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Thursday, October 24th, 2013Combat Flip Flops Expeditionary Production Facility – Indiegogo Campaign
Sunday, October 20th, 2013Combat Flip Flops is currently hosting a crowdfunding effort on Indiegogo. They are looking to raise enough dough to build and set up their Expeditionary Production Facility in Afghanistan. The Expeditionary Production Facility, or EPF, is a flip flop factory in a 40′ shipping container that can be delivered and set up to quickly establish a manufacturing facility in an area. The total cost for building the facility, shipping it to and constructing it in Afghanistan, hiring and training workers, purchasing raw materials for one year of production, and other expenditures is $500,000. They’ve even outlined the distribution of their funding requirements:
Fully funded, Combat Flip Flops’ EPF will provide:
Additionally, if this comes off, Combat Flip Flops will become the #1 footwear and #1 textile exporter of Afghanistan. Donate and/or spread the word, if you can and get in on some cool rewards.
www.indiegogo.com/projects/flip-flops-for-afghanistan
Hot Shots Calendar Launches New Website
Thursday, October 10th, 2013
Hot Shots Calendar has launched an entirely new website, updated with info on the 2014 edition of this popular calendar, proceeds of which support wounded warriors both in the UK and US. In addition to merchandise, the site also profiles the models and gives you some additional background on the project.
SERKET Racing – “A Lap With A Hero”
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013SERKET Racing’s Mark Llano took Travis Clennon for a lap at Circuit of the Americas, located in Austin, Texas. Travis is a former Army Staff Sergeant and was wounded by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan, and was awarded The Purple Heart for his bravery. On September 21, 2013, Travis was given a home due to the efforts of Operation Homefront, Wells Fargo, and SERKET Racing.
Combat FlipFlops Presents Hot Shots Calendar
Saturday, September 21st, 2013While we were in the UK earlier this summer for the Hot Shots Calendar photo shoot, Combat FlipFlops was also on hand, preparing a short, behind the scenes video.
Don’t forget, the 2014 calendars and playing cards are now available for order.
Bates Supports Wounded Artists
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
This story from Bates Footwear is pretty cool. They’ve given five wounded warriors the opportunity to partner with an artist through Fashion Has Heart to creat their ArtPrize entries. The HERO[series], pairs a Hero with an Artist to collaborate in order to share that hero’s story through the medium of art and design. Each veteran was paired with artists and designers to create two pairs of Bates boots – one for themselves and another to be included in ArtPrize® in September 2013. The veterans returned to Grand Rapids unveiled their ArtPrize® entry, “HERO[series],” on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The entry can be found at the Fashion Has Heart venue, 144 E. Fulton St, Grand Rapids, MI. Voting begins September 18, 2013.
Above, you can see COL Kathryn Champion’s entry. To see all five entries as well as learn about the participants, visit www.batesfootwear.com.
DSEi – Hot Shots Calendar
Thursday, September 12th, 2013Today we had Lucy Pinder and Kelly a hall on hand to sign 2014 Hot Shots Calendars.
They are located in the Edgar Brothers booth # S4 240.
DSEi – Hot Shots Calendar
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
If you weren’t at DSEi today you missed the opportunity to have the lovely models Holly Peers and India Reynolds sign your 2014 Hot Shots Calendar. Don’t fret, the models will be back tomorrow in the Edgar Brothers booth #S4 280, in the UK pavilion.
