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Impact \u00b7 Bloom Swap<\/p>

What has happened so far.<\/span> Counted, not estimated.<\/em><\/h1><\/span>

Every figure on this page is computed from Bloom Swap\u2019s inventory ledger and swap records at the moment you read it. A figure with no records yet says so, in words, rather than showing a zero or a guess.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Support Bloom Swap<\/span><\/svg><\/a>Bloom\u2019s open books<\/span><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

The figures<\/p>

Bloom Swap impact, from the ledger.<\/h2>

Five figures, each computed when this page is read. Nothing here is typed by hand.<\/p><\/header>

1<\/span>Bloom Swaps held<\/span><\/div>
Not yet counted<\/span>Host venues signed<\/span><\/div>
Not yet counted<\/span>Partners active<\/span><\/div>
Not yet counted<\/span>Pieces circulated<\/span><\/div>
Not yet counted<\/span>Pieces to clothing drives<\/span><\/div><\/div>

Counted from the program\u2019s own records on 13 October 2026. A figure with no records says so.<\/p>\n

Swaps held counts swaps whose record has been marked held after the day. Host venues counts hosts who have signed. Pieces circulated counts every piece recorded as going out to a swap. Pieces to drives counts every piece recorded as going out to a clothing drive. Partners active counts partners whose agreement is signed and current.<\/p><\/div><\/section>

The ledger<\/p>

How a figure gets here.<\/h2>

Every number on this page is a sum of dated rows. Where there are no rows, there is no number.<\/p><\/header>\n

Bloom Swap keeps an inventory ledger. Every movement of clothing is a dated row: an intake from a donor, a host or a drive; pieces out to a swap; pieces out to a clothing drive; pieces sent for recycling because they cannot be worn; pieces discarded. Each row records the category and the count, and the figures above are sums of those rows.<\/p>\n

Swap records work the same way. A swap is planned, then announced once it has a date and a venue, then marked held after the day, or cancelled. Only a held swap is counted, and only an announced swap ever appears on the public board.<\/p>\n

When there are no rows, a figure prints \u201cnot yet counted\u201d. That is not modesty; it is the rule. Where a swap happened before records were kept, it is told in words on the About page<\/a>, and it is not given a number here.<\/p><\/div><\/section>

The record<\/p>

Swaps held, one by one.<\/h2>

Every held swap, newest first: the venue, the city and the date.<\/p><\/header>

Date<\/th>Venue<\/th>City<\/th>Pieces out<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
17 Jul 2026<\/td><\/td>Portland metro<\/td>not yet counted<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n

A venue is named only when its host has agreed to be listed. A swap joins this record after the day, from the same record that announced it, and a count of pieces appears beside it only where the ledger holds one.<\/p><\/div><\/section>

What partners and hosts receive<\/p>

The quarterly impact note.<\/h2>

The same rows that produce this page produce every note Bloom Swap sends.<\/p><\/header>\n

Each quarter, partners at the top tiers receive an impact note: swaps held in the quarter, pieces circulated across the network, pieces sent on to drives, any swap the partner itself hosted, and for a Founding Partner, the Safe Passage Grant line. Every partner receives an annual summary.<\/p>\n

The numbers in a note cannot be edited by hand. The Chancery writes the words around them, but the figures are computed from the ledger when the note is generated, so a partner reads the same numbers anyone would find on this page.<\/p>\n

Hosts receive an impact note too, within 30 days of their swap. The host playbook<\/a> shows where it falls in the calendar.<\/p><\/div><\/section>