About this project
Join us for our second annual Learnapalooza! Last year we put on an amazing event (more than 350 people attending 77 classes) with the generous support of the Learnapalooza community, and this year with your support we want to make it bigger and better.
What is Learnapalooza? Learnapalooza is a free summer festival happening on June 25th, 2011 in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago where community members will exchange skills with one another. Anyone who has anything to share – and basically we all do – can offer a workshop. We are providing a fun and free way for neighbors to share their passions and everyone to learn new skills. This festival is organized by a bunch of great volunteers in partnership with CommuniTeach, a website that makes it easy to learn from your peers for free throughout the year.
How does it work? Neighborhood residents, artists, and business owners will share their knowledge, skills, and passions by leading free workshops throughout the day in Wicker Park spaces that businesses have offered for the event. Workshops will include: yoga, cooking, self defense, Bollywood dancing, worm composting, making gnocchi and more! Everyone is welcome to participate and attend this event. Come out, learn something new, and meet your neighbors.
We hope the festival encourages all attendees to realize how much they have to teach and learn from others and encourage further learning and teaching throughout the year through CommuniTeach.
What will your backing support? The community will provide the space and the teaching skills, but putting on a successful festival still takes support. Your pledge will help us:
*Spread the word and recruit community teachers through fliers, postcards, banners, and ads.
*Print maps and programs guiding learners to teachers during Learnapalooza
*Provide for day-of refreshment and t-shirts for our volunteers, making them a visible presence in the neighborhood to help direct attendees traveling between events
*Supply classes with teaching materials for hands-on lessons
How else can you help?
We’d love for your to help spread the word about Learnapalooza through your personal network. There are easy to use Facebook and Twitter widgets at the top of the page that you can use right now, or you can send out an email telling the world about the festival.
Lets recap:
- Back our event, and proudly sport your t-shirt or button.
- Spread the word and visit our website at http://learnapaloozachi.com.
- Volunteer to teach a workshop and share your passion with others.
- Come to Learnapalooza and explore something you’ve curious about, or discover something you never realized that you wanted to learn.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 25, 2011.
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Support the Learning: We will gladly recognize you as a "Fan of Learning" on the Learnapalooza Chicago website's Honor Roll.
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Handwritten thank you note: We’ll mail you a handwritten thank you note, just like grandma taught us. And, of course, recognition as a "Fan of Learning" on the Honor Roll.
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Buttons: Who doesn't love buttons? Buttons, thank you note, and recognition as a "Fan of Learning" on the Honor Roll.
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Learnapalooza T-shirt: Start conversations by wearing your own Learnapalooza Chicago t-shirt. Wear it with your button while reading your thank you note and admiring your name on our website as a "Lover of Learning".
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Private class led by the Learnapalooza program volunteers - We not only plan the event we also have a bunch of skills that we can share with you for the generous donation of $50. What can you learn from us? Juggling, soccer, Drupal, knitting, how to plan an awesome festival and much more. That and you’ll be recognized as a “Lover of Learning” on our website.
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A class for you and some friends led by the Learnapalooza program volunteers - Want to share your private class with some of your friends? We are happy to help. You’ll also be recognized as a “Lover of Learning” on our website.
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Sponsor a course: Put your company, nonprofit, or family name on one of the courses throughout the day. Yoga presented by you. Italian for beginners presented by your Italian restaurant. Appear on all class schedules, programs, and on the website. You, your non-profit, or business will also be recognized by name at the class. Also included are all gifts from lower levels of pledging, plus recognition as a "Patron of Learning" on the Honor Roll.
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