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Our undying thanks! We'd love to raise this round of financing with 10,000 $1 pledges--that would really powerfully demonstrate support for sharing the film's message! Pledge $1 and ask 5 friends to join you! (As America's Secret Epidemic is a project of the Lead Safe America Foundation which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, your backer pledge is tax-deductible!)
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Our undying thanks, an America's Secret Epidemic bumper sticker, thanks on our twitter ( @leadsafeamerica ) & facebook pages and a tax-deduction!
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Our undying thanks and an America's Secret Epidemic bumper sticker, a commemorative pin, thanks on our twitter ( @leadsafeamerica ) & facebook pages and a tax-deduction!!
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Our undying thanks, an America's Secret Epidemic bumper sticker, a commemorative button and a signed copy of the DVD of the film! Plus thanks on our twitter ( @leadsafeamerica ) & facebook pages and a tax-deduction!!
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Our undying thanks, an America's Secret Epidemic bumper sticker, a commemorative button, a signed copy of the DVD of the film and a signed limited edition poster of the film! Plus thanks on our twitter ( @leadsafeamerica ) & facebook pages and a tax-deduction!!
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An invitation for two to the film's premier! Plus you will also get all of the benefits of the $100 sponsorship level!
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An invitation for two to the film's premier and star-studded "after-party!" Plus you will also get... our undying thanks, an America's Secret Epidemic bumper sticker, a commemorative button, a signed copy of the DVD of the film and a signed limited edition poster of the film! Plus thanks on our twitter ( @leadsafeamerica ) & facebook pages and a tax-deduction!!
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This reward level includes transportation and lodging and an invitation for two to the film's premier and star-studded "after-party!" Plus you will also get all of the benefits of the $100 sponsorship level!
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Tamara Rubin will come to you and (working with local experts) do a one-day informal hazard inspection (up to 8 hours, using visual inspection methods and XRF testing) of your home or community building (church, school, community center) - testing structural components and items like toys and household goods for lead and other hazards. [For smaller buildings a fairly complete hazard assessment might be done in 8 hours, for larger buildings an 8-hour inspection might be partial or preliminary and indicate that additional follow up testing is necessary.) Plus you will also get all of the benefits of the $500 backer level. (Visit can be done as soon as February 2012 !) Depending on the timing your visit may also be filmed for the documentary! (Out of country backers need to cover transportation & lodging costs in addition to their pledge.)
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All of the benefits of the $3,500 reward - but Tamara and members of the Lead Safe America Foundation will spend a second day holding a free public community toy-testing event in your community at the venue of your choice (using the latest technology from Niton to test for lead and other hazards in toys.) Depending on the timing of this event - it may also be filmed for the documentary!
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Acclaimed documentary filmmaker and celebrated cinematographer Daniel Marracino - the film's director - will film a one-day [up to 8 hours] personal event of your choice. You will own and receive a hard drive with the original footage from your event! Plus you will also get all of the benefits of the $1,000 backer level! [Outside of the NYC metropolitan area, transportation and lodging for the film crew (3 persons) must be provided by the backer of this reward in addition to the reward amount.]
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Tamara Rubin's children were poisoned by the work of a painting contractor in 2005. She emerged from that trauma determined to transform the dysfunctional state of childhood lead poisoning recognition, intervention and prevention in the U.S., and has become a high-profile volunteer lead poisoning prevention advocate—speaking, writing, educating and promoting solutions—in a tireless campaign to prevent other children around the world from suffering the same fate as her own children.
She founded the nonprofit Lead Safe America Foundation in 2011. In that same year she received several national awards for her volunteer advocacy work to protect children from being poisoned by lead in their homes. Over the span of just a few months in 2011 she was named the “National Healthy Homes Hero” by a consortium of federal agencies - including the EPA, CDC, HUD, USDA and USDoE; Healthy Child Healthy World's “Mom on a Mission”: http://www.healthychild.org, and LifeTime Television's “Remarkable Woman” for November.
She is thrilled to be working with (renown cinematographer and director) Daniel Marracino on this project! Daniel is the critically acclaimed cinematographer who has shot several of the most successful recent documentaries, including Michael Moore’s “Sicko” and “Capitalism: A Love Story”, Morgan Spurlock’s “Pom Wonderful presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”, Joe Cross’s recent film, “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead” among a long list of other impressive works.
The Lead Safe America Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to eradicating childhood lead poisoning. We provide emergency intervention and support to families whose children have been poisoned. We also engage in outreach and education efforts aimed at preventing childhood lead poisoning. Our documentary film project, “America's Secret Epidemic” (a feature-length film for theatrical release) is our first major large-scale mass-media project.
