while this project was originally slated to have a kickstarter campaign to help with supplementing costs outside of what expenses are covered in it through state arts grants, moving instead to gofundme as a crowd-sourcing platform made more sense because of less limitations. kickstarter only allowed one and two-month campaigns, with one-month campaigns usually ending up more successful than two-month campaigns. for someone with a lot of jobs and responsibilities to juggle, in addition to a project like this, that's a lot of pressure on top of what's already a lot of pressure. an ongoing campaign with no time limitation made more sense here since the project will continue for two more years. plus, if a campaign goal is not met, with kickstarter, you don't get the funding at all. but with gofundme, you as the person running the campaign have access to the funds immediately, with each transaction, minus the fees. less stress and strain seemed like the more rational route to ensure continued support possibilities here.
to support this poetry project through gofundme, please check out the link below.
most crowd-sourcing sites don't let you have long titles, thus the shortened campaign title and URL wording for the labors of our fingertips: poems from manufacturing history in berks county.
any and all support for this campaign will be greatly appreciated, please know. funding the arts while preserving history of manufacturing in our country is a challenge which deserves to come to the surface across all different kinds of stories we might otherwise lose.
please pass this on to anyone who may be interested in supporting this project's continuing influence in the berks county community. it may well set examples for people and organizations well outside of southeastern pennsylvania, too, which would be a great sign for saving more local history in the form of poems while honoring the seniors who have made this project possible.
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