It’s been awhile since any noise has come out of The Just Love Project camp. And for good reason, because the project officially wrapped at the end of 2013. This past March, I sent an update about how things were going with both charity:water campaigns. These campaigns were directly funded with all profits from The Just Love Project.

At that time, Year 2’s campaign (2013) was about halfway into its cycle with money from our campaign. I’m elated to announce that the wait is over and the proof is here! Year 2 raised over $1100, which went to two different communities in Cambodia. Together with six other campaigns, nearly 500 people now have access to clean drinking water! This is truly life-changing.

Check out more info about all the campaigns we helped fund, including GPS coordinates. How cool!

For me, this is a bittersweet email. I’m so unbelievably proud of what we were able to accomplish with an idea, ink, and paper. But this is the last email that will be sent from The Just Love Project. I’ll keep the website up as long as I can. I also plan on breaking down what I learned about this project into a series of blog posts. Twitter’s probably the best way to stay in the know about that.

I want to say thank you one last time to everyone who contributed their time, effort, and money towards this project. It was an absolute joy connecting with all of you. Thank you again, so much.

Just Love,
Joshua

Hello everyone!

Emails from charity:water are something I never get tired of reading. Seeing tangible proof of donations we’ve made is one of the reasons I chose charity:water as the organization to receive donations from this project. Here are some updates from Year 1 and Year 2 of The Just Love Project.

The Just Love Project: Year 1 (2012)
We knew it would take at least a year and a half from the end of the campaign until our dollars made physical impact and affected change. Donations from Year 1 of The Just Love Project were sent to the May Hagay Community in Ethiopia. Your donation, along with the help of six other charity:water campaigns, have gone on to help 150 people get access to clean and safe drinking water.

Read more about the project, including GPS coordinates (!!!) of where the well is located.

The Just Love Project: Year 2 (2013)
Work is well underway for this campaign, which is helping to serve 5 different provinces of Cambodia. Right now, charity:water is more than halfway completed with this project, working to train the communities to manage their water point. In about 6-9 months, I hope to have another update with the completed results from this campaign.

For now, check out a video of the work being done in one of the Cambodian communities.

Just Love,
Joshua

Hey all,

This is it. The Just Love Project has run its course and it’s time for the project to end. What was meant to be a one-year project for 2012 kept momentum going far into 2013. Together we raised $2400 over the two years, which will go on to benefit over 130 people. This will provide clean drinking water to those people. It’s a game changer.

While the store will be closed, the site will remain active to serve as a reminder of what we’ve done. If you’re signed up to the email list, you’ll continue to receive updates from the project on the status of the two charity: water campaigns. I’ll also post updates here on the blog.

The 2012 campaign is in its final stages with an estimated project completion date of this Summer (2014). The 2013 campaign ended December 31, 2013 and with an 18-month timeframe for completion, it’ll likely be Summer 2015 until that project is done. You can also check in on the progress of the campaigns directly at charity: water.

2012
http://my.charitywater.org/the-just-love-project

2013
http://my.charitywater.org/the-just-love-project-year-2

It’s a bittersweet time. I’m sad that the project is done but so very proud of what we were able to accomplish with a couple of inks on paper. Thank you again for all your support.

Just Love,
Joshua

Here’s an update on the funds from the 2012 installment of The Just Love Project. Never get tired of receiving these emails!

I can’t believe we’re already into June of 2013. Last December, the $1300 that YOU generated by purchasing something from The Just Love Project was deposited to charity: water. If you’re not familiar with charity: water, 100% of donations to their water projects are sent directly to the field to bring clean, safe drinking water to those that don’t have it. What you’ve done is make a very real impact on this world to someone else in need. And, your money has already been sent to the field! Read more about it here.

All posters and shirts only $10!

At the end of 2012, all posters and shirts were $20. Since we’re halfway through 2013, all prices are down halfway too! From now until they’re gone, all posters and shirts are only $10. As always, shipping and handling is included, even internationally! Shop now and tell your friends!

Friends of The Just Love Project,

It’s been an incredible year for The Just Love Project. It started out as a small idea to keep a New Year’s resolution for an entire year. But it turned into something bigger where we sold prints in order to pass that love on to others.

The untold goal from the beginning was to raise $1,000 in profits over the course of the year for charity. And I’m ecstatic to write that as of two weeks ago, we EXCEEDED that amount with a total of $1,300!

This was due in large part to the outpouring of support and enthusiasm at The Just Love Gallery, a one-night exhibition where 100% of every dollar went to charity. At the end of the night, over $700 was raised for charity.

No amount of words can describe the love and support I felt that night. And to know that by the end of that night, we had met our campaign goal with charity: water. Because of support from people like you, 65 PEOPLE in the Tigray region of Ethiopia will get access to clean water.

By participating in this project, you’ve truly spread love and made this world that much better for someone else. You can check our charity: water campaign here: http://mycharitywater.org/the-just-love-project

Stay tuned to the blog for more follow-up posts regarding this project. For now, check out some pictures from The Just Love Gallery, held on December 11th, 2012. All artwork was on display, we had great music from Naomi Marie and We Shot The Moon, and we had a live screen printing demo.

From the beginning, the goal of The Just Love Project was to support the mission of Hello Somebody with all the profits that came from the sale of all merchandise. Since the year is winding down, I contacted Manny Martinez, co-founder of Hello Somebody, to talk over how the money from the project would be used.

After some great discussion, Manny suggested that if there’s a charity that I hold dear to my heart, to focus the funds from The Just Love Project directly to them.

I’m excited to announce that the profits from The Just Love Project will be supporting the amazing cause of charity: water. They are working to bring clean, safe drinking water to 800 million people that don’t have access to it.

What’s great about charity: water is that 100% of all money raised via campaigns goes directly to fund water project costs in the field. They’ll prove where every single dollar goes by supplying a digital completion report with GPS coordinates and photos of the community we helped.

The goal is to raise $1,000 to fund water projects in the Tigray region in Ethiopia. You can keep track of how we’re doing by visiting our campaign page: http://mycharitywater.org/the-just-love-project

The campaign page does show $0 raised right now, but is not accurate as all of the money is being accumulated and donated all at once. I will be updating the campaign page during the last week of December. Stay tuned!

Thank you all for participating in The Just Love Project.

The Just Love Project is proud to announce The Just Love Gallery, a culmination of a year-long project by Joshua Krohn, a Racine-based graphic designer. The work of Krohn, along with 14 other graphic designers will be featured. The public is invited to this free, family-friendly event to view the screenprinted works.

All screenprints, along with other merchandise, will be on sale with 100% off all proceeds going to Hello Somebody, a Texas-based charity who serves in developing nations.

The one-night-only gallery showing will be held:

It was a great week for The Just Love Project! I submitted some of the designs to a couple blogs and they posted about it. And then, like things often do, it got picked up and re-blogged by other blogs. Here’s where you may’ve seen The Just Love Project during the past week:

• Design Work Life
• From Up North
• HOW Design
• Italian Poster Rock Art
• Serif And Sans
• Design Your Way
• Email Inspiration

Thanks for your help in spreading the word!