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on July 1, 2010
Annette Laing
Posted project update #1Apologies
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on May 13, 2010
Annette Laing
commented on a projectHi, Caitlin...still waiting on my reward...
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on April 18, 2010
Annette Laing
Posted project update #27On to Summer!
Post CommentHere's our good news from the first year of Imaginative Journeys: Four camps, ending triumphantly with our Fifties camp in spring. We're planning three summer camps, including our first Elemental Journey science camp, and a Camp Snipesville in Savannah (first time in the big city!)
Our camps have returned most of the money we have generated to our local community, including more than $1600 in rental fees to the Unitarian Church and the Parkwood motel. We involved (and publicized) several local business and organizations.
Thanks to you, we had nine kids on scholarships go through our camps. We heard fantastic feedback about the impact that this experience had on these children. I even blush to say it, because it's hard to believe, but I heard that one kid recovered from her depression and started going back to school. Unreal. And awesome.
Now, looking into the second year, I need to call on your support once again. I'm aiming high this time, because I want five places at every camp to go to low-income kids. Your gifts also subsidize every kid, because they enable us to run a high-quality camp at an affordable cost--only $140 a week for a camp that would easily cost more than twice that in a metro area.
Why ask for your support? We are still in start-up mode, and not yet in a position to apply for grants. In the current economic climate, we have no guarantees that grants will materialize: Georgia, shortsightedly, is ending (not cutting, ending) arts and humanities grants funding. To continue in Georgia, we need people to step up and partner with us. I should mention that while I have paid several young people in the program, I have yet to earn any money from the program myself: Indeed, I have covered several of the payments for our $800 annual insurance policy from my own pocket. I'll be honest: I can't afford to continue doing that.
Please go to our new Kickstarter campaign, "Time Travel in the Deep South" and watch the video! You'll see ust some of what we have accompished with your help. Please spread the word among your friends, encourage them to watch the video too, and ask them to join us! We're aiming for $5000, so the more, the merrier! -
on April 16, 2010
Annette Laing launched a project
Time Travel in the Deep South by Annette Laing
Time-travel adventures in rural Georgia led by a British author with a PhD in history, a sense of humor and a theatrical streak . How cool is that?
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on April 12, 2010
Annette Laing
commented on a project updateWell done, Stacy! And thanks for refunding the pledges, which shows great integrity. Cheers, Annette P.S. I'm a multicultural children's author of sorts, although happily published already. Check me out on Amazon. :-)
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on November 9, 2009
Annette Laing
commented on a project updateGood idea! :-)
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on November 3, 2009
Annette Laing
commented on a project updateLove Nickel! He looks perfectly realistic. Just like my dog. :-)
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on October 26, 2009
Annette Laing
commented on a project updateLove your project! Maybe make Penny less perky? Nobody I knew from the greatest generation was perky. :-)
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on October 23, 2009
Annette Laing
Posted project update #26Rewards on Their Way
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on October 19, 2009
Annette Laing
Posted project update #25Getting Ready to Send Out Rewards
Post CommentI am getting rewards ready! Please enter your address in Kickstarter--if you have not already done so-- so I can send your reward to you. If you opted *not* to receive a reward, it's not too late to change your mind! Those of you who are to receive copies of my *second* book, please note that this will be shipped separately to you in late November/early December.
Thank you!
Annette Laing
Statesboro, GA
I was born in Scotland, and raised in a mostly working-class town in England. Two years ago, even though I flatter myself that I'm a pretty darn good historian, I quit my job as a tenured professor of early American history to work with kids in rur... view more
