Saunter: To walk about in an idle or leisurely manner; verb

Saunterer: noun

Wouldn’t it be Nice to saunter out in the yard for a bit today?

Spanish: pasear

Couldn’t get outside to fish today? Learn how to Fishtail braid your hair so you can look Nice!

If you can’t get outside to fish on this Nice National Go Fishing Day, go fish on Minecraft!

Help a hero, get an awesome shirt! →

jessicaseeslife:

https://www.niceshirt.org/campaigns/friends-of-mike-patterson.html

Mike Patterson has become a local hero in northwest Georgia, metro Atlanta, and beyond. 

On June 8, 2013, Mike Patterson severed his spine after he dove into a creek in Rockmart, Georgia to save a stranger’s child from drowning. Mike was left paralyzed after his effort to rescue the four-year-old girl.

He has no insurance and his life has been changed forever.

Please consider buying a shirt to help this man and his family. Also, share this link so everyone can learn about his heroism and this opportunity to support him!

sfmoma:

Today is World Sauntering Day! If you’d like to observe this holiday, simply remember to slow down, appreciate your surroundings, and enjoy the beauty that you might otherwise overlook.

“It is a great art to saunter.” - Henry David Thoreau

Pictured: Henry Wessel, Santa Barbara, California (1977)

(Source: sunlightmind)

(Source: dwanderlands)

stilllifestories:

 catch of the day / Peconic Bay

Operation Ward 57 Takes Care of our Wounded

9 soldiers out of every 10 in the Iraq War will make it home alive.  But 6 of those soldiers won’t be whole.

Improvised Explosive Devices are more dangerous than ever before. More than 60% of deaths in the Iraq War are caused by IEDs. Compared to past wars, twice as many soldiers have returned from the Middle East requiring expensive prosthetics or long-term care because of injuries caused by IEDs.

These brave, wounded men and women are removed from the warzone and are often taken to the orthopedic ward of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland.  There they are given medical care, rehabilitation, and physical therapy to get used to their new prosthetic limbs.

Physical therapy can take weeks or months, draining a soldier’s morale—that’s where Operation Ward 57 steps in.

Non-profit Operation Ward 57 gives care and support to the wounded soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and their families in the orthopedic ward.  “OPW57 purchases items specifically requested by service members that they may keep in their rooms and take with them when they leave,” Executive Director Brittney Hamilton explains. “Most commonly requested are DVD’s, portable DVD players, video games and video game systems, especially portable ones.”

SPC Joe Brown deployed to Iraq in 2008, where he obtained hip, leg, back and lower-spine injuries.  “I can’t go out four-wheeling, running or hiking; I can’t play baseball, I can’t play football.  I really can’t do what I’m used to doing,” he says.  “OPW57 provides a distraction for us, helps us focus on something besides what we’re struggling with.”

NiceShirt.org’s donations from all of the “NiceShirts” sold have garnered a total of $2,044 so far for Operation Ward 57—(that’s 10 Xboxes or 101 Barbie dolls for the families to play with). We’re always running new OPW57 campaigns so expect that number to change soon! 

With the money NiceShirt.org helped raised, OPW57 “gave free-of-charge blankets to the wounded warriors and their families,” Hamilton explains.  “Their hospital rooms can be cold and the constant travel between appointments can be hard on a recovering service members’ body.”

The most popular item OPW57 gives out are miniature tool kits for on-the-go wheelchair or prosthetic fixes.  They also organize celebrity meet & greet’s and wrangle up tickets to football games and concerts.

A NiceShirt campaign always raises money for causes that matter—last year, NiceShirt.org raised $2,044 for OPW57 by designing specialized shirts for a handful of different OPW57 soldiers (click here to check them out).  

NiceShirt.org is always ready to help you honor your fallen warrior and start a custom OPW57 campaign for him or her.  We are almost always running a campaign for a fallen warrior; it is an honor to help honor those who proudly serve our country.

For each personalized shirt sold online, NiceShirt.org will donate $6 to Operation Ward 57, half of which will be given directly to the family of the wounded warrior being honored by the personalized t-shirt.  To receive a free, comprehensive apparel fundraising analysis for your organization, click here.  For any additional questions, email submissions@niceshirt.org.

BEHIND THE SCENES!

Meet Sid in this week’s team spotlight! Sid is one of NiceShirt.org’s talented designers and tea connoisseur!

Hi! I’m Sid and I just started here at NiceShirt.org this May. I am excited to be a part of the design team. I had heard so many wonderful things about NiceShirt.org. The people here are great, and so is the work they do! Being able to get involved is as fun as it is rewarding.

Outside of NiceShirt.org, I am a senior at Bowling Green State University, majoring in Visual Communication Technology. I also have a minor in art. Some things I like to do in my spare time are drawing, and watching movies. (I just made the switch to Netflix and I’m hooked :] ). I also love drinking tea and spending time with my two dogs.