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Fashion Show!

09 Friday Dec 2011

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On Monday we had our Fashion Show and Panel Discussion to mark Love+Water Designs’ one year anniversary! Thank you so much to everyone who came – you were all so enthusiastic and asked amazing questions, and we were very happy to talk with all of you!In case you missed it, here’s a video of our runway walk!

Thanks to the NYU Cleftomaniacs for being our models!

Here’s part of the Cleftomaniacs’ performance that night! Thanks to WIX for allowing us to use their space and for posting this video on their Youtube page!

Thanks again to everyone who made this event possible, and everyone who came out to support us!

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Come to our Fashion Show!

30 Wednesday Nov 2011

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On Monday December 5th, we’ll be hosting a Fashion Show and Discussion Panel!
Come to the WIX Lounge in New York City at 7pm to check out all the different ways you can wear philanthropy!
There will be a Question and Answer session with some of our local artists and charities, as well as a runway show where you’ll learn how you can incorporate one of our fantastic t-shirts into your wardrobe.
We are especially excited that the NYU Cleftomaniacs will be walking the runway as our fashion show models! They sang for us on Canvas thePark Day in October and will also be performing some songs at the fashion show that have been expertly choreographed by our very own Alexis Fedor.
RSVP to the event on Facebook so we know you’re coming! And be sure to check out the WIX Lounge website to get directions for the big day!
See you there!

WiX Lounge!

28 Friday Oct 2011

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Our youth board is a busy group of bright kids and we love having them around to help us out! Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot of free space in New York that’s easy for our entire youth board to get to.
Luckily there’s a fantastic new space that was just opened last year by the website building company WiX! It’s called the WiX loungue, and at 10 West 18th street it’s just a few steps away from Union Square in New York!
If you’re a freelancer, artist, or entrepreneur, the WiX Lounge is a great place for you to host events and exhibit your work, too! It’s open Monday through Friday from 10am to 8pm, and there are all kinds of great events on their calendar!
Check our their website here, and if you need some space (or a free way to make a great website for your business, group, or even just for fun), be sure to check them out!

 

Canvas a Park Day: Recap

17 Monday Oct 2011

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Canvas a Park day was a success! Though it was a windy day downtown, we managed to spread the word about Love+Water all over Battery Park! Here’s just some of what we did:
We left stickers with QR codes to access our website where some casual passersby might see them…

As well as some great haikus about Love+Water!

Think, Love and Water
You need them to survive
Come help out the cause!
On this windy day
Love+Water Designs is
Here to make you smile!
Ride the winds of change
With Love+Water Designs!
(Don’t get blown away!)
Love and Water is
Wearable Philanthropy
Art, Love, Charity
This was the first event that our new Youth Board got involved in and they had a lot of fun talking to people and making sure the Love+Water message was heard!
Looks like they even got Lady Liberty herself involved!
Finally, the NYU Cleftomaniacs came and performed for us in Battery Park while wearing some of Love+Water designed t-shirts. They drew quite a crowd!
Thanks to everyone who helped out and made this event possible. If you couldn’t come out on Saturday, don’t worry, we’ll have another event for Love+Water soon where you can show your support!

Canvas a Park Day!

10 Monday Oct 2011

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Get ready for a fun and exciting event! On Saturday October 15th, we will be hosting “Canvas the Park Day” in Bowling Green Park, New York City, from 12pm to 3pm to raise awareness for Love+Water Designs!

Think of it as a sort of guerilla marketing scavenger hunt: you and your friends will be divided into teams of three to place stickers around town for Love+Water Designs, except you’ll have specific (and fun!) instructions about who to give them to and where to place them. Post pictures on Twitter to track your progress (someone in your group must have a Twitter account) and compete to be the team with the most stickers placed!

After we’re done canvassing the area, join us back at the park for a free performance. The a cappella group known as the NYU Cleftomaniacs will be performing as well as our main event, the hip hop duo Duece Iconz! It’ll be a show you won’t want to miss, so come by Bowling Green Park on Saturday for a fun day of canvassing and music!

Check out the event on Facebook to RSVP and get some more information. We hope to see you there!


Love and Water Designs in JERSEY!!!

07 Monday Mar 2011

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This past Friday, Love and Water Designs went to New Jersey’s Grove City Market to take part in their annual Art Walk!  It was great to meet all the wonderful Jersey City residents who were so supportive and enthusiastic about the great t-shirt designs we have, and equally as supportive of the causes that go along with them.

Thank you Jersey City!!!  We will be returning this Friday as well!!!  So join us!!!

NOVEMBER FEATURED CHARITY: kageno

03 Wednesday Nov 2010

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NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBMIT DESIGNS FOR kageno SO WE CAN DONATE 50% OF ALL PROFITS TO THEIR KENYA AND RWANDA PROGRAMS!
Abena Koomsom Performs at the kageno Harambee from the Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical Fela!
On Monday, November 1, kageno held its annual Gala event: The kageno Harambee 2010: “A New Decade of Hope” at Espace in New York City to benefit the Kenya and Rwanda programs.  Harambee, meaning “pulling together” in Swahili, is an East African tradition of community self-help events that have long been important in parts of East African culture as a way to build and maintain communities.
Michael Kavalus, Founder of kageno Frank Andolino and Alexis Fedor
Alexis and Michael were there to learn about the INCREDIBLE projects they are raising funds for, including a new school and community center, and to see how passionate everyone was about supporting this incredibly effective organization.
WE have an opportunity to help as well!  This month, when you submit your designs for the Monthly Featured Charity Project, you have the chance to help us sell shirts and donate 50% of the profits directly to kageno.
Design NOW!
BE brave. WEAR philanthropy.

REVEAL NYC SPA BENEFIT JULY 28!!!

25 Sunday Jul 2010

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If you live in NYC you won’t want to miss the Reveal NYC Spa Benefit this coming Wednesday, July 28.  The proceeds from the night go toward funding the Reveal Monthly Self-Care Workshops for women recovering from abuse and domestic violence.  And it’s VERY affordable!!!

Check it out and get your tickets here:

http://revealnyc.wordpress.com/

We’ll see you there…

REVEAL NYC: Empowering Female Victims of Abuse

20 Tuesday Jul 2010

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Reveal 2009 – 2 Minute from Reveal NYC on Vimeo.

Reveal NYC is an organization that holds workshops for women who have been abused or are homeless to help them regain their sense of personal power and confidence. With an incredibly powerful concept, Reveal NYC has already made a huge impact on the women they work with and they are just getting started. They are holding a WONDERFUL Spa Benefit on July 28 in New York City that you don’t want to miss. I spoke with Caroline Melendez, one of Reveal’s workshop facilitators, about the mission of Reveal and why EVERYONE should attend the Spa Benefit.


Love + Water- How did Reveal NYC begin?
Caroline Melendez- Reveal started in 2006 as a Valentine’s Day event for women who were sex trafficking victims or had been abused and were living in a shelter.  The goal of the event was to provide services that allowed each woman to be pampered and taken care of for a day.  A group of women from Trinity Grace Church here in New York were deeply moved to help these women, so they arranged the event, and it had an incredibly powerful impact.  The women were given facials, a massage, had their hair and make-up done and were given new clothes, all by professionals here in New York.  They have grown this event into a regular practice.  We now partner with the largest women’s shelter in the city where we hold self-care workshops once a month.  The women typically are only permitted to live there for three months, so we designed the workshops as a three-month series.  The first month is fashion and hair, so we have a fashion designer from J Crew and a professional hair dresser talk with the women about what makes them feel good and beautiful, and help them to achieve the look they want.  The second month is a skin care and make-up workshop, and again we have experts come in and teach them tips and tricks to do for their skin and with make-up, and then they get to practice what they’ve learned.  The third month is health and wellness.  We have a Pilates instructor come and teach a class, and we’ve recently started a self-defense class, which is incredibly empowering for the women.    

L+W- That must have been a fascinating class to witness.

CM- It was, and I think we were all snapped back to reality at the end when Alexander, the instructor, opened the class up to questions.  One of the women asked a couple of very specific questions about how to get out of a certain hold.  We could tell that these were specific situations that she was not making up, but that had actually happened to her.  Alexander was amazing in that he had her put him in those positions, and they talked through them in a very logical way in order to show her how to get out of them.  The whole class benefited in a way that we never could have predicted, so that was pretty amazing to be a part of.

L+W- What is the long-term goal for Reveal NYC?

CM- We’re hoping to get to know the women more, so in the Fall, if we have enough funding, we’d like to hold workshops twice a month for the women.  This was the inspiration for our Summer Spa Benefit at Jeunesse Spa.  It is for both men and women, and we’re giving away free spa treatments to the first 50 people to arrive, which includes either a massage or a nail polish change.  The benefit is a “dress to impress” night, because we want everyone who attends to look and feel amazing.  Reveal NYC is run entirely on volunteers, so all of our funding comes from our benefits and personal donations.  We keep the workshops very inexpensive- Starbucks donates the coffee that we serve, and we only pay for the materials we need because all the instructors donate their time.  Our dream is to hold workshops in many shelters throughout the city, and to eventually have a permanent place where we hold workshops for the women who have left the shelters.  

L+W- What is the most moving moment you’ve had so far with Reveal NYC?

CM- The workshop we did in June was very moving, because a teenage daughter of one of the women had run away the night before.  The mother was beside herself, and everyone was very down as a result.  I was worried that the women weren’t going to come because they were under so much stress.  But one by one they started to arrive, and we had one of the best turn outs we’ve ever had.  It started out tense, but I could see them start to change as time went on.  The way they sat, the way they were talking and laughing and talking about what makes them feel good, and sharing ideas and stories with each other was incredible to watch.  Within a couple of hours they had all bonded and forgot about their worries for a short time, which is what the workshops are all about.  

L+W- I’m personally excited about the Spa Event, and for the work Reveal NYC is doing.  You must feel very positive about the future, considering the direction you’re headed.
CM- I’m very excited about what’s happening with Reveal NYC, because the possibilities are endless.  The Spa Event on July 28 should be great, because we not only have a great night lined up but we are excited to expand people’s awareness of Reveal NYC, and this is the perfect opportunity to do so.


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National Conference on Volunteering and Service: Here’s to YOU!

01 Thursday Jul 2010

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After following the National Conference on Volunteering and Service via social media for the last three days, I’m moved not only by how effective and productive the speakers were, but how easily I was able to participate without physically being there.  Twitter made it possible for me to get updates all day from conference participants, Four Square allowed me to meet up with founders of charities and business owners I hadn’t met before, and the NCVS website allowed me to watch some key conferences online.

To say that social media is the key to the future is not an understatement by any means.  I believe we can utilize it to reach farther than we thought we could to accomplish what we believe in.

The best conference I viewed online is the “Here’s To YOU” Inspiration Event.  You can view it online by going to the NCVS homepage and clicking on the title.  If you want to sit back for an hour or two and get a great reminder of what it means to give back and feel great about the resources we have to give, watch this.

Thank you, NCVS, for making this conference so accessible, so moving and so enlightening.

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