Thank you for your support!
Thank you so much for backing our SparkFun National Tour Kickstarter campaign. Despite falling short of our goal we learned a lot about designing campaigns, crowd-sourced fundraising, and the challenges of tackling big projects around the holiday season. Most importantly, we were amazed at the outpouring of support from people both by donations as well as offers to volunteer as boots on the ground in several communities throughout the U.S. We are so incredibly grateful to be part of such an amazing community. The humbling Kickstarter failure is balanced by the enthusiasm of everyone who has reached out to us during the campaign.
From the very beginning we have been dedicated to running some version of the national tour regardless of the outcome of this campaign. Our decision to create a Kickstarter project for this endeavor was to encourage the community to participate in the fundraising and planning of this adventure. Hidden inside this campaign are so many successes that it's not hard to see all the potential that arises from this opportunity. All fifty states and the District of Columbia made the map, we had nine backers pull together $2500 to ensure that we would make it to their community, and we created relationships with many new friends who are as excited about STEAM and electronics education as we are.
The Department of Education at SparkFun Electronics will find a way to hit the road again in 2013. While we may not be able to promise a stop in every state, we will do our best to reach as many communities across the nation as we can. For those of you who are interested in communicating with us about the potential for a stop on our 2013 tour, please feel free to send us an email at edutour@sparkfun.com.
Thank you again for all of your support and we look forward to working with you to make some version of this tour a reality in 2013.
Sincerely,
Lindsay Levkoff, Ph.D., Director of Education
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Helping Hand - Every bit helps out! Thanks for helping us get to schools and in front of educators that change lives. Your name will live in fame on a SparkFun Thank You page.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $35 or more
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Commemorative SparkFun National Tour T-Shirt - Show your pledge to electronics education in style. This special edition shirt, available in men's and women's cuts, will feature the SparkFun National Tour logo and is only available through this campaign.
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Add $10 to ship outside the USPledge $75 or more
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Learn to Solder: Simon Says Kit - You don’t know how to solder? Don’t worry! This kit has everything you need to assemble the popular Simon Says memory game. Impress your co-workers, friends, and children with your memory fu. Oh, and did you mention you made it yourself and helped out your local school district? Yeah - you did that too.
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Add $15 to ship outside the USPledge $150 or more
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SparkFun Inventor’s Kit Special Edition - The SIK has all the parts, sensors, outputs, cables, and supporting materials you need to get started learning electronics. This special edition SIK even includes a triple axis accelerometer and an LCD!
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Add $15 to ship outside the USPledge $240 or more
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Kitchen Sink Pack - Want all of the above? Back at this level to get a commemorative SparkFun National Tour T-Shirt, a Learn to Solder: Simon Says Kit, AND special edition SparkFun Inventor's Kit!
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $2,500 or more
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Book a Workshop - Do you want to get SparkFun to come out to your neck of the woods? We’d love to visit! We will bring a Lab Pack and the educational crew to your site and teach a full-day class to the educators and teachers of your community.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2013Ships within the US only
Comments
Creator Dennis Ashendorf on January 29
The Sparkfun tour is still needed. However, Sparkfun isn't about "electronics," but is the center for creativity with Arduino or Raspberry Pi. Sparkfun needs to clarify its market more, and the campaign may succeed.