OUR Story
Since 2009
Ruckus Teens started with a simple idea: give Chicago teens real skills by building a real business.
We make all-natural body care products — soap, candles, lip balm, shea balm, and more, entirely by hand, right here in Chicago.
Teens do everything.
They make the products, design the labels, run the numbers, and sell the work. No simulations. No busywork.
Real Entrepreneurship
the bogo project
Since 2014 we've donated over 8,500 products through our BOGO program. Every time someone buys a Ruckus product, we donate one to an organization serving people in need.
A Teen Leadership Program of Concordia Place
Every bar of soap, every candle, every lip balm you buy puts money directly back into the program and keeps a Chicago teen learning, earning, and building something they're proud of.
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Serving Chicago’s Northwest Side since 1981
