Crackstarter T-shirts raise funds for 90-second video of Mayor Rob Ford

Politicians and T-shirts rarely combine into a positive story.  And, Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto in Canada, does not seek to change the balance of stories.  In may 2013, a crowd funding campaign was started, asking for $100,000 to release a 90-second video clip of a person who resembles the mayor allegedly smoking crack cocaine.  The campaigns appears to have raised the required $100,000 in just four days with a few people claiming to have seen the video.

All the obnoxious political nonsense aside, there are people selling T-shirts to raise funds to have the video purchased so it can be distributed and verifiers if the person is in deed Rob Ford.  The T-shirt shows a picture from the video and sells for $15 with all proceeds going to what called the Crackstarter campaign.  Too bad it takes incidents like this with Rob Ford to get people involved with government.  

Doing good things for those affected by the Oklahoma tornado

With the deadly and distractive tornado that ripped through Oklahoma on 05/20/2013, Hollywood, Universities and other people and groups are stepping forward to help raise funds for the families affected by the tornado.

First up is Kristin Chenoweth (star of Deck the Halls), who is a native of Oklahoma, is selling special T-shirts from the charity "Lending a Helping Paw" for $25 through her own animal charity "Maddie's Corner."  Her goal is to sell 1,000 T-shirts which should allow her to donate $17,500.  As an added bonus, an anonymous donor will match $25 for each T-shirt sold.  As of 05/24/2013, $3,500 has been raised with an additional $5,800.  Maddie's Corner doesn't indicate which disaster relief these funds are going to, but I'll assume she allocating these funds to an organization with boots on the group which can give immediate relief.

You can see the red T-shirt shown below.

Next, we have three Oklahoma universities banding together to raise funds for tornado relief by selling T-shirts.  University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Tulsa.  The T-shirts will be produced by Box Seat Clothing Company, but will only be available through the respective university's online stores.  

That's an excellent combined effort.  See dark colored shirt sporting the logos for each university.

My prayers go out those impacts by the tornado in Oklahoma.

Do good things.

Phil Taylor of Cleveland Browns sells T-shirts to help families of victims of West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion

Phil Taylor and several players of the Cleveland Browns football team wear T-shirts (photo below) dedicated to raising awareness and funds for the victims of those affected by the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.  Not to make light of the Boston Marathon bombings, the incident in West, Texas hasn't received as must attention.

Taylor, who attended Baylor University in nearby Waco, Texas, wanted to raise awareness and funds for the victims.  Recent stories in the news have overshadowed the West, Texas explosion and he wants to correct that.  Taylor and his manager started a campaign to market and sell T-shirts with the slogan "We Are West, TX" for $25 each with all proceeds going to families of the victims.  They have a goal of $100,000.

This is a great story.  Someone (Phil Taylor) with the stage of a professional team took the initiative to be the voice of those who needed one.  He could have just donated money, but using T-shirts prompts others to recognize the awareness is needed and provide help in the form of buying a T-shirt.  You look good wearing it.  You look good buying it.  You look good for helping.

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III who played at Baylor is supporting the campaign by posing in one of the T-shirts.

Barbasol shaving cream now offers T-shirts for sale

The company Barbasol, makers of the men's shaving cream recently released a new advertising campaign.  Their first in five years.  The new, and humorous, commercials have generated a lot of new visits to their website.  As a result, Barbasol took notice of the attention and thought there would be a passionate fan base will to wear clothes with the Barbasol logo.  So, they create an online store to sell T-shirts.

Jill Crumbacher, senior vice president of sales and marketing, said this is the first time since Barbasol was acquired by Dublin-based Perio Inc, that they've offered clothes for sale with the well-known brand.

This example further shows that T-shirts, and their use for making a statement, or generating income sources is constantly evolving.  Many new and well established companies are seeing T-shirts as a viable income source from marketing a brand is still possible.  

Eric Fisher, NFL No.1 draft pick already has T-shirts

The value of being the No. 1 draft pick in the 2013 NFL draft cannot be measured merely by a signing bonus or a fat contract.  No, its measured by the merchandise.

Eric Fisher became the No. 1 draft pick, being selected by the Kansas City Chiefs.  Without having played a game yet, Fisher's jersey number 72 is already on sale along with various T-shirts.  The T-shirt picture below displays the statement "When the boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks the closet for ERIC FISHER."

How valuable are you?  When people are willing to put out good money for a T-shirt with your name, you instantly become a beacon of hope.  A brand.  For now until the last T-shirt faded from this earth, you will live forever upon these T-shirts.

Now its time to live up to the pressures of being selected first.  Earn the value of those T-shirts.

Sam Moon offers beautiful women's T-shirts

From a pure love of T-shirts, I present to you a beautiful collection of women's fitted cuts with the short shoulder length sleeves.  In addition to the intricate and beautiful designs, Sam Moon uses a mineral wash on their 100% cotton T-shirts.  Additionally, they use rhinestone accents.  As an added bonus, the design is printed on both front and back.  

To say the least about their T-shirts, its a steal for only $21.99.  These are some of the best T-shirts for the money I have seen in a long time.  I wish they offered unisex T-shirts.  Their cross designs would work well with men as well.

http://sammoon.com/product.asp?cat=giftitem&tempcat=tshirts&sub=sub556

Kenny Chesney adds T-shirts to Spread the Love Fund

On April 30, 2013 Kenny Chesney announced that proceeds from his downloaded single "Spread the Love" will go to the newly created charity Spread the Love fund which benefits post-acute care for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.  That's all good, but Chesney has now added T-shirts to the funds's store, and proceeds from the T-shirts will go to his Spread the Love fund.

 I really like these dark charcoal (Dark Heather) colored T-shirts.  The "Spread the Love" slogans pops off the material.  These should do well as Chesney has a loyal fan base and he's combining music, T-shirts and his persona to help the Boston Medical Center to provide prosthestic limbs to the victims.

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