 So, if you don't know and you haven't been following my vlogs or anything, I'm doing something that I don't normally do here on this channel and that is working to gather some donations for a worthy cause of charity. It's not a charity company in particular, although I do think that in our minds when the design team and I were setting it up, that was the thought and then as we went farther along in the project and we realized there was at least one person that I know of for sure and actually as I say that there's more than one who they themselves or their partner are suffering from cancer. In the two cases that immediately come to mind, they're both stage four, yeah. So that makes it of course emotionally difficult, financially difficult in both situations. One in particular I really want to help out. I'm going to leave them as yet unnamed so I'm not saying anything to anybody and if you know I'd appreciate you not commenting and revealing their name because we're going to respect their privacy. But the design team and I have put together eight boxes of items, including finished artwork and a limited edition stencil, one of which I have actually more than one, but one of them is included in every box and that's this one. It's called Four Square Twelve, holy cow, yeah. So I have a number of these four square style stencils in which they're in each corner. There is a design that you can use alone or in some of the cases the stencils arrange so that the design can be layered with the other ones on there. In this case, this palm, open palm, is intended to be layered with these other three designs individually or I guess you could do it together. That actually would be interesting. I'd love to see somebody do that. Anyway, there's one of these in every of every of the eight boxes. There is a limited number of these also in my Etsy shop. The proceeds for this with the exception of the cost of shipping all go to the family in need. And we're going to be as public about it as we can without revealing personal information of theirs or mine, but yes. And once the auction is over and the sale is done, these stencils won't be available again until the next time we decide to do one of these charitable events. So you should get it while you can. If you would like to really support the family in question, the artist in question, then that's why we have so many ways to do it. You can go directly to the Etsy listing and you can buy this or one of the others, which I'm going to show you in a minute. You can give a donation, which I'm accepting a direct monetary donation, and I'm gathering all of this and it's all going to be given to her in one lump sum. But you can give a direct monetary donation or you can make a bid on one of the eight boxes. So it's a Facebook event. There are eight postings in said Facebook event and in each posting, there are a minimum of 12 pictures. I think most of the listings have more than that. I do ask you to go look at all the pictures so you're aware of what all is in the box. I tried to package said boxes with items that. I knew the packaging could also be reused and I've been working on something. So yeah, black fingers so that the packaging could be reused. So for instance, I took some of the smaller items and put them in interesting little bags like popcorn bags and things like that. So I know most of us will reuse the bag besides the items in the bag, right? So go look at all the pictures and so you're aware what's in each box. And then though, I would ask you respectfully to go back to the main post for all of those items and place your bid there in the comments there, not the comments on the individual picture. Because if you do that, I might miss it. And we've already had some people doing that, so please don't do that. In fact, I've got to go check the event later. If you are confused about anything, I just said, feel free to message me before you place your bid and I'll walk you through it. But there are eight postings, so look at all the pictures, then go back to the post for that box that you're interested in. Make the bid under the comments for that main post. The bidding is open until August 8th and then it will be closed on the 8th and the boxes will go to the highest bidder plus shipping. So the bid amount that you're bidding is what will go to the family. And then when I message you privately for your address and I figure out shipping, I will be asking you to give the bid amount plus shipping. So that's how that's going to work again, black fingers. So you can also, of course, buy this in the Etsy store. Again, quantities are very, very limited. I already have in my Etsy store, and this stencil is available year round and it's not part of the charity auction, but I already have this open palm stencil, a modified version of which is on here and reduced. So I decided when I was developing the stencil that initially I was going to have just ones that would go with this. And then I was like, why don't we turn it into a mini and make the four square? And I thought, but I still like the big one. So this is available year round. It's not part of the charity auction. But if you already have this or you were already interested in buying it, you can get the designs big and they go with that palm. Can you see that? So they're all designed so that they sit. There we go in the palm. Right. So while it may not be a happy reason that we're doing this, I think we can gather together and support one of our own and the family in their time of need. I hope that you all decide to be generous as you can and bid on the boxes, please. Buy some of the stencils that are for the charity. I don't care if you don't buy anything else, just buy some of the stencils for the charity. I mean, it would be nice if you bought other stuff, but that's not why we're here. I'm not here to promote myself. I'm not here to make money off of this. It's not what this is about at all. It's all going to the family except the cost of shipping. And you can also, of course, make a direct monetary donation. I'll be gathering all of them and the money from all of three of those different locations, gathering it into a lump sum at the appropriate time and sending it to the artist and her family in question or his family in question, along with a set of the stencils. They're going to send them a set of those two and just tell them that our thoughts and prayers are with us. In this time of sadness, violence, sorrow, uncertainty, let's be the bigger person and stand up and show our support. However you can, whether it's supporting this charitable auction or it's lending a helping hand at the grocery store or when you see somebody in trouble or suffering, if it's offering what aid that you can, let's stop and take a deep breath and think of somebody besides ourselves and let's do that. I'd appreciate it if you did. All right, that's it for the moment. I'm going to get off my soapbox now and get back to some art. I've got some stuff to film for the blog, which is why my fingers are black. And I will see you all later. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe. Please share. If you don't share any of my other videos, share this one. I sure would appreciate that. Details are in the description below the event link, the links to the Etsy store for the specific stencils in question. I will include the palm. Oops, the palm. Again, this one is not for that. This is what I have available all the time. It's not for the charity. These are these are only for the charity, as is the four square. But I will include it in the listings in case somebody doesn't have it and you want it. And I will include any other relevant links in the comments below. So yeah, let's get let's spread the word. Let's get the highest bids on these that we can and get this family as much help as we can, even if it's just to pay, you know, a utility bill for a month or a nice dinner out or something, because I know they're having a hard time. And I certainly would wish that if it was me, there would be people to help. So let's do that for them. All right, that's it for now. I'll see you later. Bye, guys.