The CVC Legacy Project

HEY ALL YOU FOLKS IN THE SEATTLE AREA!
THE CVC LEGACY PROJECT IS INVITING YOU TO A COME-AS-YOU-ARE NIGHT OF LET LOOSE DANCIN’ ON FRIDAY MAY 23RD!

2025 has been hard and what better way to blow off some steam than to come dance your bo**ie off for a couple of hours to your favorite tunes of yester-year! Groovin’ tunes from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s seasoned with a bit of millennium. $40 gets you in the door, with yummy appetizers, and your first drink. We would love to see you there!

Please REGISTER EARLY as space is limited!
Click the image below for registration and details!

If you would like to donate a silent auction item for our February, 2026 Gala, we will waive your Funked Up Dance Night ticket! Please PM the CVC for more details and your promo code.

FUNKED UP DANCE NIGHT Join Us Friday, May 23, 2025

Happy Birthday Charlie- we love and miss you dearly….

"Swing Low" Rambling Steve Gardner "SWING LOW" track 13 off of my BIG DELTA CROSSING recording, released 2005, produced by my good friend Kermit Carvell. In the liner notes I wrote: "...Big De...

Of course this caught my attention as I was scrolling my personal feed, Charlie’s iconic photo surfaces again in a World Press Special Exhibition featuring a selection of awarded World Press photos between 1955-2022. When I read the article, I discovered that it so eloquently put how incredibly important the role of photojournalists are in “shaping our collective memory and creating mutual understanding”.
Thank you to ALL photojournalists that risk your life daily to preserve a truthful record of mankind.

The CVC Legacy Project is taking the week off while waiting for our new Mac and supplies to come in. Precious Angelface- a regular attendee of our bi-weekly meetings- is patiently waiting to hear exciting news of our weekly progress, and to help us plan a three day bender this month of sorting through and organizing parts of Charlie’s collection.

An update from the CVC:

We thought you all would enjoy an update on what we have been doing since our first annual fundraiser in February. As you all know, we are still building the foundation of our project and we are excited to soon be sharing some of Charlie’s incredible photographs.
Currently, we are consulting with lawyers to establish legal copyright protections for Charlie’s work
We have been researching equipment that will best serve us in the process of archiving and cataloging the countless slides and negatives in Charlie’s collection.
Key team members have been researching grant options and attending workshops to better prepare for applications
We are reading and listening to audio from Joan Mitchell’s CALL (Creating A Living Legacy), a program we’re using to base our own best practices
We have been studying Adobe Lightroom, which is an imaging management software, and formulating a best practices Digital Imaging Management Plan
We were also able to move 20 large plastic bins full of images, slides, negatives, and ephemera over to our studio location.
In addition to all this, Susan Cole's birthday Facebook fundraiser brough in an additional $850.00 allowing us to buy our first MacBook Pro.
Your continued support is tantamount to our success and we appreciate each and every one of you supporting our cause. There are great things to come and we are working hard to achieve our goals.
If you would like to learn more about the CVC Legacy Project- please contact us at: www.CVCLegacyProject.org

Thank you so much to everyone who joined and supported us for our very first fundraiser! We are so pleased to announce that we reached our goal of $20,000 as donations continued to roll in over the weekend.
A huge special thanks to Heidi Devereux and HeiDisign for your tremendous graphics and marketing expertise, and for all the time you donated to us this past year. Also, many thanks to Michelle Locke and Catalyst Presents for your unwavering support and involvement in the planning process and production of our first virtual event. (You worked as hard as we did!). Thank you to Casey Moser and Shunpike who worked absolute magic behind the scenes. Casey was our “saving grace” through this new process. Jim Langer, videographer extraordinaire for joining us to film, photograph, and collaborate to create the media portions of our gala. Steve Gardner for his music and creating such a special entertainment piece, Fred Northup jr. and Sarah Rudinoff for bringing the show together with their amazing professionalism and energy. And of course, All of our sponsors and donors. Without you, we couldn’t have done this. All of you gave extra of your time and creativity to help us succeed, and we are ever grateful. With the monies raised, we are very excited to move forward in 2022 establishing best practices, and meeting with an attorney about copyright protections for Charlie’s work. This has been an amazing experience and we are excited to see what we can accomplish with your generous donations!

COME CELEBRATE WITH US TONIGHT!
ONLY ONE HOUR LEFT TO BID!
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The time has come and we couldn’t be more excited!
Please join us TONIGHT at 5pm for a fun evening with Auctioneer Fred Northup and MC Sarah Rudinoff as we celebrate our first major milestone with the CVC Legacy Project. Our first ever virtual gala airs tonight and you don’t want to miss it! See all the great stuff in our auction- which is open for bidding now- enjoy original music by Ramblin’ Steve Gardener- one of Charlie’s oldest and dearest friends, and learn more about our project.
Help us keep going in 2022!
We appreciate your continued support!
If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so through this link!
SEE YOU TONIGHT!

OUR SILENT AUCTION IS OPEN- 2 DAYS LEFT TO BID!
We are fast approaching our first fundraising gala for the CVC Legacy Project happening this Saturday at 5 pm. Don’t miss out on all the exciting items up for bid!

Click the link to check out our awesome collection of auction items!

https://shunpike.cheerfulgiving.com/p/cvc-just-a-moment-event

OUR SILENT AUCTION IS NOW OPEN!

February 26th is fast approaching and we would love to have you join us for a fun evening as we celebrate the CVC and raise funds for our upcoming year. As a nonprofit, we rely on events such as this to further the CVC Project’s growth and any support you can give is invaluable to us! Thank you to those of you who have already registered - For those who plan to attend, we recommend registering early so that if you have any questions or issues, we can answer them before the event. We look forward to seeing you there! Click on the link below to view our exciting auction items!

The CVC Legacy Project's 1st Annual Fundraising Gala is virtual and coming very soon! Our Silent Auction is now open! Scroll down to check it out! Below is our Silent Auction! Check out and bid on our cool silent auction items by clicking on each item for an expanded view and more details. The auction is open from Feb 21-26, 2022. If you are registered you also have an account. Access your account at the top right corner of the page where you....

It has been very uplifting to feel the love and respect for Charlie in the replies we have received from our recent endeavor into reaching out to Charlie’s facebook friends. Thank you so much to those that responded, and those that took the time to check out our website. We plan to continue cultivating these relationships in our future, and we hope that you’ll join us for the “Just a Moment” fundraising gala on February 26th at 5pm PST. Your support would mean the world to us! Register now!

CVC Legacy Project's Just a Moment Gala JUST A MOMENT

Thank you to Joe Easterday for his tremendous support and the sharing of his story and connection for the upcoming CVC Legacy Project fundraiser.

Joe shares his personal story of how the Tank Man image impacted his life and will be featured in our Gala appeal video. It means the world to us that Joe took the time to share his story.