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Help the Firefly Effect Take Flight

Organized by Melissa Stewart
Help the Firefly Effect Take Flight Fundraiser - unisex shirt design - front
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Help the Firefly Effect Take Flight shirt design - zoomed
Help the Firefly Effect Take Flight Fundraiser - unisex shirt design - front
Help the Firefly Effect Take Flight Fundraiser - unisex shirt design - back
Help the Firefly Effect Take Flight shirt design - zoomed
Help the Firefly Effect Take Flight shirt design - zoomed
Bella + Canvas Women's Jersey T-shirt

Wear the Light. Start the Legacy

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All funds raised will be paid directly to Melissa Stewart for The Firefly Project .
$800 raised
25 items sold of
50 goal
25 Days To Go
$35
Bella + Canvas Women's Jersey T-shirt, Ladies - Black
Bella + Canvas Women's Jersey T-shirt
Ladies - Black
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  • Help the Firefly Effect Take Flight Fundraiser - unisex shirt design - small

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Organized by Melissa Stewart

About this campaign

The Firefly Effect is a charitable project being created in honor of my brother, Mike Hayes, who was killed in action in 2005.

This first t-shirt fundraiser will help raise seed money to formally launch The Firefly Effect and begin building the foundation for future giving. The heart of this mission is to carry Mike’s light forward by supporting girls’ opportunities through sports, leadership, education, and confidence-building.

Every shirt purchased helps us take the first real steps toward turning remembrance into action.

Thank you for helping us begin.

This fundraiser is seed money for, The Firefly Effect — helping us plant the first light and grow it into something lasting.


One Light Can Change the Dark.


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Supporters

Nicole & Robert McMannes 2 items

My husband served with Mike and Melissa

Natalie Hughes-Park 1 item

If I could've ever had an older brother, I'd have wanted him to be like Mike. He looked after all the girls he coached and was friends with the same way he looked after his younger sister, Melissa. Gone too soon, but never forgotten.

Tabitha Frazier 1 item

Gone but never forgotten!! RIP brother! He sure loved his sis!! Love the idea!!

Leigh Ann Hester 1 item + $100
Ann Robins-Parzych 2 items
Brandon Sarno 2 items

Served with Mike and Melissa and love them both. Happy to support this in memory of Mike!

Douglas Medlock 1 item + $100
Tonya Shur VanBenschoten 1 item + $100

I served with Mike in Baghdad. He was a great friend and soldier. Hope this helps spread his light.

Darnita Jackson 2 items
Destanee Russell 1 item

Mike Hayes was my soccer coach. He was a father figure to me. I want to do this in his memory.

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