RoHo Reflections

I am fortunate enough to be taking a month to walk the Camino de Santiago in Spain this summer.  Passing kilometer 400 in an 800 km walk is both thrilling and a little demoralizing at the same time. Thrilling because I’m feeling stronger each day, my backpack is lighter, and I feel like I’m starting to catch my stride. Demoralizing because I AM WORKING SO HARD HOW AM I ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH?! And yet despite the intermittent frustrations, tested muscles and a backpack that reeks so badly from sweating it immediately makes my clothes smell horribly when I put it...

In the past few months, we're thrilled and humbled to announce that we've been selected for two awards - the Successful Women Giving Back Award and the Amber Grant! Women's Economic Ventures (WEV), a local nonprofit empowering women entrepreneurs (and huge cheerleader for RoHo) presented RoHo and Caleigh with the Successful Women Giving Back Award along with a $10,000 check and business support package. This award, whose recipient is selected by a group of WEV supporters, recognizes an entrepreneur who has been in business five years or less and exemplifies the spirit of giving back. This $10,000 went towards product...

It’s been a little over a week since I returned home from Kenya after an inspiring, motivating and ultimately exhausting trip. There were such high highs and low lows. I think part of what makes this business so special is that we share both of these with our people back home.

Recently RoHo added Fair Trade Maasai jewelry to our collection, which has really resonated with our customers! In addition to it being beautiful, there's an incredible history and meaning to the vibrant colors we see in traditional jewelry.