and more overalls.

Let's build something, together, that truly works for more of us.

With love, rebellion, and this borrowed valediction,

Julie

PS: If you're reading this and thinking “my friend should see this,” you're probably right (and they totally should).