Hey there!

Do you like photography? Did you ever want to enter your work for some awesome 11:11 A.M. prizes? Well, we are hosting our first ever photography contest!

The theme for the contest is “Wish.”

4 EASY STEPS!

1. Take a picture that you believe captures the meaning of wishing, a wish, your personal wish, or anything that has to do with the word.

2. Email your photo as an attachment to pics1111am (AT) yahoo.com and be sure to include your full name, where you’re from and a brief description on why you chose to take this photo and what it means to you. NOTE: You may only enter ONE photo!

3. Look for your photo posted on our Flickr page.

4. Donate any dollar amount for your submission by clicking below if you’d like, but don’t worry! If you can’t afford anything, you can still enter. (We will randomly choose 5 people who donate to win prizes as well!)

11:11 A.M. staff will vote for a 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place winner after the deadline.

The deadline for this contest is March 1st, 2010! That gives you a month to plan, create and enter

Remember, you can only enter one photo, so make it good! Any other photos will be disqualified.

1^st place winner will receive an 11:11 A.M. Snakes and Suits collab shirt, RARE signed “Ruthless” single by Something Corporate, an 11:11 A.M. prize pack and their photo will be posted on our website!

2^nd place winner will receive: 11:11 A.M. prize pack and a RARE signed “Ruthless” single by Something Corporate, and Inspire & Infect t-shirt

3^rd place winner will receive: 11:11 A.M. prize pack and Inspire & Infect laminate.

Have fun!

Wish, Hope, Love, Cure,
The 11:11 A.M. Team

We thought we’d share our favorite albums of 2009 with you. Hope your New Years is a good one and we can’t wait for 2010! At 11:11 A.M., our New Years resolution is to raise $10,000 for charities in 2010, who’s with us?

Adam DeAngelis:
1. Lady GaGa: The Fame
2. 30 Seconds to Mars: This is War
3. Jack’s Mannequin: Dear Jack EP
4. The Academy Is…: Lost in Pacific Time EP
5. Owl City: Ocean Eyes
6. Dashboard Confessional: Alter the Ending
7. All Time Low: Nothing Personal
8. Weezer: Raditude
9. Taylor Swift: Fearless (Deluxe Edition)
10. Mat Kearney: City of Black and White

Marissa Mullen:
1. Fun: Aim & Ignite
2. Sherwood: Qu
3. Andrew Bird: Noble Beast
4. Jack’s Mannequin: Dear Jack EP
5. Passion Pit: Manners
6. Coconut Records: Davy
7. Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
8. Matt & Kim: Grand
9. The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You
10. Regina Spektor: Far

Kathleen McNally (barely listened to new music this year):
1. Mute Math: Armistice
2. Third Eye Blind: Ursa Major
3. Metric:  Fantasies
4. Jack’s Mannequin: Dear Jack EP
5. The Academy Is…: Lost In Pacific Time EP
6. Monsters of Folk: S/T
7. Kid Cudi: Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Leah Blowes (Songs):
1. Phoenix: 1901
2. Taylor Swift: You Belong With Me
3. Miike Snow: Silvia
4. Passion Pit: Little Secrets
5. Bon Iver: Roslyn
6. Phoenix: Lost and Found
7. Imogen Heap: Wait It Out
8. Timbaland ft. Jet: Timothy Where You Been
9. Jason Derulo: Whatcha Say (guilty pleasure)
10. Kid Cudi: Up Up and Away

Melly:
1. This is My Suitcase: The Keys to Cat Heaven
2. Fun: Aim & Ignite
3. Jack’s Mannequin: The Dear Jack EP
4. Metric: Fantasies
5. Bonfire Madigan: Lady Saves EP
6. John Mayer: Battle Studies
7. Muse: The Resistance
8. Owl City: Ocean Eyes
9. The Alphabet: Scarlet Starlet EP
10. Weezer: Raditude

Mao Shiokura (songs):
1. Great Northern: Fingers
2. Maria Taylor: Time Lapse Lifeline
3. Metric: Help, I’m Alive
4. Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
5. Regina Spektor: Folding Chair
6. Cobra Starship feat. Leighton Meester: Good Girls Go Bad
7. The Sounds: Dorchester Hotel
8. Florence + The Machine: Kiss with a Fist
9. Phoenix: 1901
10. Robert Francis: Junebug

Natalie Biz:
1. Life on Repeat: As I Grew
2. Paramore: Brand New Eyes
3. Set Your Goals: This Will Be the Death of Us
4. A Day to Remember: Homesick
5. The Scene Aesthetic: A Type and A Shadow
6. John Mayer: Battle Studies
7. There For Tomorrow: A Little Faster
8. Anarbor: Free Your Mind EP
9. Fireworks: All I have to Offer is my Own Confusion
10. Tegan and Sara: Sainthood

This past semester, five students at Central Michigan University put on a photography contest as a fundraiser for their RPL (Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Services) class. All proceeds made from the event went to 11:11 AM, to support pediatric cancer research. The goal was to have at least 50 photos, at $5 each, entered into the contest. The event, titled PicMe! Photo Contest, was the first photo contest to ever be put on by an RPL class. The programmers not only reached their goal of 50 photographers, but made over $400 for 11:11 AM in the process as well. The actual event took place on November 9 in Central Michigan University’s Bovee University Center. Attendees were able to walk around and look at the photographs in the contest, buy a vote, or buy a raffle ticket. Raffle prizes included Red Wings tickets, CDs, gift cards to various businesses in the area, and tickets to the (then upcoming) Michigan versus Ohio State football game. All in all, the event was a success; participants and attendees had a good time and hopefully learned a little more about 11:11 AM in the process!

We are proud to announce the official release of our new shirt with our friends at Snakes & Suits!

You can find the shirt on Snakes & Suits.

A portion of the t-shirt sales goes to 11:11 A.M.

Thank you everyone for checking it out!
-The 11:11 A.M. Team

We are really excited for the new collab t-shirt with Snakes & Suits coming out on November 27th. Who’s ready?

ATTENTION TWITTER USERS:

On Wednesday 11/11/2009, we are going to try to make 11:11 A.M. a trending topic. All we ask of you is to help us out. On Wednesday, log on to twitter and update something with “#1111am” in the sentence. Get all of your friends to tweet it too! We will be looking to see who is updating about 11:11 A.M. the most, and they will receive an exclusive prize pack. Let’s spread the word about our cause and get the world to join us in the fight against cancer!

Follow us!

- 11:11 A.M.

Today, we donated $1,000 to Light the Night.

You can view our donation here.

Thank you everyone for making this possible!

-The 11:11 A.M. Team

We reached our 3333 mark for our twitter contest!!! Thank you to everyone for helping out by spreading the word and RT’ing every tweet we sent out.  At first we were hesitant with that number but then realized a goal shouldn’t be easy to reach, it should take work.

We will be making our donation to Light the Night this week and will link everyone to it as soon as it has been made.

This donation means a lot to us because it will be in memory of our friend Matt.  A couple of us will also be walking in memory of him at Light the Night in Washington, DC this Saturday.

Thank you again. This could not have been done without each and every one of you.
-The 11:11 A.M. Team

For Matt:

A few days ago, I received word that a dear friend of 11:11 A.M., Matt, had passed away after his long battle with cancer. I had first heard about Matt from Mao, who brought his story to me wondering if 11:11 A.M. could possibly do anything to help. At that moment, we decided that we would start the project we called “Cards for Matt.” Supporters of 11:11 A.M. from all around the country sent cards to Matt while he was in the hospital during the holiday season. They were hung up in his hospital room and I remember receiving pictures from his family; it was amazing to see the room covered in cards.

He emailed me a short time after telling me that the cards had truly made a difference in his life. Just reading that brought tears to my eyes. Matt and his family are amazing supporters of 11:11 A.M. and we are honored to call them friends.

His story has and will forever inspire us all at 11:11 A.M. Matt fought a hard battle but had a positive attitude through its entirety. Our previous donation to Light the Night was in honor of Matt and our next donation will be in memory of him.

Kathleen found this quote and I thought it was perfect to include in this entry:

“A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.” -Maya Angelou

We send our thoughts and prayers to his family during this hard time.

- Adam and the 11:11 A.M. Team