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2017, CSTS Global

Browncoats Represent!

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The 2017 Global Can’t Stop the Serenity t-shirts are now available to order. We have again partnered with Represent so t-shirts are available to the general public through online sales, allowing anyone to support CSTS even if they can’t make it to an event. And if you are lucky enough to attend an event, you can attend in style and… represent!

Represent is a T-shirt printing company specializing in charity drives. They’ve been the powerful machinery behind several high profile celebrity fundraisers, including efforts by Nathan Fillion, Jewel Staite, Felicia Day, and many others.

100% of t-shirt proceeds will go directly to Equality Now.

Using Represent also means we can offer a wide variety of styles, sizes and colours and with back to back campaigns relaunching automatically every three weeks, you can order at any time throughout the entire CSTS season.… Read more…

2017, CSTS Global

The Winner of the 2017 Art Contest

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Congratulations and well done to artist and designer Nick Kremenek as the winner of this year’s art contest! We were very impressed with the quality of the entries received this year and the voting response.

We extend generous thanks to each entrant, Mary McKay-Eaton, Anastasia Thomas and Halo Cure, Brian Koerber, Jade Sugars, and Jeffrey Weniger for sharing their talent and the time involved generating this art. We hope to see you again in another year’s contest. We received many, many votes during the course of this contest and we would also like to thank each of you for your vote.

Very soon we will be able to let you know how to order the t-shirts and patches. This design is going to look brilliant on them and we can’t wait to share that with you.… Read more…

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Could you be a CSTS Global Sponsor?

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Each year the global CSTS team supports events in cities all over the world as they raise money for Equality Now and a range of other amazing local charities.

Part of this support is providing merchandise and other items that can be used as prizes at local events in raffles, auctions or competitions.

This year we are again looking for organisations or individuals to help us with this by providing items which we can distribute to the events worldwide.

There are some simple guidelines for what can be accepted:-

  • Ideally we would like 40 of any item so we can distribute one to each participating city
  • Firefly/Serenity or general Whedonverse items are preferable
  • No weapons or weapon-like objects please
  • Preferably nothing that might easily be broken in transit, for example mugs or other delicate items
  • It would also be great if the items were fairly easily to ship as events are all over the world
  • Items must be received by 20 May 2017 to ensure we can start shipping them out before the first events of the season

If you would like to support us but don’t have 40 items, we would still be very interested in talking to you about putting those items in the global auction which happens at the end of each CSTS season, the proceeds of which all go to Equality Now.… Read more…

2017, CSTS Global

Voting Open for the Official 2017 CSTS Logo

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CSTS 2017 Art Contest EntriesThis decision won’t save your life but it will help us work out which amazing design should represent the global Can’t Stop the Serenity efforts this year.

Each year we make the tough choice about which logo will be used at events all across the world and this year the choice is no easier!

Thanks to each artist who created these amazing designs, we have some extremely talented Browncoats out there in the ‘Verse.

So, now we vote.

Voting is open and available as of 20 March, 2017, and we will close voting at 11:59 p.m./PST on Monday, 27 March 2017. You can view the entries and place your votes here.

In the event of a tie, the Global Steering Committee and Global Team will choose the winning piece.… Read more…

2017

Registration for 2017 season now open!!

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Can you stop her from bein’ so cheerful? I don’t believe there’s a power in the ‘verse that can stop us from being so cheerful as we announce that registration for this year’s Can’t Stop the Serenity season is now open!!

The season will run from June 1st to October 31st and you can host a screening or affiliate event (quiz, bbq etc) at any point during that time.

If you’re thinking about running an event but have some questions first, check out the Host an Event section of the website.

This section also includes a huge range of Event Resources to help you and your team with the planning process.

Once you know what you are doing, let the Global Team know by filling in an event registration form.… Read more…

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The 2017 Art Contest – DEADLINE EXTENDED!

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If you’ve been thinking about entering a design in the 2017 Serenity promotional art contest but didn’t think you had enough time then today is your lucky day! We’re extending the deadline to 13 March 2017 so you have another week to get your design down and send it in.

Remember, the Can’t Stop the Serenity logo is a critical part of the awareness raising campaign that’s done each and every year in support of local events held all over the world. Your design will feature on the website, on all our social media channels and on any t-shirts and promotional goods produced for the season.

We’ve seen what you guys can do so, we know Browncoats are among the most creative people in the ‘Verse so we’re excited to see what you guys can come up with. … Read more…

2017, CSTS Global

Welcome to our new Global Event Coordinator

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With the 2016 season coming to a close, the Global Steering Committee (GSC) started the process of looking for a new Global Event Coordinator to take over from Annie Burnaman who did such a great job last year.

We’re excited to announce that Bob Averell will be taking over the reins for 2017! Bob is a member of the Pennsylvania Browncoats, Rivers and Bridges Brigade (Pittsburgh), which he helped start back in 2004.  He has been involved with his local CSTS event every year, and we are very pleased that he has agreed to step forward to the global organization.

Bob tells us: “Annie said last year that CSTS is too pretty to die and it’s a testament to all those who have worked at both the local and global level over the years that we are still able to make a mark.”… Read more…