Inspi(red)

Earlier this week I saw that Gap is promoting its product(Red) line, and I've seen the shirts here and there and decided it was time for me to have one. Half of the proceeds from each shirt goes to buy medicine for AIDS patients in Africa. Pretty sweet, right?

Well as I stood in the Gap (who has been having its own bad press due to sweatshop scandals...) contemplating which $28 t-shirt I wanted, I felt really convicted. Do I really need a shirt to show people that I care about AIDS in Africa? Not so much. I don't need another shirt at all. So instead of $14 going to AIDS medicine, I'm just going to give the whole $28 to blood:water mission to get some people some clean water. I think it's sad that there has to be a trendy product for people (myself included) to even think about giving a little money to the many crises facing Africa.

All that said, I think product(red) is a really cool concept and I'm sure in the future that I will probably own one or more of their products, but at this moment in time, I think my money can be put to better use. It certainly inspi(red) me, just in a different way.

(And just so you know, the 14 dollars from the (red) shirts can get 2 weeks worth of medicine for someone suffering with AIDS, and that's really terrific! 28 dollars t0 the 1000 wells project at blood:water mission will give a years worth of clean drinking water to 28 people. Also terrific).