The Gift of Faith Foundation

Bill Conroy contacted me over the summer about creating a website for a non-profit organization he started called The Gift of Faith Foundation, which offers a college scholarship to the winner of an annual contest. What he wanted, to put it in his own words, was something “simple but elegant.”

He gave me a lot of control for the design, but did bring some of his ideas to the table. For example, the images in the background on each page was his idea that I made happen. I used a lot of blues and glowing/light effects to give the website a ‘promising’ and welcoming feel. Since it was religiously based, I tried to capture that kind of heavenly aspect. He also provided text for all of the pages, with the exception of the home page. I felt that it should be pretty informative, as well as just pretty. I added boxes for each major section of the site- separate boxes to give the site a modular, Web 2.0ish feel. While the site is admittedly a simple one, I feel it does accomplish its goal and has enough flare there to make it not boring. Right now I am looking into added an online donation button to the site, probably via Google Checkout. I am of-course, open to suggestions. Later!