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Jen Ruud

Jen Ruud joined Kickstarter on September 18, 2009

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    TEACHERS: a new web series by The Katydids & Matt Miller by Matthew Miller

    This spring The Katydids are teaming up with local director Matt Miller for a new web series set in a suburban elementary school.

    • 107% funded $3,239 pledged
    • 81 backers
    • Funded May 20, 2012
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    Flamingo Rampant! Gender Independent Kids Books by S. Bear Bergman

    Great stories for K-4th grade that also feature gender-independent and trans-identified kids.

    • 185% funded $18,555 pledged
    • 397 backers
    • Funded Mar 07, 2012
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    The Versalette by {r}evolution apparel by {r}evolution apparel

    The Versalette is one piece of clothing that can be worn over 15 different ways -- made in the USA with 100% recycled fabric.

    • 321% funded $64,246 pledged
    • 796 backers
    • Funded Dec 22, 2011
  4. 2012 A New Iron Age by Carbon Arts

    Carbon Arts is raising funding for a New Years Eve performance iron pour and permanent public sculpture.

    Funding Unsuccessful (12/26/2011)
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    Detroit's Historic Places of Worship by Marla Overhiser Collum

    Celebrate and preserve Detroit's rich architectural history.

    • 156% funded $15,614 pledged
    • 164 backers
    • Funded Dec 31, 2011
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    Etchpop - Create, Etch, Print, Share! by Marshall & Chester

    Laser engraved woodblocks to make your very own woodblock prints.

    • 214% funded $21,413 pledged
    • 519 backers
    • Funded Dec 01, 2011
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    The Cartoonuum by Ray Sumser

    A crowd-sourced painting of over 2,000 recognizable cartoon, comic book and video game characters.

    • 205% funded $9,268 pledged
    • 191 backers
    • Funded Nov 01, 2011
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    Willard Asylum Suitcase Documentation by Jon Crispin

    I am photographing a collection of suitcases left behind by residents of the Willard Psychiatric Center in Willard, NY

    • 226% funded $18,114 pledged
    • 674 backers
    • Funded Nov 17, 2011
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    The 2012 Time Travel Calendar by Alex Griendling

    This calendar collects time travel events from pop culture and puts them on a single timeline that plays out over the year.

    • 259% funded $24,231 pledged
    • 707 backers
    • Funded Nov 23, 2011
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    The Wildflowers of Detroit : Community Ecology by WinterRoot

    An open source suite of mobile software for indexing wildflowers (or any type of data) on an interactive map and searchable database.

    • 104% funded $4,161 pledged
    • 77 backers
    • Funded Sep 28, 2011
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    Street Folk 2 by The Heidelberg Project

    I now envision an abandoned lot to be covered with thousands of shoes that create a winding path of HOPE and CHANGE.

    Funding Unsuccessful (09/19/2011)
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    The Amsterdam Expat Project by Ryan Cooper

    A series documenting life in Amsterdam as we experience it as tourists, as expats and as first-time parents.

    • 110% funded $5,526 pledged
    • 74 backers
    • Funded Jul 20, 2011
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    The Lifesize Mousetrap's 2011 tour powered by VEGETABLE OIL! by lifesize mousetrap

    We are creating a sustainable touring production and we need your help to bring the one of kind Life size Mousetrap to your community.

    • 102% funded $20,530 pledged
    • 229 backers
    • Funded Jun 20, 2011
  14. Heritage Works Summer Camp by Friends of Spaulding Court

    Heritage Works offers youth enrichment through African drum and dance. This summer, they're planning a camp in Northeast Detroit.

    Funding Unsuccessful (06/20/2011)
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    Documentary: Brewster Douglass, You're My Brother by Paul Abowd

    Detroit's "empty" neighborhoods are anything but. We need finishing funds for our documentary, "Brewster Douglass, You're My Brother."

    • 124% funded $4,371 pledged
    • 103 backers
    • Funded Jun 08, 2011
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    URGH! A Detroit Music War by LOVELAND

    18 Detroit bands will be filmed live at PJ’s Lager House. When the dust settles the end result will be a feature length DVD!

    • 108% funded $5,428 pledged
    • 77 backers
    • Funded Jun 11, 2011
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    New Short Film: Awakening by Matthew Stanton

    Awakening is a short about a down-on-his-luck man who attempts to propose to his girlfriend only to be met with unexpected results.

    Funding Unsuccessful (06/05/2011)
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    Bioremediation Action Match by Friends of Spaulding Court

    Help beat back pollution! Using low cost bioremediation methods, brownfields all around Detroit will be cleaned up and put back to productive use.

    • 112% funded $186 pledged
    • 8 backers
    • Funded Sep 04, 2010
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    Fireweed Universe City Bike Collective by Friends of Spaulding Court

    A bike collective is starting up in a under served area of Detroit at an existing art center to help kids get around.

    • 177% funded $455 pledged
    • 16 backers
    • Funded Sep 19, 2010
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    Spirit Farm Awesome Upgrades by Friends of Spaulding Court

    The Spirit Farm is putting the final touches on a cob oven and chicken run built this year with the goal of becoming financially self sustaining.

    • 122% funded $319 pledged
    • 21 backers
    • Funded Oct 10, 2010
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    Spirit of Hope Bike Parking by Friends of Spaulding Court

    A super cool 18th century church in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood is seeking funds to bring their bike parking into the 21st century.

    • 145% funded $417 pledged
    • 12 backers
    • Funded Oct 04, 2010
  22. Sandals Made from Upcycled Billboard Art by Jimmy

    TOMBOLO creates made-in-the-USA adventure gear by upcycling billboard art. Live your passion wearing functional pop-fashion.

    Funding Unsuccessful (05/15/2011)
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    Drawing Detroit- a coloring book by Ben Bunk

    Help fund a second edition of my book, "Drawing Detroit: east by southwest. A book of colorful possibilities"!!!

    • 112% funded $2,246 pledged
    • 39 backers
    • Funded May 31, 2011
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    "Monumental Kitty" Sculpture In Detroit by LOVELAND

    Monumental Kitty will rest at the north foot of the Corktown Pedestrian Overpass, which once served as a pathway to Detroit's old Tiger Stadium.

    • 103% funded $1,555 pledged
    • 57 backers
    • Funded Jul 16, 2010
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    Inchy Makes Friends: Art Supplies for Children's Drawings of The Neighborhood by LOVELAND

    Art supplies for 10 girls on the east side of Detroit to make drawings of their neighborhood, which is also home to LOVELAND's Plymouth microhood

    • 346% funded $346 pledged
    • 12 backers
    • Funded Sep 29, 2010