As we've reached the first $1000 goal, a new charity will be selected to replace UNICEF and benefit from this project. The charity that has been nominated by deviantArt's Senior Members is Habitat for Humanity.


Our new goal is to raise $2500 for this charity, and we hope to reach this before Christmas. We ask for donations from seniors and non-seniors alike. Lets make this even bigger and better, as it is all for a good cause. If interested please contact `ArtistsForCharity or any of the aFc staff.


<sub>Why Habitat for Humanity Is Needed
Millions of Americans face a housing crisis.
In fact, 5.1 million American families have "worst-case" housing needs, forced to pay more than half their income for housing, endure overcrowded conditions and/or live in houses with severe physical deficiencies. While the number of families in poverty is growing, the number of affordable rental units is shrinking, and most families who qualify for government housing assistance aren't receiving any aid.

Worldwide, the need is even greater.
Some 2 billion people worldwide live in poverty housing. More than 1 billion live in urban slums, and that figure is expected to double by 2030. Many of these people earn less than US$2 per day.

Housing problems have far-reaching consequences.
The high cost of housing leaves low-income families little money for other basic necessities like food, clothing or health care. Substandard housing can endanger the health and safety of its occupants, erode their hope and self-worth, and impair their children's ability to succeed in school.

Habitat for Humanity is changing lives.
Working in partnership with low-income families to build decent homes they can afford to buy, Habitat helps to break the cycle of poverty and hopelessness. By the end of 2005, more than 1 million people worldwide will live in decent, affordable Habitat for Humanity houses.

Excerpt from Habitat for Humanity</sub>



So what's been selling? These are the current top prints from within the project:





What is charity?

1 : benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity
2 a : generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering; also : aid given to those in need b : an institution engaged in relief of the poor c : public provision for the relief of the needy
3 a : a gift for public benevolent purposes b : an institution (as a hospital) founded by such a gift.

A great reason to get involved with `ArtistsForCharity

`ArtistsForCharity is an account maintained by the senior members of deviantArt. The goal of aFc is to sell artwork as prints with all the proceeds going to a selected charity. Both the artist and deviantArt's profits are donated.