Gratitude + The Work Ahead
Enormous thanks to everyone who so generously supported Upstream Arts on behalf of Lindsey Samples and her Grand Canyon adventure. Thanks to you, Lindsey met her $3,000 goal! Click the video above for a short message of thanks from Lindsey, sent straight from the Grand Canyon. We also want to thank Sue Haas and Michael Sommers, Joan Morris, Marilyn Mounger, and our anonymous monthly donor for recent gifts to Upstream Arts!
As you know, Give to the Max Day is November 13, and Upstream Arts' fall fundraising season begins that same week. Currently, our funding gap is $79,835; that's how much it will take to sustain our work through the end of our fiscal year on June 30, 2015. We have a goal of raising $15,000 by December 31 in order to carry out more high-quality arts residencies for youth and adults with disabilities in the Twin Cities and Milwaukee, provide more professional development opportunities for Teaching Artists like Lindsey, present more public performances like The Art of Me at MSS, and advance more meaningful conversation about disability through our programs and campaigns.
We know this time of year can be saturating, so here's what you can expect from us in the coming month:
1) We will only send one email on Give to the Max Day. It'll be a good one though, so watch for it!
2) That same week, many of you will receive a letter from us in the mail with a remit envelope, providing another avenue for giving.
3) Between now and then, we'll also send out a beautiful work of art created by one of our Teaching Artists and featuring one of our participants. If we don't have your mailing address, be sure to send it our way (just hit "reply" to this email). You won't want to miss this piece!
Thank you for your partnership. Have a happy rest of October!
