We're On A Road To NoWhere...

This last week has been a little bit hectic for us here at Skate 4 Homies.

This art deck, created by artist Ryan Harrington, and others
can be seen on our website.

Last weekend we set up a mini skateboard park at the Urban Arts Fest. It was an arts festival celebrating local artists and performers, with proceeds benefiting Skate 4 Homies Foundation and Youth City. Needless to say, we had a lot to do to get ready for that event, including gathering about 70 old boards that were used by professional artists and those that attended the event to create works of art.  Awesome! We love using old decks for art- it helps give them a new life rather than filling up a landfill or making your mom mad because it's sitting in the garage taking up space. SO- if you have old decks, donate them to us.  We'll either refurbish them for use by the kids in our program or re-purpose them for art projects.

This week we've been gearing up for the Maloof Money Cup!  That's right! S4H got invited to debut our skate valet program at the Cup this weekend, June 4th and 5th in Queens, New York.  We couldn't be more excited! But, this is a big trip for us and it has been a little crazy around here getting ready for it.

For a while there we didn't even think we would make it because our fundraising hasn't gone as well as we had hoped, but we never give up and we fully believe in Skate 4 Homies, our mission and our program so we called upon friends and family who pitched in to help get us there.  So with their help and with the help from our intern, Byron, Skate 4 Homies is officially on the road... but not to nowhere, to the world's biggest skateboard competition!!

Todd, our founder, along with Byron, our fearless intern whom has helped us beyond words, and one of our volunteers, Kilay, are setting out to accomplish what we think is a manageable goal: spread the word about Skate 4 Homies and introduce our Skateboard Valet Parking Program.

When I helped pack the car (which is FULL to the brim and then some!) you could feel the excitement building as it started setting in that, yeah, they were on their way to the biggest skateboarding competition in the world and they aren't just going to be there watching it- they are actually going to be a part of it! So, after some last minute checking and re-checking to make sure they had everything they needed, the three of them squeezed themselves into the car and rolled out.

As they drove away I couldn't help but think of that song from The Hangover... not the "What Do Tigers Dream of Song" but the other one... "We're the three best friends that anybody could have, we're the three best friends that anyone could have, oh yes, we're the three best friends that anyone could have and we'll never ever ever ever ever leave each other..."

I guess we'll see if they're still friends after this long, cross-country road trip!

We hope to be posting more info about the trip each day so be sure to check back.  Oh, and check out our new logo on the Maloof Money Cup's website HERE.  


Our new logo was created and donated to us by Tonya Yerty. She does graphic and web design so if you need something done check her out.

-- Heidi