YAP supports Project HOPE

Youth Against Poverty supports Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere), a non-profit organization that is working to make health care available for people around the world. Please do not hesitate to join this organization and donate to this organization in order to help  strengthen health facilities in the poorest parts of the world, and fight diseases such as TB, HIV/AIDS and diabetes. For more, please visit www.projecthope.org.

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"One For Two" Event on August 22, 2009 @ Super Shoebiz, 1420 Haight ST. from 12pm to 6pm
Local Bay Area Artists will customize any TOMS shoes purchased that day!       ARTISTS: Romi Acosta, Sandra, Crockett & Yuka  DJ: HAYLOW (D2S)
With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. One for One. Shoebiz will also match every pair of shoes sold in-store. 
So your purchase will provide not only one, but TWO children in need of shoes! Between 08/22/09 thru 09/22/09 Shoebiz & YAP will customize any TOMS purchased online FREE, and will give a pair to an orphanage. See details at www.shoebizsf.com So come support a better tomorrow! 00Tomsflyer

Simple Shoes Party at Valencia

Shoebiz Valencia (877 Valencia Street, San Francisco) is hosting a Simple Shoes party from 12:00-4:00pm tomorrow (August 15, 2009). Bring an old pair of shoes for a Sales 4 Souls donation and get 10% off your Simple Shoes purchase. There is also live music from DJ Madison. Last and most important, Shoebiz will match dollar for dollar to raise funds for YAP in order to aid the orphanages in Africa.1Simple

Upcoming TOMS event at Shoebiz

YAP is joining TOMS Shoes for a charity event scheduled for 08/22/09 at Shoebiz in San Francisco. Local artists will paint and customize any TOMS shoes purchased that day at Shoebiz in San Francisco. Shoebiz will match dollar for dollar to raise funds for YAP and TOMS shoes will donate one pair to a kid for every pair sold that day. Come to Shoebiz at 1420 Haight St, show your support, and get a pair of TOMS shoes customized to your taste. It will be fun and you will get a chance to help a great number of kids.

Adidas Group Art Show (June 11, 2009)

YAP joined Shoebiz in San Francisco and Adidas to invite five (5) local SF artists to exhibit their talent and creation at the Shoebiz adidas concept shop in June 11, 2009. The event was organized to bring awareness to the needs of underprivileged youth and orphans. The exhibit featured talents from: Marc "Owl Boogie" Aure Gavin Grant Andre Sibayan and Figments by Ciraco Over 700 people attended and a total of $4000 was raised in donation and purchase of art. YAP would like to thank the artists, adidas, shoebiz and all those who worked so hard to make this event a reality. Pictures of the event are pDSC01296DSC01298osted here. DSC01303DSC01310

Celebrating 60 Years of Soles & Stripes

Join ShoeBiz & adidas Originals to celebrate adidas' 60th year in the biz! At 1420 Haight ST July 18th 1pm to 6pm[gallery link="file"] Show us your creative skills by contributing our shoe mural and watch our guest artist the iconic 60 year mural. Enjoy beats by DJ Herb Diggs and drinks on adidas Enter to win a pair of Diamond Superstars!(Retail $600) Receive a 60 year Shirt with purchase over $50 Shoebiz will make a donation to Youth Against Poverty equal to the amount of sales during the event. www.youthagainstpoverty.com Quest Artist Kris Mestiz0

The Orange Giraffe Orphanage in Uganda

The Orange Giraffe Orphanage and Children’s Home is a progam in Uganda (Africa) under the Foundation for Rural Development and Action Research (FORDAR). The orphanage was targeted as a preschool center for orphans and needy children in order to provide them with food, clothes, soap, shelter, medicine, and education. Come support the orphanage and be a part of it. To learn more about this orphanage in Uganda, click here. Picture 6 Picture 12 Picture_4 Picture 10

All Day I Dream About Summer

ShoeBiz adidas Concept Store on Haight Street presents a unique collection of artwork in the upcoming show "All Day I Dream About Summer" opening Thursday, June 11th. The group show puts together emerging San Francisco based artists whose styles and forms range from illustration, digital multimedia, photo realism, acrylic, oil and hand sewn work. What will be most evident in this installation is the excitement for this group of artists, who love sneakers, to work with ShoeBiz adidas, who love to support local artists. There is, to say the least, a harmony in the sum of these parts that come together in the name of cutting edge, fun, nostalgia, hope...and summer. The art show will run from June 11 to July 16. The theme of the show celebrates Summer in San Francisco- the special edition of summer that only, as local artists would know, includes the fog, Golden Gate park, tourist overload and the mixtapes. The gallery looks to attract shoe fiends, art collectors, street culture aficionados, and adidas fanatics alike. The exhibit also presents itself as an opportunity for ShoeBiz's to carry out philantrophic fundraising efforts for the organization, Youth Against Poverty. ShoeBiz will match dollar for dollar any artwork sold to aid orphanages in Africa. The plan for a matching program is motivated by the values to promote the artists as well as participating in a humanitarian cause. It is a critical time in which to do both. Come through and come true to celebrate art, music, life and summer in the city!