Wear (and share!) your Hopeful spirit.

Licensed Hopeful merchandise based on artist Charlie Hewitt’s iconic Hopeful marquee sign.

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inspiration behind hopeful and hopeful maine

Colorful graphic image of decorative text spelling out 'hopeful' in the format of a lighted marquee sign.

Artist Statement

“Hopeful is not a passive word - it’s a challenge and a responsibility. It’s a silent prayer, a leap of faith you take that it’s going to be better. To be hopeful requires action, it requires commitment, it requires opening your eyes, it requires being part of something. It requires being passionately in love with your country, passionately in love with your family, and passionately in love with everyone in your community. That passion and that love, I want back. I want a resurgence in my soul for that kind of life.”

~ Charlie Hewitt, artist

Artist Charlie Hewitt drawing a colorful cartoon on a spiral sketchbook at a cluttered white table, surrounded by markers and comics, with bright neon signs spelling 'Peace,' 'Fun,' and a lneon Hopeful sign in the background.

Charlie Hewitt

Artist and Creator of the Hopeful Project

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Celinda Shannon with navy cap smiling at an outdoor booth wearing a black hoodie with colorful logo text that reads 'hopeful BATH, MAINE'. Booth has merchandise like hats, shirts, and other items with the same logo, and a sign mentioning hopeful.

Hopeful Maine

Celinda shannon

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  • "I love Charlie's message that hope requires action. It's a commitment. I believe the same. Mood follows action.”

    -Emily, Portland, Maine

  • "Your sign in Portland has meant so much to me. When I'm feeling discouraged I go out of my way to see it. Thank you for building your wonderful light of hope.”

    -Nancy, Portland, Maine

  • "I really love what you created with the Hopeful sign. The word just gives everyone a glimpse of what the future could be.”

    -Adam, Harpswell, Maine

  • I was wearing my Hopeful Hat and shirt, walking into the Bath Post Office to mail out some goodies when another gal was entering at the same time. She said she had just won a hat and shirt in a raffle which I donated to the 100+WomenWhoCare Midcoast Maine event and asked if I knew where they came from. “From me”, I said. We had a nice chat about what being Hopeful means and the great work that the 100+ WomenWhoCare Midcoast Maine group does.

    - Lorna & Celinda, Bath, ME