The Story of In Flagg We Trust®
Victor Rios of Expose Design created the original shirt design in August 2023 as a fan shirt for Maine Basketball's Ace and Cooper Flagg. The family loved the shirt. He received their blessing to produce them and was asked to donate a portion of the sales to the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Portland, Maine. It was important to the Flagg family to give back to the RMHC, because the RMHC was there for them in their time of need.
In August 2004, Hunter was born at Maine Medical Center at 24 weeks, weighing just 1 lb. 10 oz. His twin brother, Ryder, passed away at two days old. The family was able to stay at the Ronald McDonald House in Portland for the duration of Hunter's 109-day hospital stay until he was strong enough to go home.
In December of 2006, Kelly Flagg was again admitted to MMC as a high-risk patient, pregnant with twins, while Ralph Flagg and two-year-old Hunter stayed at the RMH to be nearby. 3 weeks later Ace and Cooper were born at 35 weeks. Miraculously, they were discharged from the hospital at just four days old on Christmas Day; because they were already bigger and stronger than expected. Although the stay was much shorter, the family will be forever thankful for the generosity of the organization and In Flagg We Trust® is our way of giving back to the RMH so they can continue to help families in need.
In Flagg We Trust® is a registered trademark and Expose Design, LLC handles all of the production, sales and distribution of In Flagg We Trust® products; as well as the donations to the Ronald McDonald House in Portland on behalf of the Flagg Family.
We Thank you for your Support.
UPDATES
Maine McDonald's High School Senior All-Star Basketball Games
The Maine Event 2024
2024 The Maine Event Ace and Cooper return home with Monteverde Acadamy with sellout games Friday January 5, 2024 at the Cross Insurance Arena and Saturday January 6, 2024 at the Portland Expo.
During halftime at the Friday game, we presented the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine with a $4,000 donation; but…
More shirts were sold after the game, and online sales spiked during the "Maine Event weekend", so when Victor made the official donation to The Ronald McDonald House in Portland on January 10, 2024 the check was for $5,000!
We continued to raise funds for RMHC with on-line sales after the Maine Event and then a pop-up shop and raffle for the signed In Flagg We Trust® hat at the 43rd Maine McDonald's High School Senior All-Star Basketball March 9, 2024. Achieving a total of $6,000!
With Continued sales leading up to March Madness and the Raffle… We delivered a check to the Ronald McDonald House in Portland, bringing the grand total raised by IFWT to $13,000. Thank you everyone!
Expose Design Teams up with Double Play Collectibles
In January 2024, we teamed up with Dave Harding at Double Play Collectibles Double Play will be the only store you can buy the official IFWT merch and we kicked it off with a raffle for a dual signed shirt by Ace and Cooper Flagg.
RMHC Maine 24th annual Hearts & Hands Gala
On Friday, October 25, 2024, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Hearts & Hands Gala held an auction that included signed merchandise from In Flagg We Trust®. The signed swag became the highlight of the event, attracting the most bidders and the highest raised items totaling $2,200.
With continued on-line sales combined with events and raffled items, we have reached $8,500 total raised for RMHC of Maine!