That April lunch led to Love + Water designs, a philanthropic online community launching Oct. 1 that raises awareness and money for charities. it serves to connect artists with charities around the world by hosting weekly design projects.

"Every week, artists submit their charity-inspired work to our site in the categories of design, photography and wordage," Kavalus explains. "Throughout the week, the Love + Water community votes on the designs they like best using our interactive site." At the end of each week, the top three designs are printed on limited-edition t-shirts which are sold through the site. The winning artists earn a cash prize and Love + Water donates 15 percent of the profits from each shirt sold to the charity that inspired the design.

A monthly featured charity project helps promote selected charities; 50 percent of the profits from all t-shirts sold are donated to that charity. Once users create a profile, they can browse charities featured on the site and interact with community members, as well as personal contacts, friends and family. Eagle-eyed Bucknellians may recognize Amanda Brecker '06 modeling t-shirts on the website.

To Kavalus and Fedor, the company's name has a deeper meaning: It's a recipe for happiness. "We see love and water as the two essentials for a happy and healthy life," he says. "Our present state is living in a world that needs repair, both physically and spiritually.

"At the end of the day, we are making high quality t-shirts, but what's most important is the conversation sparked by that shirt's design," says Kavalus. "We want to create a platform of greater social awareness where artists and non-artists can learn about and have a hand in the incredible charity work being done around the world, and we want to prove that a lot of small donations can add up to a significant large donation, fast."