March on Washington June 2008

Badboob,

I love both of those T's!!!

Thanks for putting them together with the slogan!!

Bren

Hi Diane,

I didn't find the camo T's on cafepress.com.  I could only find them on bluecotton.com. 

Maybe cafepress would carry the camo T's.  You have great ideas.  I'll follow up tomorrow with a call to DC permit office.  I think we'll be able to get better organized once we get a date. 

Thanks,

Bren

Hi ladies!  I did some checking and found the best prices on printfection.com. I don't know about cafepress carrying the camo shirts--I imagine they have contract suppliers and it might be a problem unless they were assured a large quantity of purchasers. My personal preference is to have the camo on the ribbon. Even though the design is bright, the pink on the camo shirt kind of disappears to my eye.  Both cafepress and printfection have a number of colors available, so I guess it would be up to the purchaser. If they would be for the march, a single color choice for the shirt would probably be best.  Having never ordered a product from either site, I wonder what the quality is. I am thinking about cleaning up my design, adding the "40,000", and ordering at least one of them for me to see what they are like.  If nothing else, I know lots of my family and friends would order one! LOL!  There are also other items like hats, pins, magnets, etc...it seems like once you upload the design, the options are endless.

Either site will let me set my own price over their base price.  I think a minimum mark-up would be nice so that the cost is not too high for those who want one, but then maybe a mark-up is the way to go if we want to  have a fund to help people get to the march.  I don't receive disability so my personal finances are such that I would love to be able to earn a little something, but I don't feel like this is the way to do it.  The base price at both sites is around $18; I didn't check on shipping charges.

I certainly don't want to impose my design, but know that you all were talking about shirts for the march. I enjoy this kind of work and would be happy to alter designs and let you all decide if you would like to use them. It would not bother me if you chose a different direction, so don't worry about hurting my feelings or anything like that if you go with something different.

I'll keep checking back. I sure hope that you get resolution on the date soon!

Diane 

Hi Diane,

Here's another idea for the T's ... use the camo ribbon the way you've designed it on either the front or back of the shirt with the words "40,910 in 2008" (or 09) in black letters on the opposite side of the shirt.  Very simple and sure to raise lots of questions. 

Just another idea. 

Keep them coming ... will call the Permit office in DC today.

Thanks,

Bren

Hello ladies, this is some of my ideas:

 Black t-sh and knife or ox with blood

1)Why me?

2)Breast cancer kills

3) Breast cancer kills 1 of 9( in California 1 of 7 )

4)Breast cancer = death

5) America - we need your help!

6) America - save your mothers!

7)40000 - why do we dye?

9)Breast cancer- silent killer

10)Breast cancer - terror on woman.

11)Protect our mothers - find a cure!

12)I want my mom to live!

13)I don't want to dye

14) what is my crime?

15) help find the cure

16) sentesed to death

17) it could be your mother...

18) Breast cancer-panishment without crime.

19)black t-sh,red cancer on the front and singh

I'm killing you,or - cancer kills.

MAJOR UPDATE!!

I just talked to the Park service.  They have our permit application.  We actually have a processing number and a contact person who is handling our application and working on it.  Unfortunately he wasn't there when I called, but he will be back tomorrow!!  So ... I'll call the man tomorrow and see what's going on.  They lady kept wanting to know what our organization name was.  Yikes.  I just used my name on the permit, but put down the purpose as a Memorial March for the 40,910 who die each year of breast cancer. 

Ohmygosh!! What if this really does happen this June 22nd!!!!

We're going to really need somebody who's good with PR and knows how to get the word out to the different breast cancer organizations!!

I'll let everyone know as soon as I hear something tomorrow.

love,

Bren

A fund would be a real headache, not only keeping up with it, tax deductible?  Giving out the money? 

I'd say take a dollar or two of each order for you and give the rest to bc.org.???

Dotti's idea was more in line with what I was thinking.  I am still leaning toward a very minimal mark-up to keep the cost of the shirts down, so going through all the trouble of a formal fund seems like a lot of work for what is likely to be a small amount of money. I'm thinking of less than a dollar markup per shirt. That would still make the cost around $20; I forgot to check on their shipping charges.

The ribbon on the front and text on the back sounds like a good idea to me; it does raise the base price of the shirt a dollar or two though. I was thinking of having them do shirts, caps, pins, and car magnets.  The only pink they offer at printfection and cafepress is a baby pink.  Black would be good, but their process means the ribbon would be surrounded by a white rectangle. I'm not sure I like that, although the extra space would mean the march name/details could be put in the rectangle.  Both places have multiple options to put the logo on:  sweatshirts, aprons, bumper stickers, keychains, etc.  Adding an item isn't hard to do. The graphic file for the ribbon I made is large enough to work well on just about anything printfection/cafepress offers. 

Just let me know what you decide and I'll get right on it.

(((HUGS)))

Diane 

This is a map of the Mall.  The White House is just above the Elipse circle.

The section of the Mall to the right of the Washington Monument is in front of the museums.  The white lines are streets.  I've never been there so I don't know how big it is or how it actually looks.

Another idea is to wait a year and get first pick at the time and location we think would be best.  What are your thoughts on this??  What should I tell the Park man when he calls back??

Holy COW!!! How VERY EXCITING!!  This year or next, it's going to be awesome. My vote is for whatever works best for everyone.  Valerie certainly makes a good point about the new administration.

I'm <blushing> here, Bren!  What I do is just plain FUN for me!

(((HUGS)))
Diane

Okay Guys ... you're not going to believe this!!!

I checked my on-line bank account and the Park service has already cashed my check for the permit! 

I was talking to Tender about dates and locations at the Mall and her thinking was similar to yours (and mine).  If we want this to be big and get national coverage, not to mention the best location possible, we should wait until 2009.  Another thing Tender brought up, which the above map doesn't show, is the route of the Metro.  I can post a map which shows the Metro routes.  There is a route which would drop us off at a very good location so we wouldn't have to walk to so far. 

Also, we probably better set up committees with heads of each committe. 

1.  T's, caps, buttons - Diane (you rock this girlfriend)

2.  Transportation (Metro, parking, etc.)

3.  Lodging (hotels, private homes)

4.

This map is of the Metro line.  It looks like the best stop is at the Smithsonian. The little red square dot to the left is the Washington Memorial. Way far away at the far left end of the reflecting pool is the Vietnam Memorial.  That might be quite a long walk for some of the gals from the Metro at the Smithsonian.

Hope this helps.

B.

Okay Valerie ... how about a day in the middle of the week in May 2009!!!

A large number of us will probably not even be around or able to participate by May 2009.