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.
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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 | 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.
by thesavageway | Jul 6, 2016 | clean graffiti
driveway art® is an extension of #thesavageway’s commercial Clean Graffiti service. If you’re not familiar with Clean Graffiti, it is the process of putting a clean message on a dirty sidewalk. You can click here for examples.
driveway art for a client’s patio in South Charlotte, NC. #thesavageway has expanded Clean Graffiti.
For driveway art®, we decided to partner with a local architectural designer, Robin Tonelli, to bring new designs & creative options right to your driveway. Our artwork is an eco-friendly option (it’s just water – no harsh chemicals) and allows individuals and families to display their creative side.
Gorgeous driveway art by #thesavageway in Charlotte, NC.
Charlotte Links design for #thesavageway driveway art.
driveway art® is perfect to:
- showcase your creative side
- elevate your curb appeal
- celebrate an event in an unexpected way
Our experienced team of artists will create your intricate driveway art® using high-pressure water and naturally dirty concrete. If you can answer YES to the following questions, then you need to call us for driveway art®:
– Is your driveway concrete?
– Does your driveway / walkway have months or years of accumulated dirt?
– Do you want to express your artistic side in a fun way?
Each project is custom quoted and includes a Designer consultation, digital layout of artwork to scale and hand-done artwork application.
Gingko Bloom design for #thesavageway driveway art.
Loving this NoDa Nights design for driveway art by #thesavageway.
For more information, please contact:
Robin Tonelli, Driveway Artist
[email protected]
980.875.0081
by thesavageway | Nov 13, 2015 | community
We consider ourselves lucky that we are able to surround ourselves with some amazing interns throughout the year and this semester is no different. We have witnessed Maddy Rupert & Renee Gorman learn and grow at #thesavageway for some weeks now. Together they have been a powerhouse and tackled every task that we’ve given them. Individually, they’ve shown us what big hearts and creative brains they each have. We’ve gotten to know them, and now we want to introduce them to you! Meet #thesavageway Interns!
We love our interns!! #thesavageway
MEET MADELYN RUPERT (@bohohobo)
Meet Madelyn Rupert! #thesavageway
What’s your nickname? Maddy, Mads, Maddog
Where did you go to school? Wake Forest University
How did you hear about #thesavageway? After recently graduating from Wake and moving to Charlotte in August, I was applying to a lot of jobs in the hopes of finding something that would allow me to use my educational experiences, yet also stimulated me artistically. In my searches, I stumbled upon #thesavageway and was immediately intrigued. #thesavageway had something different about them, something that caught my eye. Then when I did more research, and found out about the work they’re doing in the community, and the aspects that make them unique, like the Clean Graffiti and Moss Art, I was sold.
Why did you want to work with #thesavageway? #thesavageway stuck out to me because of its non-traditional aspects. I’ve never been the type to sit at an office job all day, and #thesavageway immediately caught my eye in that it provided an internship experience different than anything else I would get in a more traditional marketing firm. I also liked how small it is, and that I would be able to work closely with Torrie and Paula. It gives you the feeling that the work you’re doing really matters, and I think that’s important when looking for a job.
You’re a few weeks into this internship, what are your thoughts thus far? What I like most about the position is that no day is the same. Each day holds its own infinite set of possibilities. One day we’ll be sitting in on meetings with clients, another we’ll be out taking pictures for social media, and the next we’ll be socializing and enjoying a beer at a client event. So far, I not only feel as if I am learning, but I am also enjoying myself. It is helping me familiarize myself with the Charlotte area, get to know the community while allowing me to grow my professional skills. So, I’d say I think it’s going really well so far!
Name 3 of your favorite songs. This is always a dreaded question for me because 1) I am a huge music lover and my favorites could change based on any number of variables, and 2) I am THE most indecisive person ever, one of the fatal traits of a Libra. So, to avoid giving you a list of a million songs and to avoid hours of painstaking decision making to narrow down my list, I will give you 3 of my current favorites (aka 3 currently on repeat):
- Jamie xx – Loud Places
- Tame Impala- The Less I Know the Better
- Leon Bridges- Coming Home
Dream job? Fashion buyer / Merchandiser
Favorite Food? Pizza (Also, my most used emoji)
MEET RENEE GORMAN (@reneemichaela)
Meet Renee Gorman! #thesavageway
What’s your nickname? People at my kickboxing gym call me Red because of my hair, but that hasn’t caught on outside of the gym, although, I don’t think I would mind at all.
Where did you go to school? Queens University of Charlotte
How did you hear about #thesavageway? Once I graduated, I did research for social media and marketing companies and I came across #thesavageway through #WeLoveCLT. I thought what #thesavageway did was crazy cool and innovative and I knew I had to be involved.
Why did you want to work with #thesavageway? In a previous internship I wrote an article on the social media of NoDa (the arts district in Charlotte). I was impressed with the community’s social media use and how they communicate. It wasn’t until I was at my interview with #thesavageway that I learned they do the social media for NoDa. Now I am helping run the social media so I’ve made a full circle and it is awesome to be on the other side.
I like how #thesavageway is a non-traditional company. I was immediately drawn to that. I like that #thesavageway is a small company and that I can work with every project. Additionally, the Clean Graffiti is such a brilliant idea I knew I had to be a part of this company
You’re a few weeks into this internship, what are your thoughts thus far? I LOVE working with the ladies of #thesavageway. I am learning so much about social media and marketing. But more importantly, I am getting to do a lot. This internship is very hands on and within the first two weeks I was helping run different social media accounts. I cannot wait to see what the next months have in store.
Name 3 of your favorite songs. I am totally going to cheat on this question. This is so hard. I have to put down Joan Jett. She is the reason I bought my first leather jacket. Her music and her generally badassery inspired me.
- “Pompeii” by Bastille is definitely up there. This song was played all the time at the Open Mic Night at the pub my friends and I frequented when I lived in England. So it holds a special place in my heart.
- OneRepublic’s “I Lived” is another song that is important to me. In fact, the whole Native album was important to me. I listened to these songs while I was backpacking by myself. These songs kept me company on my many adventures through Europe.
- This is me cheating… Currently, on my drive into #thesavageway I am rocking out to “Renegades” by the X Ambassadors and “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes.
Dream job? I definitely want to work with social media and video production. I see myself working with a nontraditional, creative company. I would like a job that is challenging and that no two days are the same.
Favorite Food? Tacos, I love a good taco. There is this hole-in-the wall Korean BBQ joint in Atlanta that serves amazing tacos. So yeah, any variations of a taco dish.
Keep up with our interns happenings by following Renee & Maddy on Instagram @thesavagewayinterns.
