HELPING HANDS Video Update

HELPING HANDS: Video Update 12.15.09 from PHOTORIA MEDIA on Vimeo.


Took an hour to shoot a 3 minute clip.  Sorry, I'll get better next time!

HELPING HANDS < ONE WEEK !!

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!? WE ARE LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY!
Heres the new updated flyer with the schedule!  Save the date and spread the word!

Yes yes yall, HELPING HANDS is less than a week away.  Jennie (http://drawatree.squarespace.com) and I have been working all day every day to make this event a success.  But let's break down this word, success (in Carlton Bank's voice).  Success, not in the sense of dollars and popularity for HELPING HANDS.  But success in effectively displaying acts of love through this event.  Please see past the music and art of this event and focus on the fact we will be helping people who are in need out there in the streets, communities and the world.  


Visit www.HELPINGHANDSevent.com for more information!
Join our facebook fan page and RSVP on our facebook event invite!


God Bless,
Joe Kim

SHOUT OUTS

we want to take this time to THANK YOU all for your help with HELPING HANDS.  We have come a LONG way in just about three weeks!  Yesterday was a momentous day because Eugene Cho, CEO of One Day's Wages posted up our event on his facebook and twitter account!

(Yes, this is somewhat creeper-ish but its all good)

Thank you to all the musicians, vendors, participants, staff and supporters of HELPING HANDS.  You guys truly are amazing and awesome and none of this would be possible without you guys!

www.HELPINGHANDSevent.com

SO MUCH TO DO, SO LITTLE TIME

HELPING HANDS event is approaching quickly and we have much to do (sending out fliers later tonight!).  So much to do, so little time indeed.  But, what I'm referring to is the amount of work that needs to be done all around the world in our short amount of time.


As we look around, there are many tragic problems taking place in our world, our country, our community and our homes.  

• AIDS/HIV
• Human trafficking
• Poverty
• Lack of education
• Cancer & illnesses
• Suicides
• Homicides

And this is just to name a few.

One positive thing that comes from this, is it gives people the opportunity to help one another.  It's a beautiful thing when people can come together whether they are friends, families or even complete strangers in support of a common goal.  Unfortunately, often we turn our eyes and ears away from the problem in order to maintain our comfortable state of living.  I, myself am guilty of this.  We see an enormous of injustices but we try to block it out so we don't have to burden ourselves with the problem and to go on and live a "happy" life.  

If we do a little bit of research, we'll find out the numbers are staggering when it comes to fatalaties and conditions of such problems such as poverty, human trafficking, deaths from preventable diseases that are occurring all around us!

It doesn't take much to take steps forward in the fight against these injustices.  I urge you to join us in our efforts to raise awareness against these problems and join in the fight to bring a solution.

GETclothing and Photoria partnered up to hold the event, HELPING HANDS in order to help those in our community to further their careers, at the same time to contribute to a greater cause - to raise awareness and fight against extreme global poverty.  

We, GETclothing and I, personally will spend the rest of my life to help as many people as possible through this company.  I know GETclothing is still in its infant stages and have yet to come out with it's first official design, but we are committed to bring relief, joy and happiness to those people in need.  


Please join us in this movement.
Website coming soon!

It's December Already!?

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend spent with your loved ones. I can't believe it's already December. What a crazy 2009 it has been. But 2009 is not over yet and there are many exciting times still to be had! And that transitions me perfectly to introducing you to HELPING HANDS, an event hosted by GETclothing and Photoria. Only 19 days left!

GETclothing and PHOTORIA are hosting the event, HELPING HANDS, to raise awareness for extreme global poverty by showcasing the talents of local photographers, musicians, and vendors. 


HELPING HANDS will donate proceeds to support the non-profit organization, One Day’s Wages (ODW), "an international grassroots movement dedicated to ending extreme global poverty. ODW promotes awareness, invites giving, and supports sustainable relief through partnerships, especially with smaller organizations in developing regions." 


 HELPING HANDS provides an opportunity and venue for artists in the DC/MD/VA area to showcase their talents through: 

• Photography Gallery 
• Live Musical Performances 
• Special Presentations 
• Organized Studio Photo Sessions

We hope to not only lend our support on a global scale by partnering with One Day’s Wages, but also within the local community by offering opportunities to market, network and support other artists. 

If you are interested in joining this event, please contact us at: HelpingHandsEvent@gmail.com.

Blessed and Inspired

It's funny how different people measure happiness and joy.  Even in business, the concept of what "success" has become skewed and corrupted.  We live in a world mostly populated of the idea that money has a direct correlation to success and happiness.  Yes, life sometimes gives us dark clouds and rainy days, but its because of those dark times, we can appreciate the good times in the sun.

Even with negative events dominating our nightly news and headlines, there are still amazing, kind, warm-hearted people out there making a positive impact in their communities and all around the globe.  I had the amazing honor of meeting such people throughout my life and having the opportunity to share stories, laughs and prayers with them.  This past week, I've been especially blessed and inspired through my time/conversations with a few select individuals.  Through those moments, time slowed down and was reminded on how fortunate I am to have people with such passion, drive and conviction in my life.

We are gifts given to each other.  People helping people leading to more people helping people is a beautiful cycle.  GETclothing is driven to spread that vision into as many people/communities/states/countries as possible through the means of designs and clothing.  Please join us in this movement: GETclothing. give a life. 

Thank you to those people with a heart to help others even when their situation isn't ideal.  Keep pressing and fighting to make a positive impact.  The world is better for people like you.


God Bless,
Joe Kim


PS - Received a direct message from Jin Tha MC (www.ayojin.com) and Eugene Cho (www.onedayswages.com).  Very cool of them and very encouraging. 

BBQ CHICKEN AND BEER GRAND OPENING

14109 Saint Germain Drive

Centreville, VA, 20121

LIVE MUSIC:

TECHNIQUELLE (www.techniquellemusic.com)

Friday, 11/20 - 5:30 PM

Saturday, 11/21 - 4:00 PM

DEREK EVRY (www.myspace.com/ideatrackmusic)

Friday, 11/20 - 4:00 PM

Saturday, 11/21 - 5:30 PM

AMANDA LEE (www.myspace.com/amandaleemusic)

Saturday, 11/21 - 5:00 PM

HELPING HANDS - In the making

GETclothing has partnered up with Photoria (www.iphotoria.com) to host an art and music event, HELPING HANDS, to raise awareness for extreme global poverty.  We will donate proceeds from this event to One Days Wages (www.onedayswages.org).


We will be showcasing:

• Live music
• Art Gallery
• Vendors
• Specialty cupcakes and cakes
  
  

We are still looking for additional photographers to submit their work in for the art gallery.
If you are interested, please contact us at: HELPINGHANDSevent@gmail.com.


We are working around the clock to prepare for this event to be held on Saturday, December 19th at 12pm. 

SAVE THE DATE ON YOUR CALENDERS!

More information will be coming very soon. Stay tuned!

The Future is Now

Met at Hard Candy Studios (http://www.candyfitness.com - contact for personal training, speed/performance classes and/or hip hop classes taught by a member of the boogie bots!) in Fairfax.  Had a great initial meeting to go over future prospects and projects.  Stay tuned to 2010 for new and exciting events!

Also will be meeting with Photoria Studios (http://iphotoria.squarespace.com - contact for video/photography, editing needs and much more!) to discuss an art & music show to be held in December.  Will include amazing music, art, specialty cupcakes/cakes, etc all by amazing people.  Stay tuned for that as well!


All in all, been a very productive week, but much more hard work lays ahead.  Combining hard work with your dreams/convictions/aspirations will result in reality.  What you aspire to do or aspire to be, do with a purpose and let it benefit not only in the financial sense but use your success to help others, especially those who can not help themselves.


Such companies like, TOMS SHOES (http://www.tomsshoes.com) & One Day's Wages (http://www.onedayswages.org) excel in giving back to not only THEIR community, but to people all around the world.  Please take time to look into what they do and if you feel compelled or convicted to contribute, please support.  Hopefully one day, this company can be associated with such organizations with the purpose to aid others, or even to be able to work side by side with them.


Enjoy the rest of the weekend world.  Tonight's fight shall be interesting...Go Manny!


Pray. Persevere.  Prosper

In the beginning.

Hello World!  Today is the first ever blog of GET clothing.  Hopefully in a couple of years, I will be blogging about how the company is impacting lives all around the world!

Heres a quick recap of what we stand for:

GET is a clothing company (primarily tshirts at this point)motivated and dedicated to provide a better life for those in need.  We offer designs (coming soon) and take in custom orders (available now! please email or contact me if you need your orders processed - get.tshirts@gmail.com).  We devote ourselves to help those who can not help themselves through the proceeds we earn from our products.  We are currently looking for organizations to partner with in order to achieve our goals to help those who can not help themselves.  In a couple of years, we aim to travel to wherever we are partnered with (in talks with Indonesia and Sudan villages) and deliver clean water, clothes, shoes and medicine by hand with the team of GET in order to see first hand the difference we are making.  As well, to see the conditions of many all around the world who are in need of the basic necessities of survival in order to come back home and raise awareness.  If you are interested or convicted and want to contribute or support, please feel free to contact me.

Today was a very productive day.  Worked straight through the day from "morning" (my definition of morning might differ from yours) until now (with the occasional lunch, dinner breaks).  Definitely blessed to have amazing people in my life and blessed to have God deliver them to me, especially today.  Worked on a couple of mock logos, designs and scheduled 4 business related meetings for this/next week.

Will blog later with more detail, but stay tuned!