Helping hoodies

Pancho, Clark, Milo, Jet and Lucci may be cute and small. But they have big dreams about helping others.

Sarah Sung, a graphic designer based in Lawrence, Kans., is the creative brain power behind the cartoon quintet. It's aim: "To promote social activism in our communities," Sung says.

Sung works as a full-time graphic designer and tends to The Lucha Narrative brood on the side. She and her sister, Venus, also do freelance designing.

Each Lucha character represents a separate category of advocacy. Clark, the accordion-playing monkey, he's passionate about music and arts, of course. Lucci the pirate, peg-legged owl loves promoting literacy. The list goes on.

How can you help? A portion of proceeds sold on The Lucha Narrative Web site go toward non-profit aid organizations. (Think cute T-shirts, hoodies and tote bags.)

Sung has also started venturing into event planning by organizing a benefit concert this month. There's little doubt there will be more do-gooder goodness coming out of this fledgling project.

Learn more by checking out an awesome audio interview with Sung on lawrence.com.

(Photo courtesy of the lawrence.com/Lawrence Journal-World.)