Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Alum Spotlight: Future Famous Former Sarah Noffsinger

Former Girl Scout and 2020-2021 Future Famous Former Honoree Sarah Noffsinger is the director of development for the Transgender Assistance Program of VA, or TAP VA, and resource coordinator with VA COPES, who aims to end transgender homelessness in the state. Her latest venture is an online store that provides gender affirming clothing to transgender people, packaged and shipped to them at no cost.

Sarah wanted to provide a comfortable online shopping experience to customers that felt good to the user.


“I didn’t want it to feel like a charity thing,” Sarah said. “I wanted them to feel empowered to pick out the clothing that they wanted and have a normal online shopping experience.”


So far the closet has helped hundreds of customers feel more comfortable in their own skin.


Though June is Pride Month, Sarah said that people must educate themselves year round about LGBTQ issues as “once a year is not enough to fully understand the scope of the community and the issues we face.”


At this time TAP VA’s closet is not accepting donations due to the genour outpour of donations received, however those interested in learning more can contact Transactivistva@gmail.com for program details.


Photo by Jonathon Gruenke for Inside Business


Sarah filling Care Packages. Photo by WTKR


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