Lancaster, PA Blog

On Saturday, for the third year in a row, the ever-awesome Go Design Unit rallied a bunch of graphic designers, stuck them in their office with web developer Adam Chlan and copy writers Chet Williamson and me, and put us to work making cutting-edge marketing materials for deserving nonprofits.

Working on the North Museum ad campaign with Donna, Kristin, and Megan

Though I’ve only participated twice now, the annual Design-O-Rama-Thon has become one of my favorite Lancaster institutions. Last year Chet and I wrote brochure text and donor letters for House of His Creation in Gap. Other nonprofits that benefited were the American Cancer Society, HOPE Global Investment Fund, The Janus School, the Susquehanna Foundation for the Blind, and Team PA Foundation.

This year, I worked with Lancaster freelance designer Donna Lindsey, Harrisburg graphic designer Kristin Sabadish, and Moxie House’s Megan Caruso on print advertisements and posters for the North Museum’s spring Science and Engineering Fair. The research, made possible by Russell Frost’s photographs at the most recent fair, was fun and full of surprises.

Other organizations that got great marketing work at no cost this year included Clare House, the Threshold Foundation, Junior Achievement of Central PA, Lancaster Young Professionals, and American Home Life International.

I’d like to add my thanks to Kitchen Kettle Village, Isaac’s, Lancaster Brewing Company, and Samantha Seifried for keeping me and the rest of the DORTers fed and refreshed!