ServeWV

Serve WV is a day to give back to West Virginia communities. The brainchild of Leadership West Virginia’s class of 2015, Serve WV seeks to unite Leadership West Virginia alumni with local non-profit agencies, providing muscle for projects like cleaning, painting, and landscaping, and encouraging these groups and their clients.

Company Story

Marjorie White, Serve WV organizer, learned of Jamie Summers-Brown and Bricks Without Straw through the newspaper; she immediately identified with the company’s generous spirit. “I saw where they were advertising, and then where they had granted, (a local charity) a free web page. I thought that was really cool and aligned with what I was trying to do. “  

Members of the class of 2015 had a penchant for serving, recognizing that every region they visited during their training needed help with something. White explained, “I would call ahead and figure out what the biggest need was. Then I would reach out to my classmates and ask them to bring an item with them. For example, the first area we donated in was Logan, WV, and we donated diapers to their local community organization. My class is very giving. . .and someone said, ‘Hey, it would be great if we could continue an effort like this after we graduate.’ And that’s where the idea of Serve WV arose.”  

Implementing Ideas

White patterned Serve WV after United Way’s Day of Caring, contacting her local United Way for input. They suggested she set up a web page for the event, but White had no idea how to make that happen. “I started looking right away, but really nothing fell into my lap, even though I tried to reach out to a couple of different folks, even my classmates.” Then she reached out to Jamie. “I took the Day of Caring information, that idea, and I presented it to him. I said, ‘This is what I need,’ and he just went and ran with it and did a great job.”

Using the United Way’s information, Jamie formatted volunteer and project application forms. “I love the ease with which both the volunteers and folks seeking help can put their information in,” White said. A donation page was added, letting Leadership West Virginia alumni participate financially even if unable to attend. Jamie suggested color and background ideas, and added some “extra” capabilities to the straightforward site. And the turn-around time for the project was what White deemed, “Fantastic!  I couldn’t have asked for anything better. From start to finish (and he was waiting on me for some of it) took like 20 days.”  

White continued, “He’s very patient. . .I can be very picky; Jamie was very flexible about responding to my wants and desires and then sometimes giving me another option beyond that.” Serve WV debuts in Spring 2016, and White is confident Jamie will be there should any website issues arise. She would “definitely” recommend him to any company for its website needs.

Bricks Without Straw is a digital agency and design agency based in South Charleston, WV United States and Ota, Tokyo, Japan.

We offer a range of web design services including: web development, e-commerce services and email marketing. We also offer a range of graphic design services including logo design and exhibition stands.

We love working with clients of all sizes in a range of industry sectors, creating and implementing inspiring and hard working concepts and campaigns for business-business and business-consumer clients.

Valicia Leary

Bricks Without Straw has continued to exceed our expectations with their design work, support and attention to detail. We would highly recommend their services. They have a wonderful team and we enjoy our working relationship with them.

Carol Fulks

Bricks Without Straw has continued to exceed our expectations with their design work, support and attention to detail. We would highly recommend their services. They have a wonderful team and we enjoy our working relationship with them.

Patti Hamliton

Bricks Without Straw is bringing our association into the 21st Century! He brings us ideas and innovation for our web site and other tools of technology that help us enhance our image and our message.

Rebecca McPhail

Bricks Without Straw has continued to exceed our expectations with their design work, support and attention to detail. We would highly recommend their services. They have a wonderful team and we enjoy our working relationship with them.

Bill Raney

Jamie is one of the most committed and energetic professionals we have ever worked with over the years. He seems to work all the time with full 24-7 accessibility and immediate response. Bricks Without Straw has raised our collective confidence for maximizing opportunities in today’s world. We simply could not have done it without them.

Jan Vineyard

The demands and responsibilities to our members mandate that the online presence of our associations and our internet capabilities are reliable and seamless. Add creativity to that mix and one gets the complete package with Jamie Summers-Brown and his staff at Bricks without Straw.