We're now at Day 16 and the donations keep rolling in! Thanks again Jamie for another bag of jackets! Yew!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Day 16!
We're now at Day 16 and the donations keep rolling in! Thanks again Jamie for another bag of jackets! Yew!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Day 10!
I received another box full of jackets today thanks to a cool cat/friend named Jaime from Seal Beach Cyclery in Seal Beach, CA!
Todd Saunders, a good friend of mine made a bunch of stickers to help get the ball rolling for this project. Thanks Todd!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Day 8!
Day 8//2:00am...I just spent about 4 hours sorting out and packaging up all the jackets, sweatshirts, scarfs, beenies and gloves that you guys donated... check out the photo! So long I've got 7 boxes in just 8 days...Keep it up! Feel free to email me at amplyfy@gmail.com to set up a time and place for me to pick-up your donations or for you to drop them off.
Monday, December 6, 2010
The Coats for the Cold Outreach 2010
The Coats for the Cold Outreach was made to take your old, unwanted jackets that are taking up room in your house and to put them to good use for the winter. I plan to start collecting jacket/coat donations on Nov. 1st of each year. Once my truck is full, then I'll take a group of people (however many people want to come) and do a "Drop-Off".
2010 Emphasis
This is our first official year as Amplyfy and I want to emphasize Skid Row. Skid Row is a 50-block area in the shadow of downtown Los Angeles that has the largest concentration of homeless people in the country. There are between 8,000 and 11,000 people that live here and that population number is growing while the temperatures at night are 45 degrees and falling.
So what can you do?
Donate: Go through your closet, attic and garage and gather up any unwanted coats, jackets or scarfs and e-mail me @ amplyfy@gmail.com so we can arrange a day that I can come and pick them up from you. (Unfortunately I do not have a tax ID# at this moment)
Drop-Off: If you'd like to go with us to the 2010 Emphasis: Skid Row to hand out the donated jackets/coats then you are more than welcome to join us. The drop-off is an eye-opening experience and I encourage everyone to take this opportunity to experience first hand of what the homeless deal with on the streets of Skid Row on a daily basis. Stay tuned for 2010 Drop-off date...
What is Amplyfy?
Ever since I was a child, I wanted to help the homeless. I didn't understand why they didn't have a home, why they showed no emotion on their face or why some of them didn't even say thank you when my mom or dad bought them food... so who are they? Why are they there? Better yet, What can I do?
I never lived through any hardships in the ghetto. My family never went without a meal or faced unbearable hardships. I've never known someone who was murdered or someone that has served time in jail. I have been blessed to have the things I have and to live the life that I live...now it's time to give back.
I draw inspiration from the millions of people out there that give themselves freely to a cause with hopes only to make a difference. To make change. To give sight to the unseen. I see so many non-profits and charities giving to the needy over seas in Haiti, Africa, Asia etc. and my endless applause goes out to those that do that. But there is also much needed much closer to home.
We all see them; the same old homeless guy walking down PCH every day completely out of his mind as we speed by on our way to work. We all see that woman pushing the shopping cart full of who knows what across the street as we sit behind our big, dark sunglasses humming the latest hit on the radio. We all see the same dark faces holding those flimsy cardboard signs and we pray that we don't have to be the first person in line in the left turn lane at the intersection because they are there; two feet away from our window and everyone behind us is waiting to see if we are going to do something. Yet we do nothing. We do nothing because we are so quickly to assume they are there for a reason...and they deserve it.
So what is AMPLYFY?
AMPLYFY is about giving the benefit of the doubt to the homeless. Sure they could've been or still are drug addicts or alcoholics...they could've beaten their wives, they could've stolen from their family but does it really matter at this point? Maybe they've learned their lesson. Maybe they haven't. But who are we to decide that?
AMPLYFY clothing is built around a concept. It's a company that hopefully inspires change in each and every person that we, as a company, come in contact with. Your purchase will directly affect a person in need here in Southern California.
For every t-shirt or sweatshirt you buy, I will donate one to the less-fortunate. It's that easy.
so my question to you is...
"How will you AMPLYFY change?"
I never lived through any hardships in the ghetto. My family never went without a meal or faced unbearable hardships. I've never known someone who was murdered or someone that has served time in jail. I have been blessed to have the things I have and to live the life that I live...now it's time to give back.
I draw inspiration from the millions of people out there that give themselves freely to a cause with hopes only to make a difference. To make change. To give sight to the unseen. I see so many non-profits and charities giving to the needy over seas in Haiti, Africa, Asia etc. and my endless applause goes out to those that do that. But there is also much needed much closer to home.
We all see them; the same old homeless guy walking down PCH every day completely out of his mind as we speed by on our way to work. We all see that woman pushing the shopping cart full of who knows what across the street as we sit behind our big, dark sunglasses humming the latest hit on the radio. We all see the same dark faces holding those flimsy cardboard signs and we pray that we don't have to be the first person in line in the left turn lane at the intersection because they are there; two feet away from our window and everyone behind us is waiting to see if we are going to do something. Yet we do nothing. We do nothing because we are so quickly to assume they are there for a reason...and they deserve it.
So what is AMPLYFY?
AMPLYFY is about giving the benefit of the doubt to the homeless. Sure they could've been or still are drug addicts or alcoholics...they could've beaten their wives, they could've stolen from their family but does it really matter at this point? Maybe they've learned their lesson. Maybe they haven't. But who are we to decide that?
AMPLYFY clothing is built around a concept. It's a company that hopefully inspires change in each and every person that we, as a company, come in contact with. Your purchase will directly affect a person in need here in Southern California.
For every t-shirt or sweatshirt you buy, I will donate one to the less-fortunate. It's that easy.
so my question to you is...
"How will you AMPLYFY change?"
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