Crooked Monkey Cares is our tagline for our charity work. We're proud of all the DC-based charities that we've helped over the last few years. Usually we will help them with their branding/marketing in the form of making awesome t-shirts.

Sometimes when we help a District of Columbia charity, they convince us to come out to their event.  That's always a blast, because we get to support the charity not only with our resources but also with our presence.

And sometimes, when we help a DC Charity, they have us dress up in high heels and "walk a mile in her shoes."  No joke.  Yesterday I woke up at 8 AM on Sunday Morning to don some super sleek Pink Wedges for the Becky's Fund Annual "Walk a mile in her shoes."  I'd post pictures, but I look too good in high heels.

In all honesty, it was a great event to raise awareness for Domestic violence against women.  I was joined by lots of other guys, including football players, who support ending domestic violence and bringing attention to the fact that 1 in 4 women are subject to it.  Congrats to Beckys' Fund and the DCCADV for a successful event--and keep up the good work.

Milinda  Jefferson, a lead reporter for Angie's Army of OMG TV (The CBS news affiliate of CH. 9 WUSA), is very involved with supporting the troops.  She and her business partner/camera man Jerome Bourgeois went to the Super Bowl and compiled an amazing video with shutouts from tons of celebrities Supporting our troops.

When we met Milinda and she told us about her passion for the soldiers and her efforts, we immediately wanted to help her anyway we could.  So we gave her and her whole crew Crooked Monkey gear to wear for the weekend. She repped us beautifully.  Check out the video and you'll see Crooked Monkey t-shirts popping up everywhere.

Thanks Milinda for all you do!  Keep up the good work

About a year and a half ago, we came out with our No Hummers t-shirt, to help save the world. Looks like our t-shirt did more than we could ever imagine--the hummer brand is shutting down.

Our friends over at EfficiencyLaw.com actually came up with the t-shirt and informed us of the news.

Just another way Crooked Monkey's t-shirts are saving the planet-one t-shirt at a time.

We love supporting charities, especially local ones in DC. A friend of mine organized a bar crawl for Suited for Change, and we donated t-shirts as door prizes.

They ended up raising a nice amount of money for Suited for Change, and the participants "Loved the t-shirts."

Sounds like a fun day: Drinking until you can't walk, getting free t-shirts, and supporting a Washington DC charity. Sign me up.

Five years ago, a group of girls had a vision. Blondes. Brunettes. Football. Charity.

Sounds like a recipe for success. And over the last five years, through their annual Team Blonde Vs. Brunette Fundraiser, they've raised over $100,000 for Alzheimer research. This year's goal is to raise $100,000. (Support their efforts by donating here). The game is on November 14th in Washington DC.

To help them get to their magic number, Team Blonde (favored to win this year) asked us to create a t-shirt they could sell for charity. We delivered. The t-shirts debuted, to great fanfare, at their fundraiser at a new bar in Georgetown called, George. In just one night, they sold out of the Blonde T-shirts--these blondes can play football, raise money, sell t-shirts. What can't they do?

If you want to buy a shirt (we're reprinting the tees), email us and support their worthy cause.

Real men wear pink. Real Monkeys have pink fur--well at least in the month of October for Breast Cancer awareness month.

We have updated our logo to help raise awareness for an important cause--raising awareness for a cancer that, if detected early, can be treated.

We sell t-shirts making fun of a lot of different topics, but not getting a mammogram is no laughing matter. Support Breast Cancer Awareness, support research for all types of cancer and lets make this world a better place.

Every year my brother's best friend organizes a group to walk for ALS in memory of Norman Holzberg. The group, comprised of best friends from college and other walks of life, is called Stormin 4 Normin. It's a great charity and Crooked Monkey has been involved with it for two years now. It's part of our overall effort to give back to charities and philanthropies and to help friends.

Another one of their friends, Seth, is an amazing graphic designer. He designed the shirts, we produced them. This year they raised lots of money for ALS research and also won the best t-shirt design. If you're interested in donating to this worthy cause, please let us know and we'll get you in contact with them.

Thanks!And if you want to buy Funny Guys T-shirts, or Funny Girls t-shirts you know where to go.

The other week, the Bonobo Conservation Initiative contacted us to see if we were interested in helping them out. Of course we are! We love monkeys--even if I don't understand the difference between: monkeys and animals-that-look-like-monkeys but aren't classified as such.

We love helping out charities--especially monkey ones. We make t-shirts for a few reasons.
1)To clothe the naked.
2)To bring humor into this world.
3)To offend some uptight people sometimes.
4)To make enough money so that we can share it with others and make a difference in this world!

If you've got a charity that needs a Crooked Monkey gift certificate, let us know and we'll try to accommodate you.

Last Thanksgiving, we sponsored the Annual Paul Blank Invitational Flag Football Game which raises money for the Foundation for Fighting Blindness and the Association for Safe International Road Travel.

As a sponsor of the game, and an alumn of the Charles E Smith Jewish Day School, I was invited to play in this year's epic match. We handed out the shirts to start the Battle Royale and the players were impressed with the quality of the shirts--only to be outshined by the quality of play by the gold team. A little tidbit of history: I was the captain of the Gold team for JDS in 11th Grade.

The pictures below reflect the intensity of the game and the skills needed to compete in this annual gridiron. Here, Elliot Totah shows off his lightning speed and cat like reflexes. The blue team mustering up some much needed Ruach for the second half.
And Dan Fulop showing off the monkey on his back:

For the holiday season, we are doing something good for this world. We've linked up with Dosomething.org on a couple of initiatives to help raise money and awareness for their great cause.

First and foremost, 15% of profits from our That's How I roll guys t-shirt will be donated to DoSomething.org. Seventeen magazine wrote us up in their December Holiday gift buying guide--because they love the shirt and they love our charity work.

Second, since Do Something wants you guys to get active, if you text MONKEY to 30644 you’ll get volunteer opportunities sent to your cell 2 times a month. It’s a great way get involved and stay involved. Go on, do it. Text MONKEY to 30644 to get the volunteer opps and make a difference this holiday season.