Sister Úna Feeney spent her life eschewing stereotypes. Cursing like a sailor, smoking Camels, and wearing plaid flannels like a uniform, the raconteur was a rule-breaker and feminist long before it was cool. Sister Úna Lived a Good Death is an equally unconventional character study of a wisecracking, social justice-defending Catholic nun living out her last nine months in Encino, California with stage IV cancer and a strong will to thrive. Her unique approach to dying included planning her own funeral (with karaoke), hosting a funeral planning workshop for Sisters and friends to consider their last wishes, and making the most of her last days as she attempted to live for the birth of her beloved niece Sarah’s first child. A former youth minister, Úna used her death as her final teaching moment.

Úna was the self-proclaimed “leader of the misfits” and her special skill was making kids—particularly LGBTQ youth—feel okay to be their authentic selves. In completing her bucket list, she reunited with the cast of characters she inspired, the Sisters of Social Service in her community, and her large Boston Irish family. Filmed through hospice, Úna got her final wish of making sure her approach to life and death could inspire generations to come.

BLT Helps created the key art, title treatment, and the tagline.

Share Necessities founder Arjuna O’Neal is currently working to raise funding for the full development of his latest endeavor, the Lotus Institute, an online version of Share Necessities’ tools, resources and practices. BLT Helps designed their logo.

The Lotus Institute will provide an online commUNITY that appeals to any background, ethnicity, gender and age, with a primary target audience of youth and families in marginalized communities. Their hope is that this will bridge gaps and remove the stereotypes and labels of underserved or less fortunate, and create an online commUNITY where all feel seen, heard, welcomed, and safe regardless of their story.

Share Necessities is a non-profit organization that serves inner city youth through meditation, yoga, and leadership training. Whether delivering health kits to neighbors in need or school supplies to low-income students, Share Necessities strives to help people form a greater connection to their communities.

BLT Helps designed signage for Share Necessities’ first inner-city CommUNITY Wellness Center in South Los Angeles, which opened its doors on Saturday, November 4, 2016. We also created additional signage to promote their youth and adult services which support a healthy mind-body connection through yoga, mixed martial arts, and mindfulness training. Many thanks to Continental Colorcraft for donating their services to print and install the signs on Giving Tuesday! We designed charity ads for Share Necessities that you may recognize from the 2016 and 2017 Clio Entertainment Awards catalogs. In 2020, we assisted with a redesign as the CommUNITY Center is now being operated by local leaders who are residents of the community and have developed their own nonprofit through the guidance of Share Necessities.

For more information on Share Necessities and what they do, please check out their website.

Witnessing the atrocity of the September 11 attacks and having spent time assisting the rescue workers on Ground Zero, Kim Solomon was motivated to start Humanitarian Affairs Asia to bring more good into the world.

With over a decade of experience, Humanitarian Affairs Asia is a nonprofit organization based in Thailand, founded with a mission to instill a sense of social consciousness and empower the leaders of tomorrow. They hold seminars, programs, and internships to engage and inspire young people from across the globe to serve communities in need.

BLT Helps assisted Humanitarian Affairs Asia with movie poster inspired advertisements for their upcoming programs.

The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is the only organization in Los Angeles focused exclusively on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless women.

Built on a friendship that grew between two women – Rosa, who was struggling with homelessness, and an outreach worker named Jill – the Downtown Women’s Center is a testament to the power of women coming together to support their community. For over 40 years, the DWC has empowered thousands of women through housing, wellness, employment, and advocacy, welcoming each with dignity and respect.

Homelessness is not inevitable, but a societal problem that bears especially hard on women. Learn how you can be part of the solution at downtownwomenscenter.org

Food on Foot is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the poor and homeless of Los Angeles with nutritious meals, clothing, and assistance in the transition to employment and life off the streets.

Through the passion and steadfast dedication of Jay Goldinger, what initially began as the distribution of meals from the trunk of one man’s car, now serves more than 500 meals each Sunday to homeless, disabled, elderly, and low-income adults and children. Jay hasn’t missed a Sunday in over 20 years! In addition to free weekly meals, the Work for Food program assists homeless individuals with the tools and resources needed to leave the streets of Los Angeles with a life-skills education, a full-time job, housing they can afford, and the confidence needed to make their accomplishments long lasting.

Over the years, BLT Helps has had the honor of sponsoring many servings at Food on Foot, volunteering with groups of staff and family, as well as providing pro-bono advertisements in the Key Art Awards/Clio Entertainment Awards catalog. This holiday season, we also created a custom gift package to share with all of our clients, colleagues, and friends to spread awareness about the life-changing work of this incredible organization. To find out how you can make a difference for a neighbor in need, visit foodonfoot.org

BLT Helps partnered with Amazon’s Transparent for #TransAwarenessMonth, creating this social media campaign for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Transgender Awareness Month is a time for transgender people and their allies to take action and bring attention to the community by educating the public and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that transgender people face.

For more about transgender visibility visit http://www.transequality.org/

PATH is a family of agencies working together to end homelessness through customized supportive services, permanent housing development, and community engagement. BLT Helps created ads and covered the cost of ad placement in the Key Art Awards catalog to build organization awareness.

BLT Helps designed logos for Lady Parts Justice League – the first not safe for work, rapid response reproductive rights messaging hub that uses comedy, culture, and digital media to sound an alarm about the terrifying erosion of reproductive access so people will get off their asses and reclaim their rights.

Their name is an homage to Lisa Brown, a former Michigan state rep who, when in office, was banned from the statehouse floor for using the word vagina when arguing against a transvaginal ultrasound bill. When she asked what she SHOULD say, they suggested something less provocative like “lady parts.” The offensive nature of men uncomfortable with the word vagina, but perfectly comfortable legislating it, inspired the name.

The LAFD is a full-spectrum life safety agency protecting more than four million people who live, work and play in America’s second largest city. BLT Helps is honored to support these real-life heroes any way we can. We’ve provided logo designs, 3D renderings, and assets for the Matthew G. McKnight Fire Communications Center, Operations West Bureau, Operations Valley Bureau, Chief Officers Association, the Department Operations Center, and more – from social media branding to signage, plaques, and department stationery designs.

BLT Helps and renowned photographer Brigitte Lacombe traveled to India to document Heifer’s life-changing work with the women of rural Rajasthan. We were welcome into their homes and community meetings and saw, first-hand, the impact of Heifer’s gifts – not only resources and training, but also self-sufficiency and confidence. We then created a digital outreach campaign with interviews, videos, youth blogs, and stunning photography, raising over $150,000 for Heifer’s continuing work in India.

BLT Helps produced this trailer for the film Tapestries of Hope with Freshwater Haven, a non-profit organization founded to address the dramatic social change that is required to stop physical, sexual and emotional abuse of women and children. This documentary exposes the rape and abuse of thousands of young girls in Zimbabwe by men who believe the myth that having sex with a virgin will cure their HIV/AIDS.

Heifer International is a global non-profit organization dedicated to sustainably ending world hunger and poverty by empowering communities. BLT Helps designed invitations, signage, and event décor for two Critics Choice Awards after parties honoring the inspirational work of Heifer International.

An earthquake preparedness brochure was created for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program, part of the Los Angeles City Fire Department. CERT supports community engagement by providing free lessons in fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.