Did you know that something as small as a coffee jacket can make a huge impact on someone's life?
When you purchase an eco-friendly, reusable L.I.F.E. Jacket for 99 cents*, 100% of the proceeds go to Comfort the Children International, to help the Malaika Mums of Kenya support their families and the environment. Each L.I.F.E. (Livelihood, Investment, Future, Environment) Jacket is handmade by these mums.
Visit your Local Allegro coffee to participate in this promotion.
The Sunday HOPE Farmers Market is a weekly community gathering space in East Austin where local farmers, artisans, community groups, families, and urban consumers can find fresh foods, live music, community programs, artistic creations, agricultural education and wellness workshops.
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HOPE LIKES BIKES raises cycling awareness, encourages everyone to bike more often, and empowers Austinites to learn how to fix and maintain their own bikes at the HOPE Farmers Market.
How do you want to get involved?
1) Help us design and create cool up-cycled products out of old bike parts to forward our fundraising.
2) Donate to the project, and take home an up-cycled product of your own!
3) Help us build the bike workshop at HOPE and stock it with tools
4) Start fixing those bikes... and ride to the HOPE FM every Sunday!
For More Info Visit HOPE for Bikes Facebook Page
Lycee Malick Sy is among the largest high schools in Senegal. It serves over 4,000 urban and rural students. With a 39.3% national literacy rate (29.2% for girls), this project is one that can have great impact.
This project has 3 components:
1. fund 10 scholarships for girls
2. equip the science lab
3. give the nurse the equipment and supplies to keep the kids healthy.
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Design your own garments, visitors can choose the fabric, placement and garment color to make their own unique composition of color and texture. Each HOPE product is made to order in downtown Los Angeles and comes packaged in a re-usable fabric.
Website: http://hopecampaign.apliiq.com/
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HOPE Farmers Market
HOPE Artist J Roddy Walston and the Business
HOPE Artist: Jillian Tito. Check out more of Jillian's work on her website Little Pixel.
To help kick off HOPE's Local to Global Outdoor Gallery Project, the OBEY Crew put together the largest outdoor gallery mural project in Austin Texas. The mural features giant LP covers based on the 12 inch record format from Shepard’s recent exhibition, Revolutions.
HOPE Campaign and Farmers Market will be set up on Green Street at the 2011 Lollapalooza.
Brandon Boyd designed HOPE // Hurley Water Bottle available at The Buckle. Funds raised from this product will go towards the Seathos Foundation's research and education around marine litter in the 5 Oceanic gyres.
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ELKIN is designed by sisters Brit and Kara Smith. This season, the Smith sisters launched with the theme of Gothic Romance and enlisted their musician friend Z Berg of the band The Like to model the collection. Their hangtags come with a reading and music list pertaining to the season's genre, and for every piece sold, one children's book is donated through the H.O.P.E Campaign to children in Kenya. The first set of children's books will be going to a home, school and living compound run by retired women educators who are part of the Kenya Women Educators Association in Meru/Embu out of Nairobi. The books are part of the Young African Express and Jacaranda Design's "learning for a better life" program.
You can purchase the collection at ShopBop, Steven Alan in Venice or Madison on 3rd in Los Angeles
View the entire collection at www.elkincollection.com
The OBEY Crew was in Austin for a couple of days for the usual paper and glue rally during SXSW. This time around we put together a prime piece of real estate for a mural to help kick off HOPE's Local to Global Outdoor Gallery Project – the largest outdoor gallery mural project in Austin sponsored by Dick Clark Architecture, Castle Hill Partners, and CTC International.
Here are a few pics of the mural, which features giant LP covers based on the 12 inch record format from Shepard’s recent exhibition, Revolutions – fitting for the music scene this week in Austin. Special Thanks to OBEY and Brent Richardson for some of the photographs.
Brandon Boyd's life is characterized by self-expression -- a fusion of art, music, writing, activism and surfing. His love of the ocean is often the catalyst in his efforts as an activist, and this collaboration was no exception.
A multi-talented visual artist who works in a variety of mediums, Boyd took to his sketchbook for this project. His watercolor and ink drawings result in imagery that is both beautiful and subtly stirring. These designs are featured on the Hurley collaboration shirts.
"My relationship with Hurley began over a decade ago and was born of a mutual appreciation for surfing, music, art and like minds. We have done projects together in the past but it seemed like it was time we truly put our collective heads together to make a real dent in a situation that affects us all, most importantly the swiftly growing problems in our oceans. We start herein as surfers and musicians, and are moving forward as stewards of our Island," says Boyd about his longstanding relationship with Hurley and his mission behind the creative collaboration.
A portion of the sales from the limited edition collection, available at Buckle nationwide, specialty retailers and online at Hurley.com beginning April 15, 2011, will benefit H.O.P.E., a 501(c)3 non-profit focused on involving artists and their contributions in campaigns, programs and events to support existing social projects that promote education and peace around the world.
"Brandon is the epitome of the Hurley brand, making him a perfect partner for us," says Greg Teal, Music and Entertainment Marketing Manager at Hurley. "He's not only a talented musician and artist, but also a lover of surfing who champions ocean-related causes, something that is very important to us here at Hurley."
Hurley in partnership with the seathos foundation will celebrate the launch of the Brandon Boyd collection with an art show featuring the original works the collection is based upon. Boyd will paint a mural on a wall of the Hurley )( SPACE gallery for the show. The event, which is open to the public, will take place on Saturday, April 2nd from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM at the Hurley )( SPACE Gallery (1945 Placentia Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92627).
Images of the collection can be viewed and downloaded from http://webpictures.emgpr.com/BrandonBoydHurleyHope/
About Hurley
Founded in 1999, Hurley is an authentic "Microphone for Youth" brand rooted in surf, skate, art, music and beach cultures. Driven by creativity and freedom of expression, Hurley develops world-class products for guys, girls and kids, including sportswear, footwear, eyewear, accessories, loungewear, swimwear and wetsuits. A wholly owned, independently run subsidiary of Nike, Inc., Hurley's corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, CA, with international offices in Tokyo,Sydney, Barcelona and Bali. www.hurley.com
About H.O.P.E.
H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Everywhere) is a project of H.O.P.E. Events Inc. H.O.P.E. is an energy conscious 501(c) 3 non-profit focused on involving artists and their contributions in campaigns, programs and events to support existing social projects that promote education and peace around the world http://hopecampaign.org/
About Seathos
The Sea•thos Foundation exists to promote education and awareness of the human impact on the world's oceans.
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