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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on July 26, 2010.

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      Creator Dedric on November 18, 2010

      This is an absolutely amazing effort you are making and I will be following your updates.

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      Creator Terri Porcarelli on October 6, 2010

      Greetings from North Idaho>WE are in Coeur d'Alene and wish to invite you to stay with us if you can fit it in. We have beautiful and heart wrenching stories to share with you on your tour. Please contact me and we are so proud and supportive. Namaste' Terri

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      Creator comfortndrew (deleted) on August 27, 2010

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      Creator Janeen Costa on July 30, 2010

      I am so pleased this important project is going forward. Thank you for your work and your initiative.

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      Creator Linda Spruill on July 28, 2010

      Congratulations Nathan and Marquise! I'm looking forward to the next phase!

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      Creator John Christofferson (deleted) on July 26, 2010

      Nathan, I am so glad I could help you, and wish I could have done more. You have already done much to tell the stories of some of us out here in the hinterlands, and I am excited that you will be adding the video component to that important work.

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      Creator Eric Deane Gordon on July 26, 2010

      Congratulations Nathan! This has got to be so exciting for you! This project is going to positively influence lesbian and gay people all over the country in a very direct manner. Hopefully, it will also greatly influence many people who are not gay, regardless of their social and political views. I really look forward to seeing how those outside of the LGBT community are influenced by this project; I think it has the ability to bring many people together on a collective front. I'm so happy you made your goal. Kudos to you and every one of your amazing supporters.

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      Creator GayGroupsTube.org on July 26, 2010

      OH NATE !! AWESOME !!! (I could add another one)
      I'm so happy for you ! Considering so many young gay people are
      feeling so lonely and even doing like Bobby Griffith.
      Let's hope there will be less Bobby Griffiths by this project !
      I hope your trip will be wonderful and blessed !
      I hope you'll do the same for GayGroupsTube-YT-channel
      ( http://www.youtube.com/GayGroupsTube ) as for Homophobiawatch and Holebis below..
      Gay♥ from GayGroupstube (Steven) www.GayGroupstube.org

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      Creator Diligent on July 26, 2010

      This is going to be so AWESOME! DOUBLE RAINBOW AWESOME!!

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      Creator Natalie Kaufman on July 26, 2010

      Congrats, Nate!!!

      You smashed your goal and I can't wait to start seeing the road trip stories you'll find. We'll be rooting for you!

      x
      Natalie

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      Creator HOMOPHOBIAWATCH.INFO Also YTchannel on July 26, 2010

      Hello Nathan,
      Another bit, but now from Homophobiawatch ( www.Homophobiawatch.info ).
      Let's all say NO to homophobia !
      ▼HOMOPHOBIAWATCH▼
      Please DO encourage your members ( YTube, Facebook ) and the people
      you visit on your trip to subscribe to http://www.Youtube.com/HOMOPHOBIAWATCH
      Thanks in advance ! Have a very nice trip ! For ▼HOMOPHOBIAWATCH♥ , Steven

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      Creator HLJK.ORG dir.Steven Desmet HOLEBIS.ORG on July 26, 2010

      Congratulations, Nathan, you reached the GOAL !
      Lot's of gay young people will be happy with the video's and stories.
      I hope the gift and the spreading of the news on 3 of my Youtube-channels
      (bulletins/recent activity + sending to friends and putting your channel in
      recommended co-subbing channels) helped !
      I also see that you reached 1000 subscribers on your Youtubechannel.
      Congratulations. Certainly some of your video's will be favourited on
      my/our channel, and I'll try to make a playlist with lots of them.
      Gay♥ and greetzz from Holebis Youtube-channel and related ones.
      Holebis@yahoo.com

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      Creator Darnell Witt on July 22, 2010

      So happy to support your project. I have a friend that volunteers for the Trevor Project, and he often tells the youth he talks to about your site... It's bringing peace and hope to lots of people. Bravo!

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      Creator Richard Huntington on July 22, 2010

      I donated what I had available which wasn't much but I passed the site onto a friend that works for Broadway Impact and it's posted to all their members. I see you're beyond the goal and I hope we can manage to make your trip easier or extend it as much as possible. You're doing great work Nathan!

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      Creator Joseph Ferreira on July 20, 2010

      I am making sure that my students who need to see and hear such stories know about the I'm From Driftwood" site. It is an excellent resource, especially in a region of MA notorious for its socially conservative political leanings.

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      Creator Deb McKinney on July 16, 2010

      If life ever starts to get me down - all I have to do is click on the "i'm from driftwood" website and think about what you are doing to make this world brighter, and it makes my day!!!
      Thanks for all you do!! The world is better with you in it!!

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      Creator Joe Jordan-Allen on July 9, 2010

      "I'm From Driftwood" was a lifeline for me when I discovered it... the thought of it being the same to countless others across the United States is profoundly moving - voices heard, hearts touched, lives saved... thanks!

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      Creator fm graves on July 4, 2010

      I'm going to try and get some money together, see how much I can pledge. It won't be much, but I'll also try to spread the word, get a link passed around, and all that. I'd really, really like to see this succeed, but with only a little over 1/3 of the funding, and only 3 weeks more to go, I'm worried it won't! If anyone else happens to be checking out this project's comments, please pass the link around as well! If we can spread the word enough, we should be able to make this happen!

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      Creator April Louise McLucas on June 21, 2010

      This is an amazing project. I wish I could pledge more. Good luck!

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  • Pledge $10 or more

    67 backers

    Your name will be on the Road Trip blog's "Special Thanks" page.

  • Pledge $25 or more

    53 backers

    The "Special Thanks" page shout-out + you choose a "Would You Rather..." (classic road trip game) question to be posted and answered on the IFD Facebook page.

  • Pledge $50 or more

    48 backers

    All the above + we'll send you a postcard from one of 50 states--you can send a preference!

  • Pledge $100 or more

    37 backers

    All the above + we'll write your name in the sand on a beach in Hawaii and post the pic on the Road Trip blog--and email it to you!

  • Pledge $250 or more

    10 backers

    All the above + you'll get a "Special Thanks" credit on a Video Story. You'll be the only one for that Video Story and it will be there forever!

  • Pledge $500 or more

    1 backer

    Ever wanted to see an Alaskan sunset, the Grand Canyon or any other location in the U.S. but haven't been able to? For 500 bucks you'll get all the above + we'll do a live webcam of any one location we visit so you can see it real time.

  • Pledge $1,000 or more

    2 backers Limited (8 of 10 left)

    Better tidy up because you've got company--we're coming to you! We'll make a stop in your town and film your video story or audio story. If you're too shy and don't want us to, you can choose one destination along the way.