I'm talking to my Step-Dad (who is a lawyer and knows about starting companies, groups, etc...) and I want to make C-A-F-E official! On top of that I am putting together a marketing idea to see if there is a way we can get our name out there to charity's across the nation. I know...I know What I'm talking about is a huge endeavour and once again, I'm probably over my head. But I just don't see the point of not trying in life. I either try big, fail, learn, and try again...OR I never try at all and miss out on something that could be amazing!

That be said I need EVERYONE's help on this!!! When I get home I'm going to start creating a webpage for us. All the Artists who commit to helping out, the "Leaders" (who I'm still looking for people to step up and help me out arm to arm with this undertaking), and everyone else who lends a hand will be featured on this webpage.

1.) An Icon for our Charity Group
2.) Someone who is amazing in CSS who can create an interactive CSS journal
(and if you aren't check your friends list to see if you know someone who is!)
3.) A Deviant Art ID
4.) Stamps, Stamps, and more STAMPS!
(Membership stamps, "I Support C-A-F-E" Stamps, any kind of stamps you can think of)
5.) This 5th need is one allll to it's own and an idea I need everyone's help with because this is how we are going to A.) establish our name and B.) show people what we are about!

As a lot of you have seen Coffee shops have gone down hill due to the economy. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing because this has opened up the market to the "little guy." With our charity name I'm going to get our LOGO (when we have one ) on the sleeves of coffee cups in as many cafe's as I can. I know...sounds big. Heheh...but then again, most of you don't know that for most of my life I have been a sales person. Grew up doing nothing but sales, even took psychology for sales...nothing special mind you, just found I have a knack when it comes to talking to people and don't get bogged down when someone says the word, "no." So, if you want, think up a couple of designs for coffee sleeves because you better believe I'm going to be running with this as far as I can!

The "Art Direction" for our Charity's name is keeping with a Cafe theme after all. So icon's, logo's, stamps, etc...Think coffee cups, think cafe, think of any play on pictures you can use with "C-A-F-E" in that context.

Also please, keep on spreading the word about this! Write all the artists you watch and who watch you, write an artist that you admire, if any of you know the Deviant Art staff see if they would be interested...write your friends, your friends friends, and if they're not on Deviant Art; slap them upside their head, drag them to a computer, get them on here, have them join DA, and have them join us! *faints from talking too long without taking a breath*

In the long run I may have had the idea, but it's going to take everyone to get this off of the ground. WE can all build this together and make this into something very special, something that will touch a lot of lives. People are sad, hurt, feeling lost, feeling like no one cares in this world. Who here has been sick? Who here has felt alone? During those times didn't you want someone to show that they cared? How far would a picture, something to say "someone is thinking of you," how far would that go for someone emotionaly? Just people doing something nice for someone else, putting their time, effort, talent into something can go a long way for someone's emotional well being.

Thank you everyone...I thank you from the bottom of my heart to every single person who helps me with this.
Let's see how many smiles we can bring to this world; one picture at a time.

Here is a News article I posted that you can also direct people to:
NEW CHARITY ART NETWORK
And please continue to send them to my poll to add their name to the list of people who want to join as we get the DA profile up and running!
Thanks again my friends!