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CHICAGO EVENTS

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FashionMusicHope01.20.12

Check out some pictures from Seer Outfitters #FashionMusicHope event at the Double Door in Chicago. The venue was sold out on a Sunday night. Money was raised for some incredible organizations. More shows to come.

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ANNUAL COAT DRIVE- CHICAGO01.12.12

The first real Snow of the year came, making this year’s Coat Drive timed correctly! And there are options to help for everyone.

1. Donate online

2. If you don’t live in Chicago, but live in Chicagoland, there are drop-off’s

3. Bring a coat to the Jan. 21st game vs. the Bobcats!

**Walk outside for a minute, then think about not having a coat to keep warm. We don’t want any of the kids at Mercy  Home or Victor Herbert Brown Elementary feeling like that.

Click the link for more details: COAT DRIVE

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FASHION. MUSIC. HOPE. SEER.12.29.11

On January 29th, in Chicago, at the Double Door, Seer Outfitters & Black Label Booking present a night of fashion, music & hope with Barcelona.

Barcelona’s harmonious, piano-based rock exemplifies what music should be. Their thoughtful lyrics, unique stylings, song craft and live performance has brought them the attention of everyone from major labels to major motion pictures to thousands and thousands of fans across the country. They’ve agreed to lend their art and platform to us for the evening to support Seer Outfitters & Black Label Booking’s efforts, raising awareness for a few local charities – Breakthrough Urban Ministries, Brown Elementary School and Life After Hate. Seer Outfitters (our high-end t-shirt company that gives away 100% of its profit to charitable initiatives) will be on hand to share what the money from the night will be doing for each organization.

Supporting Barcelona will be two great emerging local bands:
- The Canes
- March of Morn

Tickets on sale 12/3 @ www.DoubleDoor.com

Ticket Prices:
- $20 GA
- $40 GA + Seer Outfitters t-shirt


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FASHION’S NIGHT OUT W/ NEIMAN MARCUS NORTHBROOK09.1.11

We are excited to be a part of Fashion’s Night Out at Neiman Marcus in Northbrook Court on Thursday, September 8 from 6pm to 8pm. They will be presenting me with a check for the Kyle Korver Foundation at the beginning of their Trend Fashion Show. NM Northbrook is also helping us out by raising additional funds through the SELLING of our Seer Outfitters T-shirts at the store beginning now (TODAY) through Fashion’s Night Out and all proceeds from the sale of my T-shirts will go to fund our projects here in Chicago as well as around the country.
RSVP by either calling 847.509.6787 or RSVPNorthbrook@NeimanMarcus.com. See you there!
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BACK TO SCHOOL, BACK TO SCHOOL…08.15.11

What an incredible day Saturday was. So often we only hear what is wrong in the world. Well Saturday we got to see what is right. 130 people gave up their Saturday morning. Dozens their Friday night. To help a school in Chicago start off the school year well. Through a fundraiser on Crowdrise students got uniforms. Backpacks filled with supplies because of the generosity of a local church (Soul City). And may be one of the coolest companies around, Converse, gave every student a new pair of shoes.

It’s good to know that there are still great people, who give and serve freely, without wanting anything back.

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SALT LAKE CITY EVENTS

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The WORKSHOP12.28.11

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead

We are fortunate enough to have a boss who wants to use his platform for good. Seer Group’s goal in Utah is to be an inch wide and a mile deep. Meaning really investing into the lives of individual families, rather than spread ourselves out too thin.

We are so proud of Brad and the rest of the team, as they install their 86th ramp today.

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To Give THANKS, A Day Early11.26.11

There are a ton of great stories, and people that we meet everyday. But some days are extra special. Brad Mepham, the Coordinator of Seer Group in Utah, had one of those days today.

To Give Thanks a Day Early-

Thanksgiving. The word itself is define as “a expression of gratitude, especially to GOD.” The memories of many Thanksgivings come to mind, from food to football; the years of anticipation for the official count down to Christmas. Thanksgiving is the day you are ALLOWED to play Christmas music…. not a day before! It is the time of year that our hearts and minds wander to memories of warmth, fireplaces, snow covered mornings, and to give, and GET, the wishes we have made all year long! For me, Thanksgiving has come a little early.

No, I did not turn on the Christmas music early… I promise! With many tasks and things to complete, God slowed me down today to remember what Thanksgiving is for, to “show a expression of gratitude”. Seer Group was given the opportunity to install a wheelchair ramp for a very special little angel named Haley.

Haley is a beautiful, petite, joyful 5 year old, and she changed my Thanksgiving. When I meet Haley for the first time, her smile and joy of life masked the wheelchair she was bound to due to the symptoms of cerebral palsy that you would think would define such a young life. Seer Group and Seer Outfitters.com has built many many wheelchair ramps in the last two years, and while every opportunity to give to others is special, this was a gift. To see such a beautiful little girl live a life filled with such love, grace and thanks is a reminder of the season we are entering into. So, as you and your families sit together during the holidays, I would like to invite you to create a new Thanksgiving tradition. Let’s smile a little more today and truly “love each other as God loved us”. Let’s all make this Thanksgiving like Haley lives everyday of her life. She smiles BIG!… for the whole world to see and changes the world around her! Thanksgiving will still always be the start of the season for many people, but for me it will always start a day early!

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THE LATEST IN UTAH10.24.11

Here are a couple pictures of the work being done in Utah by SEERGroup. As you move into the holidays, trying to find presents, consider a “Gift, to Give”. SEER OUTFITTERS is coming out with new product, along with everything on the site, all of which funds the ramps below. Give Twice this Christmas.

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RAIN IN ACTION09.22.11

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DODGE BARRAGE PART 308.2.11

Who wants to play dodgeball?? Simply by playing, you will be supporting a Boys and Girls Club (Midvale), help build handicap ramps for people who need one, and re-vitalize low-income homes…. win, win, and win. Click the link for details, get your friends together, see you Saturday the 27th in Lehi, Utah. SIGN UP HERE!!

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PHILADELPHIA EVENTS

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OUR KIDS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD11.25.11

Our neighborhood, our kids…..
A 14 year old boy gets a tattoo on his face.  An 11 year old girl arrested for felony assault, robbery, and conspiracy.  A 17 year old charged with attempted murder.  A 16 year old locked up for selling crack in broad daylight.  A warrant out for a 16 year old for assaulting one of our moms.  6 months after the murder of one of our 17 year old, no arrests.

Our neighborhood, our kids….
An 11 year old boy who sits with a severely disabled handicapped boy and helps him eat lunch without being asked to.
A 17 year old who holds a little girl’s hair as she throws up in the garbage can.
An 11 year old boy who walks away, stops, and returns to say ‘thank you’.
An 17 year old girl who simply hugs a crying child.
A 12 year old boy spends his only dollar to buy a stray cat a can of food.

In our neighborhood, there is simply a line that divides the good and the bad.
Years ago, it was hard to find the good path.  Now, that path leads to the doors of the Mission.

We are small hinges holding a big door in this neighborhood.
I often say that if this was easy to work in our community, someone else would have done it already.
It is really like trying to run up a hill…..on a treadmill.  There is no finish line.
Still, something remarkably has happened this year…… the culture of the neighborhood has shifted.
Kids are always going to be into something.  Their energy, passion, and identity will land in what is immediately in front of them.
We have many new kids in the neighborhood…..and the Mission is what they joined and they new family they have chosen.

Our after-school programs are swollen with children, we started a new kids church, and the room fills when the door opens.

I am grateful this Thanksgiving for wonderful committed volunteers.
I am grateful this Thanksgiving for those who support the Kyle Korver Foundation, so that it can support our community.
This children will join something passionately by the time they are 13, and I am grateful this Thanksgiving, that the next generation has chosen the good way.
And I am grateful this Thanksgiving for all of you who have made that possible.

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EDUCATION & GRADUATION06.17.11

“Children learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong.”
Bill Vaughan

Years ago, I was startled to find that the 8th grade graduation in inner city Philadelphia is well attended and sharply celebrated.
Simply, many of the young people will never graduate high school, so this is their moment on stage.

I think back to when I was in grade school.  My mom sat and helped me with my homework.  She told me I was going to school if I didn’t want to.  She quizzed me, pulled out flash cards, and corrected my grammar as I stumbled through the early years.
Unfortunately, this is not the way things work in our neighborhood.  With moms who are often at work, struggling personally, or unable to understand the homework themselves, the educational cycle is often not able to function efficiently.
Our local grade school is one of the best in the inner city, and still, many of our young people are held back a year and forced to go to summer school.

And with about 50% of our local high schoolers not graduating, the dominoes continue to fall.

These last 2 years we have made a concerted effort to stand in the gap.
We opened the doors for an after school program, hired our high schoolers to tutor, and we bribed the little people.

It is a simple step, but we now have an Honor Wall where the children are celebrated for having good grades.
Next year, my hope is that we can raise the standard for getting a photo on the wall.
But for this year, every child who did not get a ‘D’ or an ‘F’ in a class was invited to a special party and got their photo posted.

Our children are ‘unlearning’ as much as they are learning.    We want them to see (as one of our teens always says), “that where you grow up does not define who you are”.
So we focus on education, we show that there is a good path to take, and we offer to walk with them down that very road.

And so this week our first high schooler graduated.  And it was not a simple task for 19 year old Kareem, and we celebrate him for sticking with it.

As we look forward, our hope is that someday the 8th grade ceremony won’t be as important because there will be high school and high learning ceremonies down the road.
And we expect that next year, we will have to order more pizza for the Honor Wall celebration.
And that someday, these students will be mothers and fathers who sit and teach their children, and a good cycle of education will replace the rusted one that spins now.

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5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MISSION04.21.11

Parable:

One day while wandering, I came across three bricklayers. I asked the first bricklayer what he was doing.

“Laying bricks” he told me.

I asked the second what he was doing.

“Making a brick wall,” he told me.

I asked the third.

“Building a cathedral” he explained.

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April 18th, 2006…..Philadelphia…..I pulled into the Mission parking lot and saw 3 boys playing football, and here begins our story.
Our group of young suburban adults had no connection to the housing projects around the building where we were having bible study.
It hadn’t even been a thought when we prayed about how to live out our Christian faith in a mercy minded manner.
Without planning,  a tentative game of catch became a wild game of whiffle ball which became a swollen ministry which crosses the 5 year mark this week.

It has been a half decade of thrills and spills that we could not have asked for or imagined here at the Mission.
In many ways we are helping to raise these kids, and as we do, they help to raise us.

It has not been simple or predictable or always happy.
We have had 2 neighborhood boys murdered, both unsolved, and worry that rough rides remain ahead for our at-risk youth.
If this was an easy neighborhood to work it, someone would have done it already.

Still, we have become a family.  Committed to education, social change, and ‘bein’ nice’.
We do it under the Christian umbrella that reminds us to ‘love our neighbors’ as we extend to ‘love our neighborhood’.

And so I reflect on 5 years ago, on that Tuesday when construction began, and on that day we started “laying bricks”.
5 years later, I think we can see that we have been building a wall this whole time.
And maybe in another 5 years, we will be able to see that we were really building a cathedral.

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KKF PARTNERING WITH GIFTCARDGIVER03.1.11

Starting today, March 1st, we need all of YOU, along with several establishments in Chicago, to help us with our “Gift Card Drive”, to support Brown Elementary. Read below to learn how.

At the Kyle Korver Foundation, we are always looking for new, creative ways to help people in the cities we live in and love. Brown Elementary (majority of students are below the poverty line) in the West Loop has a soft spot in our heart, and we are dedicated to supporting them in helping students reach their potential.

We recently stumbled upon GiftCardGiver.com, a non-profit that is dedicated to collecting unused gift cards and giving them to support a project or organization in need. Each year, over $5 billion dollars in gift cards go unused. Over the past four years GiftCardGiver.com has collected a portion of these and given away $70,000 to support people, projects and organizations in need.

The Idea: Almost everyone has an extra gift card in their wallet/purse that they have forgotten about, or have yet to use. Beginning March 1st, the Kyle Korver Foundation is partnering with GiftCardGiver.com to collect gift cards to support Brown Elementary. At the end of the month, GiftCardGiver.com will turn the gift cards in to help clean up the school, provide necessary supplies for students and reward teachers for their dedication.

How It Works: GiftCardGiver.com collects donated gift cards with any unused amount on it and when they obtain a reasonable amount, they give them towards a project or organization, like Brown Elementary. The great thing about GiftCardGiver.com is they can trade some of the cards collected for ones that apply directly to our cause – so any type of gift card is of value.

Get Involved: From today through March 31st, we are wanting you to partner with us, in bringing in as many gift cards as we can, for Brown Elementary.

There are several ways you can help.

1. Simply send in a gift card(s) to : Gift Card Giver,  attn: KKF, PO Box 17920, Atlanta, GA 30316.

2. Host a House Party: Every house party is simple and you can make it as unique as you want. Others have hosted Gift Card Giver birthday parties, National Championship parties, luaus, BBQs, church functions, or just game nights. The Three important elements in every House Party include:

a. A bouncer at the door to collect gift cards as entry.

b. An unending quantity of card games to entertain for the evening.

c. After the party, mailing your stack of gift cards to Gift Card Giver, attn: KKF, PO Box 17920, Atlanta, GA 30316

—-To register for a Gift Card Giver House Party send an email to info@giftcardgiver.com (with host name, date @ time of party, and party address) and they will equip you with a custom digital invitation for your party.

For more information visit www.giftcardgiver.com, and www.kylekorverfoundation.com.

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HONEST DAY’S WORK02.11.11

When school gets out everyday, many teens are getting in ‘after school trouble’, while some in Philly are getting into after school programs.

The Junior Leader program at Helping Hand Rescue Mission continues to extend and deepen the critical cycle of education by working with teens so that it can work through them.

They are finding purpose and direction as they teach children about purpose and direction.

They realize the work that they do is critically important. One junior leader said sheepishly, “I wish someone woulda tutored me when I was a kid.”

Zing added, “I enjoy working at the Helping Hand Mission. It maintains me.”

David extended that “Working for the Mission has been great. It lets the kids know, “Where I grow up does not define who I am.””

Incredibly wise words for someone so young.

Kareem ads, “It’s not about the money its about being with the kids.”

Ronald said, “It has been a blessing.”

And Yonnie summed it up, “If I didn’t work at the Mission, I would be home doing nothing. The Mission has been a wonderful experience.”

In a previous update from the Mission, it was noted that there is an African proverb that said, “It takes a village to raise a child”. These junior leaders are becoming that village, and seeing the importance of investing into kids, just as they are being invested into.

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OMAHA EVENTS

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KKF PARTNERING WITH GIFTCARDGIVER03.1.11

Starting today, March 1st, we need all of YOU, along with several establishments in Chicago, to help us with our “Gift Card Drive”, to support Brown Elementary. Read below to learn how.

At the Kyle Korver Foundation, we are always looking for new, creative ways to help people in the cities we live in and love. Brown Elementary (majority of students are below the poverty line) in the West Loop has a soft spot in our heart, and we are dedicated to supporting them in helping students reach their potential.

We recently stumbled upon GiftCardGiver.com, a non-profit that is dedicated to collecting unused gift cards and giving them to support a project or organization in need. Each year, over $5 billion dollars in gift cards go unused. Over the past four years GiftCardGiver.com has collected a portion of these and given away $70,000 to support people, projects and organizations in need.

The Idea: Almost everyone has an extra gift card in their wallet/purse that they have forgotten about, or have yet to use. Beginning March 1st, the Kyle Korver Foundation is partnering with GiftCardGiver.com to collect gift cards to support Brown Elementary. At the end of the month, GiftCardGiver.com will turn the gift cards in to help clean up the school, provide necessary supplies for students and reward teachers for their dedication.

How It Works: GiftCardGiver.com collects donated gift cards with any unused amount on it and when they obtain a reasonable amount, they give them towards a project or organization, like Brown Elementary. The great thing about GiftCardGiver.com is they can trade some of the cards collected for ones that apply directly to our cause – so any type of gift card is of value.

Get Involved: From today through March 31st, we are wanting you to partner with us, in bringing in as many gift cards as we can, for Brown Elementary.

There are several ways you can help.

1. Simply send in a gift card(s) to : Gift Card Giver,  attn: KKF, PO Box 17920, Atlanta, GA 30316.

2. Host a House Party: Every house party is simple and you can make it as unique as you want. Others have hosted Gift Card Giver birthday parties, National Championship parties, luaus, BBQs, church functions, or just game nights. The Three important elements in every House Party include:

a. A bouncer at the door to collect gift cards as entry.

b. An unending quantity of card games to entertain for the evening.

c. After the party, mailing your stack of gift cards to Gift Card Giver, attn: KKF, PO Box 17920, Atlanta, GA 30316

—-To register for a Gift Card Giver House Party send an email to info@giftcardgiver.com (with host name, date @ time of party, and party address) and they will equip you with a custom digital invitation for your party.

For more information visit www.giftcardgiver.com, and www.kylekorverfoundation.com.

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NEW WEBSITE UP12.3.10

KNOWLEDGE

Hey everyone, we launched our new website, go over and check it out. www.seeroutfitters.com. Not only is the site new, but we have new hoodies and t-shirts, couple are v-necks. We also have several deals running throughout December. Here is what we have happening right now:

SEERAlso, it is Free Domestic Ground Shipping this month.

We will be doing this as well through Christmas Day.

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BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF OMAHA-MIDNIGHT MADNESS11.2.10

BG Club Midnight MadnessBG Club Midnight Madness Some of the kids got to attend Creighton University’s Midnight Madness, here are a couple pictures of them there.

Again this year KKF will be helping the Boys and Girls Club take their youth to home Creighton games, go Jays! Here with the Bluejay.

And below with the crew that gets the “Birdcage” going at home games.

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MINI-SHOOTING CLINIC08.19.10

SHOOTING CLINICSHOOTING CLINICLast year at the Golf Outing we auctioned off a shooting clinic, that we did on Saturday. We ran through drills, worked on form and technique, and had a great time. Here are a couple pictures, up in the practice facility at Creighton.

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GOLF OUTING: SATURDAY08.17.10

WORKING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITYWORKING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITYOn Saturday, the day after the Golf Outing, all the former players and friends who came into town teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to work on  some new homes that were  being constructed. It’s a great close to a great weekend. Omaha will always have a special spot in the hearts of everyone who was involved.

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