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LAA T Shirt Design

So, what in the world is LAA? LAA stands for Lahaina Arts Association, it's a non profit organization that focuses on free art education for the children of Maui County. I've been working with LAA as a board member for the past 18 months. A few months ago I was voted in as President. At the moment it takes $150,000 to run the 13 weekly art classes, provide the art supplies and give out 6 college scholarships a year. We hope to maintain and even expand our programs so more children can benefit. It takes a lot of fundraising, grant writing and donations to keep LAA going.

Coming up in May we will be joining the "Maui Charity Walk". The Charity Walk is a state wide event that occurs in the month of May on most islands each year. It is one of the largest single-day fundraising events by a non-profit organization in the state of Hawaii. Since it's inception in 1978, over $26 million has been raised, benefiting hundreds of local charities throughout the state. All funds raised on Maui, stays in Maui.

This year we are designing a T-shirt for the "Charity Walk" and are entering it into their T-shirt contest. My job is to design the T-shirt. The photo pictured here shows my progress so far. Each sandal will have the name of the town where one of our classes in located and what we represent. In the center it will say "Maui Youth Art Outreach" "Lahaina Arts Association". I chose the color wheel for obvious reasons. The sandals represent this years "Charity Walk" theme and logo, "Put Your Best Slippah Forward". ("Slippah, is Hawaiian slang for flip flops or sandals.)