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| Yes, even dachsunds can wear 100 Mile Club Tees! |
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The t-shirts go back to 1992, and as we locate more pictures, we will post them here. It's quite a legacy...
Ms. Lubin began hand-painting 100 Mile Club t-shirts way back in 1992. The checkbox design was invented on the floor
of her tiny apartment durning her UC Riverside graduate school years. Her naughty pet rabbit (named Muffin) would
run across the wet paint and ruin shirt after shirt.
After a few years and many MANY smeared shirts, Ms. Lubin soon discovered that it was easier to screen print
them professionally. No rabbits, no smearing, no puffy paint stress.
At first, 100 Mile Club did not
have a professional logo (or any logo at all!), so she asked one of her amazing students, Brian, to draw her a boy and a girl
running and a coach cheering them on. Brian's art was always delightful, and he quickly drew exactly what she described.
Brian immediately came up with this drawing:
If you look carefully, you can see Brian's signature written on the Coach's left
sleeve.
These little people were perfect! They were proudly displayed on the front of our 100 Mile Club tees for over a decade.
At the beginning of 2007, we received the gift of our new logo (see above) from Circle City Marketing. The 100 Mile
Club People are a very special part of our tees and of our program. They remind us of our connection to the roots of this
project...our kids! Look for The 100 Mile Club People on ALL of our literature, posters, and especially our t-shirts!
They change color every, single year!
| White on Crimson |
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| 2008 |
Every year, The 100 Mile Club presents an exclusive member t-shirt for members who reach their 25-mile goal. No matter
where you are, who you are, or when you earn your tee during the year, your shirt will match those every, single 100 Mile
Club chapter for that year.
We do this for several very important reasons:
First, we want participants to be able to connect with other members across the city, state, and even the country!
By synchronizing our shirt colors year to year, we allow our members to find each other anywhere: at the grocery store, at
sports practices, at Disneyland, ANYWHERE! A simple, "Hey, you're in 100 Mile Club? How many miles do you have?" followed
by a smile and high-five can do fabulous things for a person. SO...look for those tees, give a smile, and spread the spirit
of The 100 Mile Club.
Next, we must acknowledge that many of our students move or change schools mid-year for a variety of reasons. By
keeping all of the t-shirts the same color year to year, we honor member miles, even if they have to change schools, districts,
offices, or even move out of state. All it takes is is a quick phone call to determine miles, the student member carries
his/her miles to the next school, and off they go!! This has happened more times than we can count, and each time, the consistency
of the 100 Mile Club message, mission, and tees have helped students connect to their new schools in a meaningful way almost
instantly. By allowing this mile carry-over, we hope to make the transition to a new school a little less stressful... It
works every time!
| White on Navy |
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| 2007 |
Finally, students participate in The 100 Mile Club year after year. By changing the color year to year, students can
connect over time. They know which color goes with which year, and adopt a mindset of collecting as many 100 Mile Club t-shirts
as possible throughout their years in school. At year-end medal ceremonies, students will layer their t-shirts from previous
years, one under the other (or bring them if they are too small!), and display their years of membership with true true pride.
The unifying image of The 100 Mile Club can be seen throughout communities in Southern California and beyond! Just take
a drive in the afternoons and you will see all of the shirts proudly displaying mile totals. Community members begin to recognize
the remarkable accomplishments of our members simply by watching students in their 100 Mile Club shirts come to their shops
and businesses.
Our reasons for keeping the participant shirts all the same color every year are many. We continually strive to unify
all schools (public or private), private groups, businesses, and families through the mission of The 100 Mile Club.
Look for our tees and join us. The more the merrier!
| White on Red |
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| 2006 |
| Yep, that's puffy paint. (shhhh) |
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| 100 Mile Club, 1995 Pre-screen printing. |
| Member Tee 2008-09! |
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| Navy on Sky Blue |
| He kept it all these years...Eddie's tee from '96 |
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| 1995-96. Click to enlarge and see class messages! |
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