A Woman's World: Brunow overcame gender barriers to start thriving construction, clothing businesses
A Woman's World: Brunow overcame gender barriers to start thriving construction, clothing businesses

The Daily Nonpareil | Council Bluffs, Iowa

December 2, 2018

Tamara Brunow felt career advancement was out of her reach. She was being pigeonholed and passed over as a woman working in the male-dominated construction industry — a field where women usually work as administrative assistants or in marketing and sales.

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Zumba Party
Zumba party planned to benefit young cancer patients

The Daily Nonpareil | Council Bluffs, Iowa

August 8, 2018

A Council Bluffs business has teamed with an Omaha gym to raise money for young cancer patients.

H2W Apparel of Council Bluffs is part of a group hosting a Zumba dance party for the Sunshine Kids Foundation, a charity dedicated to increasing quality of life for young cancer patients.

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H2W Apparel expands to retail stores
H2W Apparel expands to retail stores

The Daily Nonpareil | Council Bluffs, Iowa

July 30, 2018

Tamara Brunow was a College of St. Mary student working for the Corps of Engineering at age 20, in love with a great job.

While Brunow loved military construction contracting, she said she was forced to resign after experiencing a sexual assault on the job.

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Athletic Apparel up to size 5XL
Council Bluffs woman creates apparel line with sizes up to 5XL

KETV News | Omaha, Nebraska

April 5, 2018

Happy, healthy, whole. It's the mantra Tamara Bruno lives by, and the active lifestyle that inspired her apparel line, H2W.

She's the owner of a construction company and yoga studio in Council Bluffs, and a single mother of three, who needed extra support. So she designed these wireless bras with an "H" back and front zipper. Bruno realized the benefit when she had surgery for skin cancer.

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Athletic Apparel Council Bluffs
Bluffs woman launches athletic apparel line designed for all body types

WOWT News | Council Bluffs, Iowa

October 24, 2017

In the making for more than a year, and the new H2W Apparel brand has launched for up and coming designer Tamara Brunow.

Like many women, Brunow struggled to find a bra comfortable enough to support her busy and active lifestyle. Brunow owns her own construction company, has a family, and runs a yoga studio in her spare time.

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