No—Shirts of Many Colors is a community outreach program led by Marin’s Custom Apparel, a small business based in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. This is not a nonprofit. We use our custom printing services to bring something meaningful to hospital patients, with shirts fully sponsored by donors in the community.

Yes! Each shirt is fully funded by community sponsors—there’s no cost to the patient or hospital.

Each shirt is $13, broken down as follows:

• $9 – Shirt, production, and delivery costs

• $4 – Goes toward fundraising efforts to help families in need with medical expenses and more.

You can sponsor one or more shirts to support the program.

There are two simple options:

• Digital Artwork: Patients—or a parent, guardian, family member, friend, or hospital staff/volunteer—can email us the design or upload it through our form on our website.

• Hand-Drawn Artwork: Patients can draw their design on plain white, unlined 8.5" x 11" paper. Hospital staff, volunteers, or loved ones can scan the paper and send it in.

Anyone! Parents, guardians, siblings, friends, or hospital staff are welcome to help patients with drawing, scanning, or uploading their design. The goal is to help each patient’s personal vision come to life—no artistic skill required.

Please upload through email at SOMC@MarinsCustomApparel.com or through the website page for Shirts of Many Colors.

Here are a few simple things to keep in mind:

• Use plain white, unlined 8.5" x 11" paper for hand-drawn art
  

• Use bold colors—crayons, markers, or colored pencils work great
  

• No copyrighted characters or logos—please keep it original as much as possible, especially for digital created artwork. This is due to copyright and licensing laws.
  

• NO nudity, explicit language, violent, or vulgar depictions will be printed.

• Fill as much of the page as possible.

For digital submissions, please use these file guidelines:

• Minimum 300 DPI

• If vector format, convert all text to curves/outlines

• Transparent background is preferred, but white is okay

• Accepted file types: PNG, JPG, PDF, SVG, AI

We print the artwork exactly as it’s submitted—no edits or changes, except for resizing or removing white background as much as possible to fit the shirt. The design will be centered and printed as a full-front image on the shirt.

Once shirt requests from the hospital are submitted, we will start artwork and production on shirts and get them delivered ASAP.

There is no extra fundraising money. A portion of every shirt sponsorship supports families facing hardship. Currently, funds are being used to help a local pastor and his family with medical and personal expenses during his cancer treatment.

Click the “Sponsor a Shirt” button on this page. You can sponsor one or more shirts for $13 each.

With permission, we may share patient designs and stories (anonymously or with first names) through our social media or donor updates, so you can see the impact of your support.