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Tuesday, July 4, 2017: On Independence Day The Skinny Towel & Washcloth Co. will be at the Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce’s July Fourth Fair from 1 p.m.-6 p.m. at the Chamber Building, 2617 White Mountain Highway in beautiful North Conway, NH. Stick around for the Fourth Fireworks!
May 23, 2017
And the good news is that Martin O’Donnell, aka Mr. Skinny, became a U.S. citizen on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Here he is being congratulated by his wife, Michelle, aka Mrs. Skinny, and USCIS Officer Neil Freeman of the Bedford, NH office. A special thanks to USCIS and to Merriman House which quickly turned the resident dining room into U.S. Party Central, complete with American flags and two fabulous red, white and blue cakes by Delectables by Danette of North Conway, NH. The official part of the ceremony concluded with a touching group sing of “America, the Beautiful.” Mr. Skinny was born in bonny Scotland.
February 10, 2017
The Skinny Towel & Washcloth Co. played a little hooky from Skinny T&W making and made 12 toasty fleece lap blankets for residents at Merriman House, our local nursing home. Among our company’s Core Values: “Giving Back to the Community. If we make a buck—and believe us, during those tough, early years a buck was about what we were making—a part of that buck will be given back to the community.’’
April 20, 2016
Our Skinny Towel & Washcloth Co. was featured as a “Bright Idea’’ on the TV show, “New Hampshire Chronicle” (WMUR-Channel 9). If you missed it or want to watch it again and again and again, here’s the link: http://www.wmur.com/new-hampshire-chronicle/wednesday-april-20th-bright-ideas/39028642
March 17, 2016
The Skinny Towel & Washcloth Co. was interviewed by the TV show, “New Hampshire Chronicle.’’ Stay tuned for an air date!
May 28, 2015
Once again your Skinny purchases have made it possible to help others. This time we donated funds which enabled Cross Roads House in Portsmouth, NH, to purchase a new refrigerator for its residents, who are homeless. A big thanks, too, to the Cross Roads staff for all their efforts and to The Home Depot in Portsmouth, which provided a discount.
April 13, 2015
Congratulations to Dawn Burton, who came closest to guessing how many spools of thread were in our Skinny Thread Bin. She guessed 237. The grand total was 219. Thanks to everyone who participated. More fun contests a-comin’ your way.
April 8, 2015
The Skinny Towel & Washcloth Co. has donated 25 Skinny Fitness Towels to our Mount Washington Valley neighbors participating in a six-week health initiative called, “Commit to be Fit.” We’ll be taking part, too, since we kinda ate and drank our way through this brutal winter…
March 30, 2015
Thanks to everyone who came out in the less-than-springtime weather over the weekend to the Seacoast Home and Garden Show at the Whittemore Center Arena at UNH. It was a homecoming for us as the Skinny Washcloth was invented in a shower at our then-home in Durham. And thanks for making our Skinny Towel Floor Mitt the weekend’s top seller!
March 8, 2015
Moving the clock up an hour means the snow will be going and spring and Mud Season are coming. De-mud yourself with our Skinny Towels. They’re tough on mud and gentle on you.
Jan. 1, 2015
Happy New Year! Team Skinny thanks you for making 2014 a very good year and we look forward to bringing more Skinny to your life in 2015!
Dec. 9, 2014
The Skinny Towel & Washcloth Co. donated $500 to the White Mountain Health Center in Conway, NH, which provides health care to low-income residents of the Mount Washington Valley. Thank you WMCHC for all that you do and a big thanks to our Skinny customers for making this gift possible.
Nov. 20, 2014
Thanks to the kids at our local school—Josiah Bartlett 
Elementary in Bartlett, NH—for having a holiday food drive and for reminding us that there is good in this world. Thanks to their teachers and parents for instilling these values, to Jeff Cox and the crew at Hannaford Supermarkets in North Conway for lending a helping hand and to the two employees at JBES for helping us unload the haul, which included 10 turkeys.
made her arms longer, but wait! What if she made the washcloth longer? So she cut up an old towel (left), saw that she finally COULD wash her back and the Skinny Washcloth® was on its way to being born.
fairs, craft and trade shows throughout the year to show off our Skinny babies which have grown up to be beautiful.
We love ourselves some New Hampshire and why not? After all, this is the state that sent Franklin Pierce off to be the 14th President of the United States and where the inventor of Tupperware was born. And it was here that actress Bette Davis had eyes for a New Hampshire fella.
In 2011 we asked a favor of mega-talented illustrator and friend Laura Rankin, author of “Ruthie and the (Not So) Very Busy Day,” “Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny, Tiny Lie” and “Fluffy and Baron.’’ Our request was quite simple: we need a moose bathing with one of our Skinny Washcloths. We also want the moose to look like a “T” so he can double as the T in our company name. And oh, yeah, we don’t want his face shown but he needs to be cute. And not to put any pressure on you, but he will be a big part of the logo and The Skinny Towel & Washcloth Co.’s identity for years to come so he will need to have some staying power.
ourselves a moose to represent our company in true New Hampshire moose style.