by thesavageway | Aug 24, 2016 | clean graffiti, services
This is the second year that we’ve been lucky enough to work with the Isabella Santos Foundation, a non-profit fighting neuroblastoma. As in previous years, we were able to use Clean Graffiti to help promote their 9th annual 5K/10K for Kids Cancer on September 24, 2016 and push people to #BeatGrowLive.
sup
Clean Graffiti for the Isabella Santos Foundation. Join their fight on 9.24.26. #thesavageway
Our Clean Graffiti went down throughout popular running areas in Charlotte, NC. Having an opportunity to work alongside this passionate and inspiring group has been amazing. Even better is we were able to take Isabella’s words, #BeatGrowLive, and translate them into Clean Graffiti artwork.
Love this Clean Graffiti for the Isabella Santos Foundation. #thesavageway
Isabella Santos Foundation 5K / 10K for Kids Cancer is on 9.24.16. #thesavageway
Isabella Santos fought a tough battle with neuroblastoma during her short years on this earth. She & her family had to navigate a foreign territory (cancer) that no family should have to travel. While her time was cut way too short, she left a legacy behind. You see, she had three wishes for her life: beat cancer, grow hair and live her dreams. The Isabella Santos Foundation exists so that other children and their families will one day not have to deal with this awful childhood cancer. They are fighting to #BeatGrowLive.
RACE DETAILS:
What: 9th Annual Isabella Santos Foundation 5K for Kids Cancer, 10K and 1 Mile Fun Run. This is the fastest growing family-friendly race in Charlotte providing fun for the entire family. Race participants will receive a t-shirt, official racing bib with microchip timing system, and sponsor goodie bag. Prizes will be given to the winners for specific age categories.
Date:
Saturday, September 24
When:
7:30 AM: Registration Ends
8:00 AM: 5K/10K Race for Kids Cancer
Where:
Ballantyne Corporate Park. The closest address you can enter into your GPS would be 15801 Brixham Hill Ave. Charlotte, NC 28277
Register here: http://5kforkidscancer.racesonline.com/register
Race Details for the Isabella Santos Foundation. #thesavageway
This race is not like your typical 5K in the Charlotte, NC area. The ISF event is geared toward families and kids with activities like a Kids Fun Zone (with games, face painting, slides, jump house, photo booth and more) and a Raffle and Silent Auction (with beauty/spa packages, sporting events, date night outs, vacations, jewelry, etc).
More Clean Graffiti by #thesavageway for the Isabella Santos Foundation. #BeatGrowLive.
There are a lot of ways that you can get involved to #BeatGrowLive. Here are a few suggestions:
About the Isabella Santos Foundation:
The Isabella Santos Foundation is a 503(c) charity that raises money and awareness for Neuroblastoma Research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Ronald McDonald House, the Make-a-Wish Foundation as well as other local children’s charities. The foundation also provides financial support to local families who are battling children’s cancer.
Meet Isabella. The foundation was started by her. #thesavageway
by thesavageway | Aug 23, 2016 | community, services
The 4th Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Charlotte charity walk for Safe Alliance is taking place this Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 9am at NoDa Brewing Northend.
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is this Saturday, August 27 at 9am. #thesavageway
This event is all about men (and women) raising awareness about rape and gender violence by walking a mile in heels. To quote Charlotte’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes ® flyer, “In spirit of the old saying “you can’t understand someone’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes,” Walk a Mile in Her Shoes ® literally asks men to walk a mile in women’s high heeled shoes. The event is a playful and fun opportunity for men to raise awareness in their community about the serious causes and effects of sexualized violence.”
Come Walk A Mile in heels on Sat. August 27 and support Safe Alliance. #thesavageway
Walk A Mile In Her Shoes benefits Safe Alliance. #thesavageway
The crowd gathering at the 2015 Walk A Mile event. #thesavageway
This year, the event will start and finish from the new NoDa Brewing Company location at 2921 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC.
Date: Saturday, August 27th, 2016
Registration Begins: 9:00am
Welcome/Walk Starts: 10:00am
Awards/After-Party: 11:00am
Cost: $25 for Men, and $10 for Ladies.
There is still time to register. Check out this link for all of the information.
The 2016 beneficiary is Safe Alliance. This amazing group “provides a continuum of critical crisis services to those victimized by domestic violence, sexual assault or child abuse. Services include a 24-hour crisis line, the 80-bed Clyde & Ethel Dickson Domestic Violence Shelter, safety planning services, hospital accompaniment, case management systems advocacy, support groups, court advocacy/accompaniment and legal representation. Safe Alliance assists over 10,000 people annually throughout Mecklenburg and south Iredell Counties and reaches an even greater number of people through community educational, prevention programs and institutional advocacy.”
For more information, visit safealliance.org.
(All photos courtesy of the Walk A Mile In Her Shoes website.)
by thesavageway | Aug 16, 2016 | clean graffiti
We’ve partnered with OrthoCarolina on a number of projects over the years. You may remember our motivational running messages, Panthers football campaign and #WalkCLT in Plaza Midwood. However, our latest initiative, #CLTFreeWorkout, is definitely one of the most interactive and community building campaigns that we’ve ever created.
The starting location of the #CLTFreeWorkout in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte. #thesavageway
#CLTFreeWorkout is a Clean Graffiti campaign that utilizes the sidewalks to guide a series of FREE body-weight exercises in six different areas of town. Those areas include Sedgefield, NoDa, Dilworth, West Charlotte, Cherry and Wilmore. Click here for maps.
OrthoCarolina is a huge proponent of building community and promoting health & wellness in the greater Charlotte area. When we approached the Vice President of Marketing, Blair Primis, with an idea to create pop-up style workout stations, he lit up in excitement.
“I thought the idea was brilliant,” said Primis, “and my immediate response was that we will make this happen. Done.”
We worked with OrthoCarolina physician, Aaron Hewitt, to create safe, easy-to-learn exercises that could be turned into a full body workout. The exercises include Air Squats, Arm Circles, Push-ups, Lunges, Jumping Jacks & Plank – repeat 5x. Instructional videos can be found here on www.cltfreeworkout.com.
One of the body-weight exercises on the #CLTFreeWorkout route. #thesavageway
Air Squats Clean Graffiti for the #CLTFreeWorkout powered by OrthoCarolina. #thesavageway
Check out the #CLTFreeWorkout in one of the six chosen neighborhoods. #thesavageway
Using Clean Graffiti for a healthy initiative in the Charlotte, NC area. #thesavageway
One of the greatest elements of #CLTFreeWorkout is that we created a hashtag with the campaign. Now, whenever people are out doing the workout (whether they planned it or they stumbled upon it on a daily run), they can post a picture to social media and use #CLTFreeWorkout. We are able to track & see how many people are interacting with this healthy initiative.
A screen shot of the hashtag #CLTFreeWorkout on Instagram showcases community involvement. #thesavageway
Now that the campaign is launched, our client is seeing the results. “We’re thrilled,” said Primis. “The community has embraced it and are out there getting the workouts in. So cool to see.”
You can check out more coverage from our awesome city-wide campaign in the Charlotte Observer article, Charlotte Agenda feature, Charlotte Five coverage or this news clip from WCNC. Hopefully we will see this awesome initiative in other cities soon!
#CLTFreeWorkout launched in Charlotte, NC in Summer 2016. Free workouts in six neighborhoods. #thesavageway
by thesavageway | Aug 5, 2016 | clean graffiti
#thesavageway had the privilege of creating some Clean Graffiti for David Weekley Homes and their Central Living Charlotte locations. David Weekly Homes is a part of the Charlotte community and they are building some new properties in the South End area of town including Iverson, Ideal & Carson.
Clean Graffiti for David Weekley Homes in Charlotte, NC – #thesavageway
The spots were put down in the Historic South End area of Charlotte, NC and included a positive message, “Love Where You Live” and a fun representation of the Charlotte skyline.
New Love Where You Live Clean Graffiti by #thesavageway in Charlotte, NC.
David Weekley Homes has been “building in Charlotte-area suburbs for nearly 20 years, but (they) recognize that life in these areas is not for every Homebuyer. The Central Living communities offer the right home for your lifestyle and low-maintenance living while minimizing your home’s footprint. Enjoy the proximity to everything you’re already familiar with, such as a variety of entertainment, shopping and dining, and easy access to sporting venues, cultural landmarks and area employers.”
*excerpt from the David Weekley Homes website.
It’s been fun to have people send us texts, snap chat messages and post on their social media when they see a Clean Graffiti spot. The fact that you can only see these spots when you are walking around the neighborhood makes it awesome for targeted messaging. Here are a few snaps that we received for the Love Where You Live Campaign.
Snaphchat message sent to #thesavageway when a Clean Graffiti spot was seen in Charlotte. Photo by Caity Friedrich.
Another Snapchat message sent to #thesavageway when the Love Where You Live reverse graffiti was spotted. Photo by Maddy Rupert.
Check out more information on David Weekley Homes at www.centrallivingcharlotte.com.
Or connect with them on social:
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
by thesavageway | Jul 26, 2016 | clean graffiti
Charlotte, NC is becoming an awesome cultural hub for museum exhibitions, music, dance, and street art. In May of this year, the arts scene was taken to another level when the #LongLiveArts Free Community Festival took place in Uptown.
The New Levine Center for the Arts logo / initiative that launched earlier this spring.
Levine Center for the Arts hosted this first-of-its-kind collaboration. Levine Center for the Arts is “one of Charlotte’s major cultural destinations, home to Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, John S. and James L. Knight Theater, and Mint Museum Uptown. The Center was made possible through the support of the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, Campaign for Cultural Facilities, and The Leon Levine Foundation, one of the country’s largest and most impactful philanthropic organizations, along with the generosity of Bank of America Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, and Duke Energy Foundation, among many others.”
#thesavageway was able to join in this collaboration of the arts community by creating some Clean Graffiti for the #LongLiveArts initiative.
#LongLiveArts Clean Graffiti campaign for Levine Center for the Arts. #thesavagway
These spots can be found throughout the Plaza Midwood, NoDa & South End neighborhoods of the Queen City. While the Clean Graffiti was placed in promotion of this FREE community festival, the message lives on and will continue to ring true in this beautiful city.
#LongLiveArts Clean Graffiti in Charlotte, NC by #thesavageway.
Fun social element to this #LongLiveArts Clean Graffiti. #thesavageway
Clean Graffiti campaign for the Levine Center for the Arts in Charlotte, NC. #thesavageway
You can click here for a complete visual representation of the spring community festival from the Levine Center for the Arts website.
Let’s help Charlotte continue to represent the #LongLiveArts movement.
