Indie artist John Martz writes:

Robots and Monsters, the charitable art project that offers custom-made robot and monster drawings, has relaunched with a slick new site, and a handful of new artists involved, inlcuding Drawn!’s own Adam Koford, David Huyck, and yours truly.

Here’s how it works: you donate a set amount for an original robot or monster drawing, and supply three words or phrases that one of the artists will interpret as they see fit to create your drawing. The current charity being supported is Water.org which provides access to safe water and sanitation to communities in Africa, South Asia, and South America.

This weekend was the second annual Sierra Bravo F1 Overnight Website Challenge where approximately 130 web developers and designers donated 24 hours of their time to create free websites for 13 deserving non-profits.  

Our own BlogCadre pal, Jason Striegel, and his team of 8 other talented web pros, team Praxis, pulled off the win and developed a kick-butt website for their non-profit, District 202.

After 24 hours of hard work, no sleep and too much caffeine, the 2009 Website Challenge teams and non-profits can now sleep soundly.

Related links:
Needy meets nerdy as non-profits get an economic boost - kare11.com
Teams of computer programmers give free Web site makeovers to 12 nonprofit agences - TwinCities.com
Sierra Bravo offers nonprofits a chance to spiff up Web presence - Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Sierra Bravo's F1 Overnight Website Challenge - link

Sierra Bravo's F1 Overnight Website Challenge is a challenge among web professionals in which each team donates 24 hours to build a complete website for a Minnesota non-profit.  Bragging rights goes to the team with the best site.

Sierra Bravo is currently seeking Minnesota non-profits and web developers.  Pre-register at their site if you are interested.  The inaugural F1 Challenge begins on March 1, 2008.

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