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Dear
Friends -
I am writing to you because you supported
one of the three prior grants for the Street
Girls Aid Ghana project which
was featured in the August 2014 “Rotarian” magazine. Thank you for that support! The grants helped us achieve far more than we
dreamed. As a direct result of the
strategic planning work that we conducted at Street Girls Aid, they are holding
a week long 20th Legacy Celebration in June involving all of their
international and local partners.
Contact me or go to SAid’s Facebook page for more information if you are
interested in participating.
Today, I am writing to you for a related reason. During the strategic planning the Street Girls
Aid management team identified the need to seek out former street children and
interview them in an effort to find ways to improve services, as well as to learn
about the impact of their accomplishments.
They spent the past year doing just that and have accumulated some
amazing stories of impact.
Street Girls Aid has asked me to help them compile these
stories into a book and then publish the book so that these powerful stories
can be shared globally. I have agreed. But to accomplish this monumental and
important task, I need your help!
Our team has launched a Kickstarter to help underwrite the
costs associated with the writing, editing, publication and distribution of the
book, as well as the funding of the book launch in Ghana as part of the
Anniversary celebration. To comply with the Kickstarter rules, I have launched
the project in my name as a writer because I have experience and will be
spearheading the efforts.
Additionally, I am charging the project for only a small
portion of my time and hourly rate as a means of contributing to the project
and keeping expenses down. (Kickstarter rules
do not allow me to back my own project financially - so reducing my charges is a
way I can contribute indirectly.) I have
cleared my calendar and am not taking any new work for the next two months
while this producing the book.
The most important
thing about this Kickstarter project is that the proceeds from the book will
benefit Street Girls Aid. The book
will be sold on Amazon and some of the benefits of bringing this book to the
publisher unencumbered are a greater opportunity for global distribution and an
increased revenue stream and visibility for Street Girls Aid.
Kickstarter may be new and unfamiliar to you. It does not run fundraisers; rather, it
connects backers and participants with artistic and innovative projects like
publishing “Stories from the Streets.” Its
web page is easy to use. Pledges are not
redeemed unless the project is fully funded and time is extremely limited. The
Kickstarter for “Stories from the Streets” ends on May 10th
and I am writing to ask you to participate in getting this important book into
print and available on Amazon.
You can follow this link - http://kck.st/1It8o36 - or go to the Kickstarter home page and put my name, Kathy Stutzman, into the
search and you will find a site loaded with info about the project including
videos and photos.
Please contact me if you need more information or have
questions. This opportunity is important and will provide Street Girls Aid with
increased engagement, visibility and funding. Thank you for becoming a backer
of “Stories from the Street!”
Thank you – Kathy Stutzman
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