Lisa and Mike Seyffert felt helpless in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. So motivated by the what they felt, Lisa posted on her Facebook page Tuesday night following the bombings that she was going to design and sell Boston Strong T-shirts making use of T-shirt screen printing equipment they owned and considered a hobby. She also noted that all proceeds would go to the One Fund which benefits the victims of the bombings.
Lisa thought maybe they'd get a couple hundred orders. Upon the waking the next morning she found her Facebook posts was Liked 96 times. That's when she knew she'd touched a caring pulse of people everywhere. She designed the T-shirt art and posted it on a Facebook page and began taking orders there. They had 200 orders within two hours.
Since then the Seyfferts have been working nearly around the clock to meet the demand of 1,500 orders for Boston Strong T-shirts. To date, they've raised more than $13,000 for The One Fund. (Wicked Local Marshfield)
Lisa made n excellent statement in reacting to the negativity of the bombing. She noted in spite of the negativity that people were still good and wanted to do good things. They wanted to help. She says that for the hundreds of people who have purchased one of the T-shirts, it goes beyond raising money. Its about wearing a message.
I couldn't have said it better myself, Lisa. Excellent observation.
Do good things.
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