Come out Friday, August 3, to the free Making Music at the MakerSpace event. Local musician Phil Shapiro (guitar and vocals) and his friend Carolyn (standing bass) will be playing some popular folk songs from the 1960's and '70's at the [...]
This week we begin our Spring Fundraising Drive. Our first goal is to add a new type of funding, business sponsorship, to complete our long-term funding model. Over the last week, we designed, printed, folded, stuffed, addressed and stamped our first major outreach to Greenbelt small businesses and corporations. We're confident that local people at local companies will be in the best position to judge our value to the community. Jump to our new Business Sponsorship page.
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 [...]
Our MakerWagon project will allow us to take our MakerSpace activities and programs on the road, to low-income, at-risk neighborhoods, to engage kids, teens, and families. Everything from our Little Makers program for pre-K kids learning to enjoy arts and [...]
Which kids out there desire access to fun and rewarding programs in science and technology? Which teens need access to vocational or life skills training? Which adults want to see activities that enrich their lives and their neighborhoods? Help up reach [...]
This is a big commitment. Will you back us? Indiegogo campaign to launch soon, if you say yes to the challenge of converting this 1988 Ford Transvan into a 21ft mobile MakerSpace. Three years ago when we started to focus [...]
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 [...]
Would you like a limited edition MakerSpace 2015 STEAM t-shirt? Our kids and volunteers will have t-shirts to proudly wear during the Labor Day parade, to promote the concept and impact of STEAM. Of course, we're talking about our core [...]
After two years in our wonderful space on the Roosevelt Center Plaza in Historic Old Greenbelt, we have a bad case of itchy feet. Join us in a crowd funded project to create a mobile makerspace van to enable us [...]
It is hard to ask for money. When I started our venture in 2010, I had no future planned where it would be necessary. I formed a private foundation, where in fact it is hard to ask for support.A private [...]
