073. peliCAN Sway

With the Gulf Oil disaster still in full effect - many companies are taking a stand in pooling efforts to raise money, volunteer hours, and offer any type of relief.  A few posts ago I featured the efforts of Gene Juarez.  Today's post comes from one of my favorite tee shirt websites (http://www.threadless.com/).  They are featuring a tee shirt designed to spark a little fire in you; a very distinct picture on a white tee of an oil covered pelican - the tee shirt design is on sale for only $10 (men and women sizes).  All proceeds from the purchase of this tee go to the Gulf Restoration Network.

Being in the Pacific NW - many of us think that the Gulf events don't effect us much. If you recall, the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska (11 million gallons)or the Edmonds Oil Spill in 2004 (just a tiny fraction) did. Those disasters not only hit close to home but they poisoned our waters, ruined our marine and sea life for years, and it took years to recover. To date - the BP oil fiasco has dumped over 114 million gallons of oil into the Gulf!  Do your part to assist the millions of others that are/will be affected by this environmental tragedy!

From http://www.threadless.com/:

peliCAN, a Gulf Coast relief tee
by Frederik Wepener and Ross Zietz

A couple weeks ago, we reached out to our own art director (and Baton Rouge native), Ross Zietz, to collaborate on "PeliCAN" along with Threadless member Frederek Wepener. All proceeds from the sale of "PeliCAN" will be donated to Gulf Restoration Network. The ink was graciously donated by Sharprint and both designers donated their payment as well.

Ross Zietz: "Hearing the sadness in the voices from all my friends and family back home plus seeing all the depressing but very real images on the news and web, I just really wanted to do something about this nasty disaster."

Frederik Wepener: "Having spent my summers [on the coast of South Africa] as a boy, I can only imagine how I would feel if something similar struck the place I hold so dear."
  

All proceeds from the purchase of this $10 shirt go to Gulf Restoration Network