Show a Green Businesswoman Some Love!

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Betty Belts owner Donna von Hoesslin is a class A sweetheart whom I often mistakenly call Betty. I’d feel worse about mistaking her name if I didn’t find the Betty so fitting of her personality: she’s a businesswoman surfer chick, inspiration and sponsor to other surfer chicks and a green girl through and through. Right now she’s a finalist to win the Intuit Small Business United $25,000 business grant that she needs to keep Betty Belts thriving. We’re all trying to help her out and you can too by voting for her video right here. You can vote from now until Saturday for her funny, inspiring and useful video in three categories: funny, useful and/or inspiring (you get three votes)! It’s worth a watch and your vote would go a long way in supporting a local green business woman with a heart of gold and a vintage bus full of surfboards. Betty/Donna will also be at our Studio Sale on June 4th and 6th with her collection of ethical jewelry and accessories which she travels the globe to collect and you can check out her entire collection at bettybelts.com. For more betty shots and some cute chicks in Stewart+Brown read the full story! (all photos are courtesy of Davd Pu’u, www.davidpuu.com)

This is a shot of Betty Belts surfer girl Tiare daydreaming while she waits for the surf to pick up. She is in the driver’s seat of the Betty Bus, a 1961 Chevy Greenbrier.

Twins Hailey and Sierra Partridge hangin in the Betty Bus

Team rider Hailey Partridge rocking Stewart+Brown’s drape net cardigan in a recent Hobie ad campaign.