Jef Jaisun, Northwest rep for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic and New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation, demonstrates his fund-raising prowess at Dr. John's recent Jazz Alley gig in Seattle.
In six nights of flogging t-shirts, posters and art cards, Jaisun raised over $7300 for the Clinic and Foundation. The even better news is that the money raised at Jazz Alley put the Clinic over the top for a $50,000 matching grant!
Jef says:
I've got a few shirts left. XL in the Ash shirt I'm wearing in the photo; L, XL with the same design on white. The front artwork is patterned after the 2007 "Goth" shirt (see below), and the back design is the "Since 1998" art (except it's all in purple ink, like the front).
Unfortunately, all the purple shirts are gone. They blew outta here like, um, a hurricane. Obviously, I'm gonna have to make some more, so check with me if you're all about the purple. And yes, they really are purple, even though they look kind of lavender here compared with the page's background color. All tees are 100% preshrunk cotton (Hanes and Port & Co, top o' the line stuff, not cheapies).
I've become the Designated Merch Guy. Every last t-shirt that was in the NOMC offices has been shipped to me, and most of 'em were sold at Mac's Seattle gig. That includes the last of the original Bent But Not Broken crescent/star design and most of the 10th Anniversary Saxophone shirts. (I have about 30 Sax shirts in white XXL only.)
We're working on setting up a merch page that can handle Paypal and plastic. Meanwhile, the best plan is to send me an e-mail, jef (at) jaisunphoto (dot) com. (Spelled that way to avoid spambots, but you know what I mean.) Put "NOMC Tee" in the subject line, so the spam filters don't accidentally nab you. I'll do my best to hook you up.
There will be more shirts printed! I've just gotta sort out the costs, sizes and designs. If you have a preferred design and/or size, please drop me a note and let me know. Below are other designs we've used.
Just as a reminder: 100% of the proceeds of the shirt sales goes to the NOMC/NOMAF. I do NOT take a slice of any of it. Also, both orgs are 501c3 non-profits, so any donation you make, via t-shirt or otherwise, is tax-deductible.
Jef Jaisun
Seattle Fund Chair
New Orleans Musicians Clinic
New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation
Krewe dewe Jefe
jef (at) jaisunphoto (dot) com
www.neworleansmusiciansclinic.org
www.nomaf.org
504 415-3514 NOMC Office