Something Different by Eric

SOMETHING DIFFERENT...

The 501(c) non-profit store 30-year-old Eric owns with his mom (Bernadette Wheeler) isn’t your typical gift shop. At Something Different by Eric, most of the products are made by companies that give some of their profits to charity. The store is staffed entirely by volunteers, including Haverford College students & special education advocates who have been instrumental to the store’s success, and Eric’s dad, Lawrence Wells, MD, who works at the store on weekends. Books about physical and mental disabilities are displayed next to the onesies, mugs and greeting cards. And the goal isn’t to make a profit — it’s to create a community.