User:JoshuaZ/Harvard store

The Harvard Shop is Harvard University's on campus and online store run entirely by students. It is the only store operating in Harvard Square which sells clothing and gifts under the umbrella of a non-profit company and with all proceeds going towards the creation of student jobs.

History/Information
The Harvard Shop is the largest agency or business of Harvard Student Agencies. HSA is a student-run non-profit corporation founded in 1957 that manages 9 agencies. Each agency provides a different valuable service to the Harvard community while giving students practical business experience.

Harvard Student Agencies is the largest student-run corporation in the world. Harvard Student Agencies, Inc. is a $6 million nonprofit company, consisting of nine different agencies, each headed by a student manager.

The organization was founded in 1957 to help defray rising tuition costs while providing practical business experience and supplying valuable, necessary services to the Harvard community. They carry out this mission by presenting myriad diverse opportunities with one objective in common: to provide the highest quality jobs available to Harvard students.