Truth be told, I’m pretty my ‘Olympiced’ out at this point, but I didn’t want to pass up posting this tee. It’s from the folks over at TakePride.com. It’s a tee about Beijing Paralympic swimmer Melissa Stockwell. Hit the jump for the full story. Portion of proceeds go toward a worthwhile charity. Check it out.

Melissa Stockwell is an incredibly inspiring 28-year-old from the Twin Cities who was the first US female amputee of the Iraq War; as well as the first Iraq War Veteran, male or female, to qualify for the Beijing Paralympics. In the 4 years between Baghdad and Beijing – she has accomplished an incredible amount – including completing 8 triathlons, 2 NYC Marathons; becoming a prosthetist so she can help other amputees; and setting 3 US Paralympic swimming records;

TakePride [an influential support the troops project] has launched a charitable t-shirt inspired by the last 4 years of Melissa’s life called Stronger. The shirt not only serves as a way to get her story out to more people, but for the first time, it offers Americans a way to channel the good feelings that her story generates into meaningful support – both moral and financial – for Melissa and for all wounded US Veterans (a minimum of $5/shirt is donated to Wounded Warrior Project).

Stronger features a drawing of Melissa swimming as well as columns of text that tell her story, and which are comprised mainly of direct quotes from Melissa. Stronger is exclusively available at www.TakePride.com. The shirt is offered in men’s sizes small through XXL and women’s sizes small through XL for $25. A minimum of $5 from the sale of each Stronger shirt will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project. The shirt is also being offered in combination with the Stronger athletic bag featuring a screen print of the text from the shirt (the ‘Stronger Spirit Pack’) for $40.

Melissa is a truly amazing person whose story has the power to inspire millions of Americans. If you’d like I can send you a more detailed press release, photos of Melissa and the shirt.

Here’s a one shirt shop with a mission. Fight animal cruelty. The atler ego of one Susan Wildes, Miss Do-Gooder is donating a percent of profits to the ASPCA. Cute character, great cause. Check em out here: www.missdogooder.com.

It’s always nice to see the tee design community put their creative powers to use for charity. In conjunction with the Boarding for Breast Cancer nonprofit, The Ryde has cooked up a t-shirt design contest to raise money. Submissions must be breast cancer themed and the first and second place winners receive cash and a store gift card. Check out the details here. Deadline is April 14th.

I’ll admit that when I hear about patriot, American pride t-shirts, the first thing I think of are gaudy, overdone Red, White and Blue shirts with the proverbial flag. TakePride.com has a fresh, youthful spin with a line of tees inspired by our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are also donating 20% of their profits to charities that assist combat veterans including the USO and Wounded Warrior Project.

Here’s a worthwhile charitable effort to check out. A good looking tee to help support the SOLD Project. You can purchase the tees at the Roman Apparel web site.

The SOLD Project is an organization that has devoted its life to spreading awareness and provoking change regarding the issue of child prostitution that exists in our world today. Roman Apparel has partnered with this incredible group of people to help raise money for the education of young orphans recently rescued from a life of sexual slavery in South East Asia.

Fashion Delivers Charitable Foundation offers a great way for the fashion industry to get involved in charitable activities. Fashion Delivers’ goal is to “mobilize the fashion and related industries to help our neighbors … to provide products from all parts of the fashion and related industries to victims of natural disasters, matching need with availability of products”.

You can donate clothing by filling out a simply donor sheet and sending them your overruns, of whatever you might have. They are an approved 501(c)3 organization and your donations are tax deductible. Cash donations are also accepted.

For information about T-Shirt Watch’s own charity efforts please visit our charity page.

[via We Are the Market]