On the Inside

Between the Bro-Am, the fourth of July and Veronica (the usual Insider blogger) being out of town, the insider has not been updated for a while.

That is where I come in. Consider me a guest blogger filling in while Veronica is away. My name is Joanna, I’m a senior at California Baptist University, and I’m interning with Jedidiah this summer.  I am loving being here. If you aren’t already aware, Jedidiah is an amazing clothing company and I’m stoked to have the opportunity to be apart of everything Jedidiah is doing.

One of the awesome things Jedidiah is involved with is the Switchfoot Bro-Am.  Switchfoot puts on an amazing free all day show to benefit Stand Up for Kids.  We had our tent up and were able to hang out and tell people everything Jedidiah is about. We had a great time, soaked up some sun and listened to some sweet tunes.  Jedidiah’s own surf team competed in the surf contest and did an awesome job!

Jedidiah’s surf team!

We also handed out flyers for the free Jedidiah Summer Sampler!  If you haven’t downloaded it yet, click here and get it!  Jedidiah paired with Filter Magazine to create a great mix of music to jam to all summer.

With this weekend being the fourth of July and having Monday off, everyone in the office is adjusting getting back to work.  Jacob (another intern) and I worked on the Jedidiah magazine and updating our names on the Community Board.  This is where all the Jedidiah employees post things that represent who they are.  I drew a picture of my coffee mug I bring with me everywhere, because coffee is definitely a big part of my life :)

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend!  Jacob and I are about to run out and grab ourselves some free Chck-fil-a!  (Their giving away free stuff all week long!)

Yay for Chick-fil-a and free food!

through Elevate Destinations, you can take a trip to Haiti for as little as $500 to help rebuild a hospital&play with kids. you’re doing good while taking a bit of an escape. sounds amazing to me. (p.s. the above title is also the oh-so-wonderful link to the article :] )

Last week, all of us interns got to sit in on our first meeting at Jedidiah. It was definitely something we were all excited about, mostly so we could really be in the know as to what is going on with everything. 

With Kevin and Kahana back in town, it was time to sit and reflect on the past happenings. Kevin shared little vignettes of his trip to Cambodia with World Vision and Kahana shared details of his trip to Haiti with Compassion International and On Surfari (FuelTV). It was easy to see that everyone’s hearts softened while hearing the stories of the undoubtedly incredible individuals that Kevin and Kahana encountered on their trips to those countries. It’s hard to not feel your heart grow weak when someone relays the details of events such as those. To hear how lives are different and how incredibly blessed we are here; yet as to how beautiful and radiant those people are amidst everything they endure. And to hear the work that those organizations do, it was a huge reminder as to why we do what we do here. It gives the ability to allow the flames of these things that we are so passionate about to burn stronger and brighter; to re-fuel the passion to do the work that we do. 

We also got into conversing about the event we had with Stand Up For Kids and the trip down to Mexico with Amor. We’re so happy to see first-hand what these organizations do, but are even more affected to get down to their levels and really get our hands dirty to experience first hand how they work. I don’t think that anyone in that room left those events without feeling some sort of impact. We’re able to help those people out through the garments that we make and sell, but in turn, they help us open our eyes to new things and new perspectives. Our hearts are filled to the the brim with joy and love after seeing the smiles from the children down in Mexico and from all the amazing kids that came through our offices with Stand Up For Kids. 

it’s definitely time for an update on what we’re working on. 

Patrick is working on getting details together for our event this Saturday with Stand Up For Kids. It’s going to be pretty sweet. He’s also getting details together for a trip that we’re all taking with Amor down to Mexico. 

Kelli & Wesley have both been working on graphics for the Spring 2011 line. 

Billy is getting ready to ship out Summer 2010 product.

Michael is now managing the interns, finalizing fonts for the magazine, thinking up of layouts and concepts for the magazine, he’s working on photography and the online store. 

that’s all I’ve got for now. more updates will come later.