The Young & Brave Foundation

We wanted to let you know about The Young & Brave Foundation which are doing great things!  A portion of our proceeds from MOTT Box sales will go towards this cause. The Young And Brave Foundation raises money and support to the precious little ones with cancer. Here is some information on my brother Nathaniel & close friend Matt Coulter's foundation. https://www.theyoungandbrave.

The Young and Brave Foundation began from LOVE. In 2010, founders Nathaniel Curran and Matt Coulter were hit with a devastating blow, when a loved one was diagnosed with the unthinkable: cancer. It was a complete shock to all, and no one knew quite where to turn. Not ones to sit on the sidelines, Nathaniel and Matt jumped into action; helping raise money to cover medical expenses, creating community awareness and offering support to their friend in need. It was the fight for life that occurred after the diagnosis that truly opened their eyes to the harsh realities of cancer. From this experience, Nathaniel and Matt’s passion for helping others was born.

In March of 2011 The Young and Brave Foundation received its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status with the vision of helping young adults, children, and families with little ones diagnosed with all forms of cancer. This was a huge accomplishment and essential to the growth of the Foundation. Fulfilling this goal gave them the confidence to realize that they were on the right path. With many new opportunities coming their way they are humbled and excited for what the future holds.

Founders Nathaniel Curran, Matt Coulter and original board members Josh Curran and Frank Tesoro each bring their own creativity, visions and goals to the Foundation. With every individual and family the Foundation takes a direct step into your corner helping you and those you love beat cancer. No matter the circumstance, they are dedicated to fighting alongside those young and brave.

From the beginning the theme of the foundation has been LOVE. Cancer is one of the most difficult challenges anyone can face in their lifetime. “Always LOVE” has become their battle cry because with LOVE, absolutely anything is possible!

GO mini GO

This one I am very excited about, think I may have to keep this one some how. Even though I would need a crane to get it in our yard. I would love this space as a place to write some music, and have an open air office as well. I really think it's best to create more window space and door space than adding skylights. Since the spaces are so small but have plenty of light from the windows the skylights are more of a liability for leakage down the road. We are painting the inside of this one the right white-restoration hardware on the inside and a dark grey on the exterior. I think it will be a really cool contrast. We are keeping the old distressed plywood floors and are just going to have them stained. They have the coolest old screws, which adds a nice look. We are gonna put this cool light inside and find some motion sensor solar lights for the exterior.

 Anyways, here are a few photos of where we are at with the mini >>>----->

 

 

 

Hardware-

Finally got the door hardware installed! Tomorrow we are having the interior of the MOTT1 painted and then we are complete!  Looks like they will be both done by next week then off to a photo shoot by some of my good buds who shoot for a living. Gotta build the dream right??

MOTT mini

Since we are waiting on a few things for the MOTT1, we started working on the MOTT mini. This one is going to be like a little Transformer... The cargo doors will open on one side and able to be converted into a outdoor bunk bed or 4 ft of extra floor space. The opposite side will have French doors that swing out. This will make this small space have plenty of air flow if needed.  We sided it with 1by12 Hardie board which will be painted flat black. The inside will be white/white. I wanted to go with an extreme opposite combo on this one. I really like the way non overlap siding looks painted black. It has been insulated and will have one interior light fixture and an outlet for a computer etc. The outside fixtures will be solar, so a little bit of both on the electrical side of things. Can't wait until this one get's painted!

 

 

 

Lights

The lights have been installed and we are waiting on a few last minute items before we are finally finished. The first one has been very exciting and we've learned a lot in a very short amount of time. I am very optimistic about the MOTT Box venture due to the interest we have had in a very short time. I am hoping that we are only scratching the surface of where we will be in a few years. I can't stop thinking about new ideas and places these containers can go!

Tune In

The lights have arrived and will be installed tomorrow! I didn't think the interior lights would take 2 weeks when I ordered them... Will not mention the well known site we ordered from, although they do have some very unique pieces. All we are waiting for now is the handles for the Clad Double Doors which should be in this week. Thanks to our friends over at California Door & Hardware on Front St. in Ventura! We have been working with them for a while now, a quality company who spends a lot of time getting exactly what we need for our projects. Thanks Jim and Roy for all your hard work and time spent on our projects!

Getting close to the drop off at Ventura Motor Works, the vintage car lot on Thompson. Can't wait to see it out on the town...

MOTT1 Exterior

Thanks to our friends Al Brown and Rigo from Brown Construction the exterior on the MOTT1 is finished! It's amazing how much we've learned on this first split of a 20 ft container... You never know until you can jump right in! #ZakBrownBand...
If you are going to purchase a container and design a mobile office, make sure you buy a container that has no dents, and great floors to begin with. That will save you time and money on the basics. We had to frame these first 2 out because the 20 footer had some major dents. It is water tight, but was beat up from the feet up. In the future we will most likely only buy not dented, that way you can drill in the siding straight through the original container steel walls.
On the MOTT1 we had to shim the floors so that they were flat for the new floors. We put down recycled Douglas Fir siding from a major rehab project we have going on in Los Posas Country Club Estates. We sanded the sides that were on the back side of the exterior walls and put the vinegar steel wool and water solution to stain them. They came out awesome looking, we think so...
All we are waiting on now is the door handles for the Clad French Doors, interior/exterior lights and possibly one more window to get some great air flow. We hope to have this one on the car lot near Thompson & Seaward in the next 7 days. Hopefully we will be done with the MOTT Mini by then as well. Here are a few pics of where we are at, stay tuned! More MOTT Boxes coming soon

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