Fall Fundraising Drive

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Fall Fundraising Drive

Nov 9, 2015 Update:

We have had a great response to our programs this Fall. I hope everyone has had an opportunity to participate in our activities. If you are new to the MakerSpace, please join us on Saturday, Dec 5 (aka “12/5”, aka 125!), as we celebrate our third year of operation. We hope to see many of our volunteers and sustaining donors, to express our thanks and make plans for the new year.

But we need your help. We need to recruit more donors and more sponsors to help us through the cold winter months. If you can help, or know someone who can, please make a donation today.

Your donation is the cornerstone to our fundraising activities.


 

Our Fall programs are starting right after we participate in Greenbelt’s fabulous Labor Day Festival. I hope everyone can come out and join us next weekend, especially on Saturday for Information Day, and on Monday for the parade. Please ask us about our mobile makerspace project, an ambitious expansion of our programs into Greenbelt East and Greenbelt West neighborhoods and surrounding towns.

We have some exciting things planned! To expand our support of computer science education, we will be hosting Hour of Code activities and have just formed a CoderDojo club for both kids and adults. Robotics is back, as strong as ever with four teams forming to compete in FIRST LEGO League, for ages 9-14, and a JR FLL team for the younger kids, ages 6-9. Our older teens have five local high school and community teams to join. Ask us for more information. We have tried to set a more stable weekly calendar to make it easier for you to drop in and join the fun.

  • Mon: Closed to rejuvenate for the week to come
  • Tue: Computer tech, programming, websites
  • Wed: Knitting and fiber projects, 3D printing
  • Thu: STEM projects, soldering, woodworking
  • Fri: Meetups… Family game night, Little Makers, Fermentation Fan Club
  • Sat: STEM projects, woodworking
  • Sun: Arts and crafts projects

We try to keep the barrier to participation low. Most activities are free of charge and we have no membership fee. Think of us as a library or community center. Except we are not funded by the City or any tax dollars. We are a private, non-stock, non-profit corporation and we depend on funding from generous donors in our community, together with some grants, corporate sponsorships, and a few revenue generating programs.

in this, our third year of providing services to the community, will you help us achieve financial sustainability with a monthly or quarterly donation?

You can support us very easily. If you desire a tax deduction, you can donate via our fiscal sponsor. We’re a Maryland non-profit corporation, but we do not have our IRS 501(c)3 status yet. We currently depend on the School Factory to provide the umbrella of public support coverage required by the IRS. If you do not need the deduction, you can donate directly to our foundation. In either case, just click here:

Your donation is the cornerstone to our fundraising activities.

Thank you!

 

 

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