Skid Row Housing Trust Helps Homelessness through Art

Escanaba Polo Mallet Company supports various charities. You may be interested in the following press release on helping homeless. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/22/2020

Jessica Siemens Skid Row Housing Trust 1-858-220-4215 Jessica.siemens@skidrow.org Art Lessons to Help End Homelessness Talented Artist and Art Instructor volunteers to provide drawing and painting lessons in exchange for donations to Skid Row Housing Trust in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA: My name is Jessica Siemens. I am excited to share with you that I am supporting Skid Row Housing Trust and raising money to help men and women who are experiencing homelessness. I am teaching Virtual Art Lessons in exchange for any donation to Skid Row Housing Trust. This non-profit works tirelessly to permanently house our LA neighbors that have been living on the streets. The Trust also provides onsite medical and mental care services for these residents. If you give ANY donation using the link below, I will provide virtual drawing or painting lessons to you or a loved one as a gift. Beginning and advanced artists are welcome! I can demonstrate how to use any art supplies at home and teach specific techniques that you or a loved one are interested in learning.  Check out my fundraising page here: https://give.classy.org/ArtLessons Donation levels Art Tips: 30 minute lesson = Any donation up to $100 Art Lesson Trial: 60 minute lesson = $100 Artist in Training Package: Five 60 minute lessons at $80/lesson = $400  Dedicated Artist Package: Ten 60minutes lessons at $70/lesson = $700 Master Artist Package: Fifteen 60 minute lesson at $60/lesson = $900 Please contact me to schedule your Virtual Art Lessons: Email: Jessica.Siemens@skidrow.org or Call: (858) 220-4215 All donations will receive one or more Virtual Art Lessons over Zoom, WhatsApp, Viber Microsoft Teams, FB Messenger etc. Lessons can be scheduled mornings or afternoons and are redeemable anytime during 2021.  About Skid Row Housing Trust: The mission of Skid Row Housing Trust (the Trust) is to provide permanent supportive housing so that people who have experienced homelessness, prolonged extreme poverty, poor health, disabilities, mental illness and/or addiction can lead safe, stable lives in wellness. The Trust offers more than 1,800 homes to individuals who have experienced homelessness. We apply evidence-based solutions, and our cutting edge buildings and supportive programs give our residents the opportunity to regain dignity, independence, and wellness. In addition to secure homes these buildings also provide onsite integrated case management, mental health treatment, substance abuse recovery, and primary healthcare.

About the Art Instructor: Jessica Siemens graduated from San Diego State University in 2010 with a Bachelors of Art in Painting. SDSU purchased two of her paintings through purchase awards and displays them on campus in their permanent collection. She then lived in Brooklyn, New York for four years, selling my paintings to private collectors and through Axelle Fine Arts Gallery in Manhattan. After NY, Jessica returned to California to teach private art lessons for five years. She now lives abroad in Greece discovering new horizons to inspire her work.

Jessica sells original landscape and surrealist paintings and works for commission from photograph to create custom works of art. If you, a friend or a family member is interested in taking private virtual fine art lessons or would like to commission your own unique painting, please email Jessica at JessXalepa@gmail.com. To see more of her works please visit: www.jessicasiemens.com. If you want to see Jessica in action and learn how to mix acrylic paints view her Painting Lessons Online YouTube page: How to Mix Acrylic Paint Colors

Can you help me #DoSomethingToEndHomlessness? If you could provide any gift, you would help me reach my goal! Thank you for supporting me and Skid Row Housing Trust!  This end of the year fundraising campaign is active until January 1st 2020.

Jessica Siemens Donate to my page

Delta County's Opportunities to Develop Small Business-New Business Formation UP in Michigan!

Business seems to be pushing in as a leader in new business formation. This is good news if we find that those who were laid off from business have decided they would love to state a business and grow. Starting new business in a Pandemic may not be ideal but the one's that will succeed will also push for increase hiring a few years down the road. Small business are often known to grow fast once they are able to get through their break out stages. 

Delta County Michigan has opportunities to support the micro manufacturing (especially tourism related) in the area in a way that will pay dividends a few years down the road in terms of tax revenue, lifestyle, attracting new revenues and jobs. Escanaba Polo Mallet is a local start-up that supports local growth and may at times invest/support research that helps the community.

Delta County could foster these business start ups to give the young generation the best chance at future success by developing economic clusters so they may innovate off of each other.

In Michigan we have a 61% increase in new business applications in 2020 when compared to 2, 3, & 4 % average in the state over the last decade. 

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If you look at the nation as a whole you will find an increase in 38% new business applications when compared to 5,6,7% ish range over the past decade. 

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3 Free Online Resources to Learn The Basics of Polo

Many have been enthralled by the spectacle that is polo, but few have taken the time and effort to partake in the sport. There are many hours of training, of practicing with your team and running drills amongst each other which can be quite daunting to an outside viewer. A lot of questions run through their minds: do I need to buy a horse, is it expensive, how old do I need to be? However polo is more accessible than those who have little understanding of the sport think, if you find the right resources and utilize them effectively you can be taking polo lessons in no time. 

Three Resources that Can Help You Learn Polo:

"View From My Hotel Room Window" by Jonathan Kos-Read 
is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

There are a plethora of resources online, ranging from the websites of organizations and clubs associated with polo or even YouTube videos that serve as great mediums for teaching polo, however a lot of physical experience in the sport will truly be required to master in the sport well. Watch the online resource and practice alone and with others to get a better knowledge and muscle memory.

U.S. Polo Association: The first website on the list is the website of the United States Polo Association (https://www.uspolo.org), perhaps the most professional entry into this list, this website features a great page for newcomers to the sport. Featuring links to the various rules of polo, answers to many of the aforementioned questions, and even a system to assist people in finding polo lessons. This feature doesn’t just cover adults, but the website can also assist parents in finding lessons for their children. This website also features a great deal of information into the happenings of the wider world of polo. Visitors can browse the news related to polo on this website, and engage socially with others.

Gav Says: Created purely to fulfill the niche of online polo teaching, the website (https://www.gavsays.com/) attempts to fulfill this purpose. On this website a visitor can learn about pretty much any subject related to polo in unprecedented detail. There are video lessons on the proper grip of a mallet, and video lessons for various exercises for beginners which is part of the reason why this website was selected. If you’re looking for more advanced subjects relating to polo, there are some videos about the various tactics a team can use. This website also bears a formidable section teaching about horse handling, which will definitely benefit an individual outside of the sport. A lot of these videos are related to training the horse vital commands, which is definitely necessary for new horse owners. The best part is that the training comes from an individual who definitely knows what they’re talking about, brining 40 years of experience to the table.

PoloIn: The final resource that I’m going to bring to the table isn’t a website, rather a collection of YouTube videos by PoloIn, which I would regard as being incredibly helpful and information packed The content is all in video format which is good for new learners, so that they can visualize the information which is being explained to them.  (https://www.youtube.com/user/inPOLOin). The content also comes in layers, featuring two different series of lessons. One simply referred to as “Polo Lessons” which features the most basic information for a rider to learn, gradually increasing in complexity as the series goes on. While the second series “Professional Polo” deals with the greater intricacies of polo, and the various situations a more experienced rider could find themselves in.

GM is a college student and he writes this article as a method learning and understanding polo himself. Escanaba Polo Mallet Company encourage people to get involved in the sport and is willing to host unique writing on the topic of Polo. If you want to write an article to share on polo please contact escanabapolomalletcompany at gmail.com

History of Polo and the Thrill of the Game!

"The Georgians playing Polo in the Kingdom of Imereti" 

Teramo Castelli, 1640.

The thunder of horses, a sharp SMACK, and the ball goes flying. In the haze of horses chasing a ball it may seem like a cacophony of action, but to a polo player they know exactly what their niche is. Each player was assigned a position with their own role in winning the game for the team, each with the reliance upon the other.

This was the original use of polo by it’s first players, the nomadic tribes of Iran in the 6th century BC, to train cavalrymen and it had spread east and west throughout the world since. There have been records of games played in the past with players numbering up to a hundred horsemen on either side. With so many moving parts, it will take the full attention of the rider, to perceive and be aware of his surroundings and simultaneously attempt to fulfill their role.

It is not a surprise that polo has such a strong continuity. Figures ranging from Saladin, to Emperor Basil the 1st practiced the sport as it found strong ground amongst the upper classes. In the middle ages it could be said the sport spanned from Japan to Constantinople. It would take a long while until it would begin to spread to the west.

The English were the first amongst their western compatriots, adopting polo during their Victorian years. It was in the British Raj that the first English polo clubs began to formulate, such as the Calcutta polo club. By the 1860s, the sport had definitely spread back to Britain; polo clubs would begin to form in mass after official rules were certified. For the British this was in 1874 by it’s governing body, the Herlingham polo association.

From there polo would spread the globe as the “sport of kings”!

Escanaba Polo Mallet Company builds high quality one of a kind polo mallets. This article was written by a young college student. Very nice. We give away much of our profits to charitable causes as they relate to child enrichment, horses, and other worthy causes. https://www.escanabapolomallet.com/

Escanaba Polo Mallet Donations Helps Organizations

Escanaba Polo Mallet Company donates much of its profits to charitable causes (Right now I think all of the profits are being donated) in an effort to make the world a better place. While we are a polo mallet company we are also good actors in our communities. While mallets might be our passion each mallet represents real resources for others. This is where the last quarters revenues and profits were spent.

We are working on raising revenues so that we can donate more in the future. 

1. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

2. Hoof and Heart of Southern Michigan

3. Corazon De Vida Orphanages

4. Escanaba Fan Club

Join a Night in Baja Silent Auction for Orphans

Escanaba supports orphans and spends time helping this group thrive. I'm planning a trip soon in the next few weeks with profits from selling mallets. To help raise awareness of the needs of orphans I'm posting the following announcement. This is an organization I know pretty well and they really have their heart in the right place. Some of the money I raise from my small business goes to help these kids grow up to be healthy and happy neighbors. 

Thursday October 29th, 2020 at 7:00 PM PST. Virtual Gala and Silent Auction "A Night in Baja".
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BE OUR GUEST! A Night in Baja wouldn't be the same without you.

We are so fortunate to have the support of the most caring and loving community for the past 26 years. After an incredibly challenging year, we want to make sure that everyone can join us in our first virtual event ever, A Night in Baja!   We are releasing a free registration option this weekend. We hope to have you join us to celebrate this very special evening with the Corazon de Vida family. Our silent auction will open up this Monday and it's filled with amazing deals, and the best part is that 100% of the silent and live auctions proceeds support the children!   Let's raise our glasses on a virtual toast, bid, donate and celebrate Corazon de Vida no matter where in the world you are.    Together, we are keeping hope alive!

JOIN OUR VIRTUAL GALA HERE

WE ARE EXTENDING THE PARTY BOX DISCOUNT! USE THE CODE GIVELOVE AT CHECKOUT AND RECEIVE $10 OFF YOUR PARTY BOX! OFFER EXPIRES 10/20

4 Methods to Advertisement Enhancement (SME)

Developing advertisement pieces is not easy. We are in a media world where people are swarmed with information and they often skip right over relevant advertisements that they may be interested in simply because they have "information overload". Breaking through that barrier isn't only about getting louder and more bold. It should include a concept of unique. If you are a small business you don't have the ability to spend a lot on advertising. Use four principles of Time or Money, Uniqueness, Movement, and Next Action.

I was trying to blend painting with "eye popping" lettering to attract reader attention. I think it might look a little more like an "eye sore" than anything. 😵 I was also thinking about making the piece look like the hooves are coming from the heavens with a Greek God sort of theme. Didn't work out as planned (Maybe I should hoof on a stone pedestal 🤔). 

Think a bout a few things before you get started. Here are a few things small businesses can consider when making their own advertisement pieces. 

Time or Money: You either have the time to learn to create great advertisements or you have the money to pay someone else to make it. While I have neither I still forge forward. In this case, I might spend the time building better clouds, playing with background and working with the font.

Uniqueness: What I do like about this display is that it has color. I think the painting sort of enhances what people are willing to focus on. Much of our advertisement is with pictures but there are not a lot of artistic displays that really draw attention. I will see if this works. 

Sense of Movement: There is a sense of movement and action in the display. It is saying come and play polo and come and feel like a Greek God. Polo people come from a certain background (demographic) and they may appreciate some of the mythological symbolism. 

Next Action: By having the name of the company for branding and then the web address I'm letting them know where they can find my mallets. 

Escanaba Polo Mallet Company is a good works company that crafts polo mallets for the polo market. Much of our profits go to child enrichment, orphans and other good works projects. https://www.escanabapolomallet.com/