Creative Studios Free Summer Program
Fundraising campaign by
Melissa Quijano
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US$110.00raised of $350.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
Creative Studios for Creative Kids
It's no secret that the arts are disappearing from schools around the country and being replaced by endless preparation for standardized testing. But how are we going to train the artists of tomorrow?
I came up with Creative Studios- an art program that will expose kids to art forms like fashion design, fine art and creative writing. Those are the 3 I'm starting out with, but there will be lot's more in the future.
My first CS project will be a free program on Staten Island. We (that's me and my business guy, Chris) found a place- a lovely church that is more than willing to host us for free. We have lots of kids who can't wait to start creating with us. But we don't have any start up money. I thought I could do it with things I already have- after all I've been doing art since basically forever. But you need a lot of stuff for 15 kids per class.
All donations will go towards art supplies (basically- the more we get, the bigger and better projects these kids will be doing), a nice chalk and/or dry erase board for brain storming, paper and writing utensils so no good idea gets forgotten.
I have HUGE plans for the future of Creative Studios. In the next few years, look for us setting up shop in your town, ready to turn the little kids into little artists, ready to change the world for the better. But for now, we are going to start with 45 kids from the south shore of Staten Island.
Rewards
We can't send you creative kids, so we'll send you the next best thing- Melissa's Staten Island Famous Oreo Truffles. Sound amazing right? Pledge $10 and I'll send you over a couple of these super-sized tasty morsels of wonder and joy.
Oh my gosh- $25! That is so nice of you. Since I can't send creative kids because of some child protection laws I'll send you 5 super sized Famous Oreo Truffles. Nomnomnomnom.
Holy moley guacamole! You are like, the coolest person ever. Thank you for helping me make my dreams come true. Have a super awesome amazing truffle. And by "a truffle" I mean a box of 10 oreo truffles made by MOI.
As a thanks for such a HUMONGOUS donation, our big project for the program will be to make thank you cards to thank you for making this possible. What can be better than a bunch ofhand made thank you cards by little artists? Nothing, unless you pair that with a box of 10 truffles too! MMMMMMMMMMMM. Please note, I can't guarantee how many Thank You cards there will be as it depends on attendance! But it will be a bunch and they will be hand crafted by budding young artists!
Organizer
- Melissa Quijano
- New York, US
Donors
- Sophia and Luke D
- Donated on Jun 11, 2013
Miss Melissa keep dreaming big!
- Guest
- Donated on Jun 05, 2013
Bought some supplies
Update posted by Melissa Quijano at 02:18 pmHi! Melissa here. I just bought the first round of supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils, glue, scissors, paper quilling) from Amazon. Thanks for all your support this far! I still need to get some more supplies but this is a great start! Thanks so much.
The Staten Island Advance
Update posted by Melissa Quijano at 05:49 pmThanks for donating! We have an article published int he Staten Island Advance about Creative Studios! We're already almost full- so I think that we will be completly full soon!! Thanks for the donations!! http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/06/staten_island_collegiate_duo_t.html
Donors & Comments
- Kym & Jimmy
- Donated on Jun 14, 2013
Best of luck Melissa and Chris!
- Sophia and Luke D
- Donated on Jun 11, 2013
Miss Melissa keep dreaming big!
- Guest
- Donated on Jun 05, 2013
Best of luck Melissa and Chris!