Despite high demand and supply chain issues, Homage staff members have been working around the clock to keep Bengals gear in stock online and in stores. But that’s not the only community need the business has been meeting this month.
. A portion of the net proceeds will benefit the foundation and the Cincinnati-based Freestore Foodbank., each shirt sold provides 14 meals for the foodbank. In addition to buying Bengals gear, Homage customers are honoring Black History Month by wearing T-shirts featuring prominent figures like Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Bessie Coleman and Columbus artist Aminah Robinson, as well as a variety of organizations.will be donated to the Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center, Bessie Coleman Aerospace Legacy, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Wilberforce University, the Columbus Museum of Art, My Brother’s Keeper and the King Arts Complex.
Homage has been supporting the King Arts Complex for several years. The current shirt collection for the organization includes a “mARTin Unites” shirt and another featuring the phrase, “We cannot walk alone,” taken from one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s quotes.