Carlsbad CA's HOC - Believe In Something
The HOC is proof that no matter what anyone else thinks or how people want to judge you, you can make a difference in the world. No idea is too crazy and no daily activity is too simple to be twisted in a way that it benefits those less fortunate. Whatever you do, Believe In Something.
We go through dormant moments around here and we apologize about that!
We’d like to firstly welcome all of our new supporters, including the band 3-D Arcade:
Thanks for the love and ROCK ON, guys.
Our buds in Switchfoot won a Grammy for Hello Hurricane, RunnerRunner released their new CD, and Angels and Airwaves totally blew up the Santa Barbara Film Festival with LOVE. These guys know how to share the love and they’ve always got our backs. It’s great to see them achieving their goals too and there is nothing better than knowing it’s because they believed in something.
Like us. ;)
We still have our Angels and Airwaves and Runner Runner collab shirts available in our store (as well as our rubber bracelets too!), please hit up our website and get one or two or a dozen if you haven’t yet; those shirts go to the respective charities of Open Your Heart and the Childrens’ Hospital of Orange County. We just recently got a Thank-You letter from OYH, be sure to stop on over and check it out to learn more about this awesome cause and how our shirts have helped out.
Voting for the 2011 Animal Rescue Site Challenge is STILL underway, and if you know our sweet bro ATOM Willard, you know he’s a huge champion of the French Bulldog Rescue Network out of Massachusetts. They’re ranking number 5 right now out of the state for this challenge, down from #3 from last week but with your daily vote we can easily kick them back up to the top. When asked for the shelter name, pop in “French Bulldog Rescue Network” and select MA under state. There’s no sign-up needed and you can cast one vote per day. Please help out!
We’ve moved our Facebook page, also! We’re now under Believe In Something over there, too, so please be sure to like it, share your BiS pictures with us, and get others involved.
As for getting others involved, we need your help here on Tumblr too! We’re going to start pushing our Tumblr Tuesday rec requests, and there’s nothing better than seeing our blog up at the top of that page for non-profits. It really makes us smile to know that our followers are doing what they can to get us up and out there!
Thank you all so much for sticking it out with us through our quiet moments and for surprising us with your generosity and resources. You are all incredible and we’re so happy you’ve chosen to Believe in us and in what we do.
Don’t stop! - the Hurricane is gathering speed! Believe in Something!
We put this up on our Facebook page earlier this week, but we wanted to share it here. Please go and leave an awesome comment on this person’s youtube page, we were incredibly impressed by this!!
Action bracelet in action!
Atom Willard of Angels and Airwaves showing off his sick pianist skills. This guy is one of our biggest supporters and we love him and all he does. Be sure to stop by 2600strange.com to get your own Believe In Something bracelet and Join the Movement.
The Limited Edition Believe In Something/Angels and Airwaves shirts will be available up on Loserkids.com shortly, we promise!
In the meantime, 2600strange.com does have our non-ltd edition shirts (the gray with the blue lettering) and our wristbands (both in black and blue with white text) up for sale.
We know everyone’s been stoked on and trying to get some of our bracelets, and we’re so happy to finally be able to make them available around the world. Thank you for helping us make this happen!
Just a reminder, be sure to visit loserkids.com tomorrow for the limited edition AVA/HOC Believe In Something collab shirt!
The charity that will be receiving 100% of the net profit from these shirts is Open Your Heart, out of Connecticut. They have been doing their best to make their community a better place by reaching out and helping families and individuals who struggle in their everyday lives due to many unforeseen circumstances. Please be sure to check them out and show a little love.
Again, many many thanks to Tom Delonge, Atom Willard, David Kennedy, Matt Watcher, and everyone else who has had a hand in helping us get these shirts up and out to make a difference!
Steff looking lovely as always! Nice ‘stache!
Photos from our HOC/2600 Strange Ave. Mustache Ride-Autumn Games are up on our Facebook! Check them out now! If you participated and see yourself or anyone you know in some of these photos, as always, TAG TAG TAG!!!
And more news on our limited edition run of HOC t-shirts with Angels and Airwaves: presale for these shirts will begin on Monday, 11/29. And they. Look. AWESOME. You’ll really want to jump on these…
Keep an eye out on Loserkids.com next week for these radtastic shirts!
Here’s a bit of an update for everyone!
Sorry we’ve been on the quiet end of the Tumblr rope for a bit!
We’ve changed our name from the Hurricane Olympics to Believe In Something! So update your bookmarks to www.believeinsomething.org for the mainsite, HOC_Believe for the twitter, and HOCBelieve for the tumblr. All of our sitelinks here and on each of our other pages have been updated as well!
We also have an announcement regarding SHIRTS!
The rad guys in Angels and Airwaves have teamed up with us to create limited edition BELIEVE IN SOMETHING shirts - be ready for the presale next week on Loserkids.com, because these are gonna go fast. They’re THAT awesome. And 100% of the proceeds from these shirts goes to charity. We’ll have more information soon, remember to keep checking our Facebook page too!
Be there.
Because we will. With bracelets and stickers, and a lot of information!! COME HANG.
Back in January this year, the HOC got together with Lumberjack Tavern and Angels & Airwaves to host the “Hurricane Happy Hour”
Coats, jackets, and blankets were exchanged for raffle tickets for prizes to benefit the San Diego Food Bank, and all the tips our awesome bartenders made went to help our organization.
And man, what awesome bartenders we had!
You can see the full photoset here, and if you haven’t yet, add us on Facebook so you can be up-to-date on more awesome events!
