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Don't Text & Skate

Everyone needs to know not to text while skateboarding because its dangerous...Taylor is in desperate need of a new phone for this reason.

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Don't Text & Skate

Don't Text & Skate

Don't Text & Skate

Don't Text & Skate

Don't Text & Skate

Everyone needs to know not to text while skateboarding because its dangerous...Taylor is in desperate need of a new phone for this reason.

Everyone needs to know not to text while skateboarding because its dangerous...Taylor is in desperate need of a new phone for this reason.

Everyone needs to know not to text while skateboarding because its dangerous...Taylor is in desperate need of a new phone for this reason.

Everyone needs to know not to text while skateboarding because its dangerous...Taylor is in desperate need of a new phone for this reason.

John Barzelay
John Barzelay
John Barzelay
John Barzelay
1 Campaign |
Los Angeles, United States
$500 USD 9 backers
100% of $500 Fixed Goal Fixed Goal
Choose your Perk

Text message

$5 USD
Est. Shipping
June 2013
0 claimed

Phone call, stickers!

$10 USD
Est. Shipping
June 2013
1 claimed

Picture, phone call, stickers!

$20 USD
Est. Shipping
June 2013
3 claimed

Handwritten letter & a piece!

$50 USD
Est. Shipping
June 2013
3 claimed

Don't Text & Skate (DT&S)

Taylor Beumel fell off his skateboard and shattered his phone's screen while texting his friend Sarah Fernandez about work exactly one year ago at the end of May. Since then, he's been operating his device through a spiderweb of cracked and jagged glass. He's doing okay, but his phone is still in critical condition.
 
Some would say its completely Taylor's fault - like long-time friend and neighbor Matt Berbano. He told me "I wasnt there when it happenned, but i saw the aftermath". Taylor believes in a different philosophy, "I should be able to skate freely without having to look where I'm going,"..."this is the city of LA's fault."
 
Right now, the phone is semi-functional, and can make calls, receive texts, and various other tasks which have enabled Taylor to forego acquiring a new phone.  It's got packing tape holding the screen together because Taylor is "sick of getting glass shards in my ear."
 
But enough about Taylor, texting and skating is a rising communal concern across America and the whole world.  Cities big and small are experiencing people texting and skating, and it's become a national issue. I'm doing this campaign to
1) Raise awareness about the dangers of texting while skateboarding.
2) Get Taylor a new phone
 
DT&S is a campaign seeking $500 to get Taylor's phone, and get lots of stickers made that emphasize "Don't Text & Skate." There are some amazing perks for contributing and being a part of the campaign, ranging from texts or phone calls, to a piece of the old busted phone itself! Oh and did I mention STICKERS!!!
 
$5 you will receive a text message
$10 you will recieve a phone call, and 3 stickers
$20 you will receive a snapshot and phone call, and 10 stickers.
$50 you'll receive a handwritten letter with a piece of the old phone, a phone call, and a whole bunch of stickers!
*all contributions come with a heaping serving of eternal gratitude.
 
If we go beyond the goal, everyone gets way more stickers, for sure!
 
 
 
 
 
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