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Update #9: DISCO build-out is underway!
I know it has been a while since we updated you on our progress, but I am happy to report that after a year and a half of working with an architect and the building owner on the plans for the space, securing all the permits and raising the rest of the money for the work, the Desert Island Supply Co. has finally begun renovating its future headquarters in Birmingham's Woodlawn neighborhood.
DISCO has had incredible support from foundations and groups here in Alabama, but you and other Kickstarter backers got us going. We are still an all-volunteer organization. Our volunteers work on lots of little creative projects with kids from across the city, and so I love that our plan to build out space was kickstarted by hundreds of contributors from across the world pitching in what they could. Thank you!
Thank you too for your patience with our handling of the project rewards. Sonja Rossow, an amazing Alabama-based book artist, has made us a huge (16"x12") book of names, to which we will be adding your name shortly. We will also be sending out all digital rewards and the first batch of physical rewards in April. I hope they will be worth the wait.
If you're a Birmingham-based backer or you're just passing through, stop by and check on our progress at 5500 First Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35212.
More soon,
Chip Brantley
Desert Island Supply Co.
www.desertislandsupplyco.com
chip@desertislandsupplyco.com
Update #8: We Did It!
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Posted on August 6, 2010
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Update #7: 92% Funded With 24 Hours To Go!
Because of the generous support of more than 200 backers, we're just $1653 shy of our goal with 24 hours to go.
Thanks to Kickstarter for making the Desert Island Supply Co. its Project of the Day on Tuesday. Most of all, thank you for backing this project and supporting our efforts to give Birmingham-area students more opportunities to write.
Until tomorrow!
Update #6: DISCO is Kickstarter's Project of the Day!
With only three days to go until our funding deadline, DISCO just got a huge boost by being named Kickstarter's Project of the Day. Go to http://www.kickstarter.com and check it out.
Thank you so much for financially supporting DISCO and for continuing to spread the word about our Kickstarter project. With your help, we're going to reach our goal!
Update #5: Oh Okra!
DISCO will be part of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities event at Pepper Place this Saturday, 7 a.m.-noon. Look for our table next to the smoothie bike! We’ll be the booth with all the okra.
While fried is not the healthiest way to eat okra, here’s a poem reveling in the beauty of battered things.
Fried Beauty by R.S. Gwynn
Glory be to God for breaded things—
Catfish, steak finger, pork chop, chicken thigh,
Sliced green tomatoes, pots full to the brim
With french fries, fritters, life-float onion rings,
Hushpuppies, okra golden to the eye,
That in all oils, corn or canola, swim
Toward mastication’s maw (O molared mouth!);
Whatever browns, is dumped to drain and dry
On paper towels’ sleek translucent scrim,
These greasy, battered bounties of the South:
Eat them.
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You get access to all of DISCO's project updates, plus your name will be handwritten into DISCO's Book of Names.
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The above, plus a beautifully designed digital copy of the The Pen the Dreams, a collection of poems by 7- to 11-year olds from DISCO's first workshop.
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All of the above, plus a beautifully designed digital copy of How Writing Can Keep You Sane When You're Stranded on a Desert Island, a book of writing exercises (and survival tips) by DISCO writers.
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All of the above, plus numbered and signed print copies of The Pen that Dreams and How Writing Can Keep You Sane When You're Stranded on a Desert Island.
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All of the above, plus the DISCO Survival Kit, which includes DISCO-created mixes of desert island music; one desert island book chosen by a DISCO writer with a handwritten note about why she chose that book; and some handmade DISCO tools that will serve you well while you're stranded.
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All of the above, plus a one-year subscription to everything DISCO produces, including but not limited to books, cookbooks (charred conch!), letterpress posters, waterproof pamphlets, art, tools, clothing and tacky coconut jewelry. All yours sent in four quarterly installments.
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All of the above, plus a one-of-a-kind history in book form of a fictional desert island, made just for you (or someone you love) by a DISCO writer and an Alabama book artist.
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All of the above, plus a small history in book form about you (or your friend or family or business or organization) to be researched, written, designed and made by DISCO writers and artists.
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In December 2009, a bunch of writers, editors, educators, students, photographers, designers and artists launched a not-for-profit writing center in Birmingham, Ala., called the Desert Island Supply Co.
Inspired by programs such as 826 Valencia and the Austin Bat Cave, DISCO is dedicated to giving area students, ages 6 to 18, more opportunities to strengthen their writing skills, explore their minds, intensify their intellectual habits and shape their own futures.
We offer free writing workshops for students, tutor inside local schools and generally try to help out in whatever way we can to assist teachers and principals who want to instill a love of writing in their students. We're also in the process of building out the world's very best desert island supply store.
For more about DISCO, visit http://www.desertislandsupplyco.com.
