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Tithing and Giving

New T-Shirt and New Cause

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

tshirtAs many of you know, I was a volunteer in Thailand after the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, and was there for a year helping build houses amongst other things.

And when I heard about the earthquake off Samoa and the impending tsunami that was likely coming, I could only think of the destruction I saw while in Thailand and knew what was in store for the Samoans.

In light of the damage that has happened to Samoa and American Samoa, I have decided to offer a $4 discount on all T-Shirts and apparel at my CafePress store through November 1st.

And what’s more, 100% of the profit will go to the Red Cross in Samoa in an effort to rebuild.

The prices are already adjusted, so please feel free to go and look around here: http://cafepress.com/williambay

There you will see the newest photo in the collection, pictured here, This was taken in White Sands National Monument, in New Mexico last winter. It is of a Lone Yucca plant in the dunes of White Sands with the Sacramento Mountains forming a dark sliver of a line to the East.

I hope you enjoy the shirts, and enjoy the contribution you make to helping rebuild a community half-way around the world.

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Progress in Haiti

Monday, January 26th, 2009

I had mentioned a couple weeks back about my dear friend Tammy and her water project in Haiti. She is currently there in Haiti attending the ground breaking for the project and overseeing the first phase of construction. And as  serendipity pops it’s head up from time to time, she found herself in a position to make even more of a difference for Haiti by teaming up with the Brazilian U.N. They have asked her to put together a couple of projects to help the community.

Her first instinct was “Medical Center!”

She told me about the great news on Facebook chat, and since my education and a good portion of my career has been dedicated to Architecture, my first instinct was “You need some plans!”

We spent the next ten minutes discussing the parameters and method of construction she would need. Then I hopped on AutoCAD and had a working plan to start from in about an hour and a half. It is initially to be a 2 story medical clinic with a triage area on the first floor and a second floor for additional medical treatment.

I’ve included the first floor plan below.

This goes to show that you don’t need to have money to donate to causes you care about. I believe that it is important to give back to the world. We are pretty blessed to have the things we do in life, and not everybody has the opportunity to even the basics of fresh water or medical treatment. And while I would love to be back out in the field getting my hands dirty working on buildings, I can at least make a difference for someone while sitting at my computer 5,000 miles away.

Click here if you’d like to see if you can contribute to Help Tammy Help Haiti

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Help Tammy Help Haiti

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Help Tammy Help Haiti - One persons quest to bring fresh water to the poorest area of HaitiI’ve had the good fortune to meet some pretty amazing people through volunteering in Thailand. And a lot of times you tend to lose touch with most of them. It’s often a shame because they are such good people, and they have made quite an impact in your life.

I’ve had the good fortune, though, to connect with one of the old bunch from the Thailand days, and she’s working on a remarkable project. She will be bringing fresh water to an area of Cité Soleil in Haiti.

Her name is Tammy Babcock and she lives in Kingston, Ontario. After visiting Haiti, and the conditions there, she’s been on a one-woman mission to bring Cité Soleil a fresh water tower. The goal is to break ground later this month, the project should take about 3 months to complete.

I highly urge you all to take a few minutes and take a look at her site ( www.helptammyhelphaiti.com ) to see what the project is all about and why it means so much to her and the people she’s helping. While you are there, consider making a donation to further the people of Cité Soleil’s future. Even $5 or $10 helps to get to her $15,000 goal.

And if you would like to get something out of it in return, you can purchase one of my Signature Fine Art Photo T-shirts, and I will donate half of the profits on all sales through April.

It’s important to remember that even in these tough economic times, we enjoy major conveniences like fresh running water that we can count on every day. You can help bring these people a greater standard of living with just a few bucks!

Thanks for reading,

William

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Photos on Shirts for a Great Cause

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

I promised a couple big items earlier this week. Here is the first one (the second one is still coming):

For a couple years I have wanted to find some way in which to give back to the world with my photography. Well, I have just started selling a signature series of my photographs on clothing through Café Press.

Most importantly, half of all profits will be donated to ecological and natural disaster relief organizations.

As most of you know Burma (Myanmar) was hit with a very severe hurricane that killed 125,000 people. I was in Burma once a month while living in Thailand. It’s something close to my heart and I hope to give what I can.

You can reach the store here or by clicking the “The Shop” link on the menu above.

Remember, it’s a great way to get some cool clothes and assist some people that really need it now, at the same time!

Here is an example below. Have fun shopping!

Long T-shirt by William Bay available through Cafe Press

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