Scion x-CHANGE donated $1,380 on our cause page from the event last week and there’s still more we can do! We are in the running but we need a last show of support to help us to a win, please become a member by clicking here: http://causes.com/fruitofthesoul

“Now as for the dough – we here at Scion x-CHANGE are having a party on Friday and we are giving away MONEY! The top three NPO recruiters to their Cause Pages will be dividing the financial booty three ways: 1st @ 50%, 2nd @ 30%, & 3rd @ 20%. So get to it and do your best. You still have until November 19, 2010 @ 5pm PST to make a serious run at it. -Scion x-CHANGE“

CAUSE PAGE MEMBERS STANDINGS as of 11/17/2010 – 5pm PST:
1st MadLab – 687
2nd VOX Sacramento – 657
3rd RED DOT Project –369
4th Baltimore Love Project – 342
5th Fruit of the Soul – 268
6th Primary Colours – 164
7th Vox Populi – 120
8th ZUMIX – 77
9th 516 Arts – 70
10th ArtCenter/South Florida – 67
11th Art Share LA – 57
12th Arts Incubator – 47
13th Preservation Link – 43
14th Open Road NY – 42
15th PlatteForum – 39
16th Alternate Roots – 34
17th Albany Barn – 31
18th Grounded In Music – 30
19th Roosevelt Row – 22
20th Art Dimensions – 19
21st Root Division – 18
22nd Collaboraction – 17
23rd Flashpoint – 14
24th Rock for Hunger – 12
25th Literacy Advance of Houston – 10
26th Fremont Abbey Art Center – 10
27th Soap Factory – 5
28th AS220 – 5
29th Pear—4

Last week’s standings we were 4th so we’ve slipped a little!

click for photo album

The Scion x-CHANGE events were really fun click above for a full set of photos and watch the video below for some penguins, Art Hauls and Scions in San Diego.  We are so stoked to be part of their program, and associated with an ART supportive & forward company doing totally rad things. Thank you Scion!!!

The Scion x-CHANGE : San Diego featured artist is our friend and long-time collaborating supporter, the fabulous and über talented, Janelle Carter. She will have numerous pieces on display in the ART HAUL (for sale - gift giving season is upon us *wink wink*) and she will be doing live art each day!  Um… Radical!

We will have tons of smiles, fist bumps and karma points to give out, not to mention the fact that we’re all a pretty fun crowd!

Here’s how it works :

VENTURE out to our location, TEST DRIVE a Scion (or just receive info on the brand), take a short SURVEY (less than 5 minutes) and then. . . you can either choose a $5 gift certificate for a local company OR you can choose to DONATE that $5 back to the cause and Scion will DOUBLE it! We have raised $4,715 to date on our CAUSE PAGE - become a member and help us in a contest to be in the top 3 nonprofit with the most members to win leftover cash from the tour! ( see standings below)

All funds raised from this event will support our amazing friends and artists at A Reason To Survive (ARTS).

Tim Hardy:

Tyler Jordan

Peggy Sue Harrington:

Sabin DePierro

To each and every one of you who participated in this event, from chefs, volunteers, sponsors, donors, and consumers, to artists, musicians, dancers, and lovers…. we could not have done this without you.  Five years in we are so blessed to have such an amazing group of friends, co-workers and supporters who get what the event is about. Through all the trials, tribulations, troubleshooting and hurdles, it has always turned out… just as it should; a totally amazing night filled with fun and the realization that this isn’t just for us, it’s for them…

Maybe you can’t attend this year’s event, maybe you are extra generous, maybe you just feel like spreading the word…