Good News Friday!

Imagine!’s Out & About program, in collaboration with the Imagine! Foundation, has developed Imagine!’s first crowdfunding campaign to raise additional funds for services for children, including the After School, School Closure Days, and Summer Camp programs. 

Crowdfunding is “the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their money, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations.” You may be familiar with the Kickstarter and Indiegogo websites, as examples.

Our first foray into the world of crowdfunding is another example of our efforts to explore new funding opportunities that help us sustain and grow our programs, and to ensure we can continue to provide superior services to some of our community’s most vulnerable citizens. Studies show that younger generations are looking for alternatives to traditional ways of donating resources to organizations they believe in, and we want to make sure we stay on top of this trend and continue to cultivate support for our organization and the people we serve so we can stick around another 50 years.

Out & About’s children’s programs seemed like a great place to start. As these children’s programs grow and more children with developmental disabilities join, Out & About has found that its budget can't keep pace. Out & About wants to be able to continue to offer these valuable and meaningful opportunities for growth (and fun!) to all kids in our community who wish to be involved.

The short video below discusses that need in more depth. Please watch the video and consider supporting this vital program by clicking here. As I write this post, Out & About has already received more than 80% of its fundraising goal – so let’s help them get to the finish! (And going over the goal is perfectly OK!)



Can’t see the video? Click here.