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The Vera Project – On Location

If 70 People Donate $10, Then The Vera Project Can Purchase a Mobile Drying Rack for a New Silk-Screen Printer to Improve Its Studio

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In a Nutshell

Donations purchase new silk-screening equipment for all-ages music-and-arts venue

The Fine Print

The Issue: Underexposure to the Arts

In 2008, all 18- to 24-year-olds, regardless of their childhood socioeconomic status, were less likely to have received a childhood arts education than people who were in the same age bracket in 1982, according to a survey sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). When teens and young adults have access to arts education, whether in or out of school, they tend to earn better grades, become more civically engaged, and develop more ambitious career goals, according to a 2012 NEA report.

The Campaign: Buying Drying Rack for Silk-Screen Printer

If this Grassroots campaign raises $700, then The Vera Project can purchase a medium-sized mobile drying rack for a silk-screen printer in its community studio. Each additional donation will be used toward the purchase of a new silk-screen printer ($1,400) and a new lighting grid ($2,000) for the gallery.

More than 250 people of all ages learn the art of silk-screening each year at The Vera Project's silk-screen studio. Along with a Silkscreen 101 course held three times a month, artists can also take more advanced lessons, such as the multicolor garment class that teaches students to use the multicolor press. After completing the prerequisite classes, artists can also work on individual projects during open-studio sessions.

You can follow the progress of this and other Grassroots campaigns at the Groupon Grassroots website.

The Vera Project

An all-ages volunteer-fueled venue for music and the arts, The Vera Project engages participants of all skill levels in arts programs that range from silk-screen printing to music recording. Classes are open to all ages, with a focus on young people aged 14–24, and they fuse experiential learning opportunities with a volunteer-driven structure to help participants gain the necessary skills to pursue their creative passions.

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For one month every year, people get together to celebrate wedding season. Get in the mood with these creative proposal proposals:

  • Put her name as "WIFE" on the bowling machine.
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  • Have 300 custom-made paintballs with wedding rings inside, then spend the day surprise-shooting your future spouse.
  • Dress up like a giant bug and say "Be my spouse, you louse!"
  • Mail yourself to China, then mail yourself to your significant other's office. It's important to mail yourself to China first for that realistic, well-traveled box look.
  • Wait until she's giving an important presentation at work and interrupt the meeting. Tell her "It's your job or me forever."
  • Write a Top 40 song where you propose to your significant other in the chorus. This only works if he or she has a nose for popular music.
  • Swallow the ring and get your significant other to take you to the hospital so when they pump your stomach he or she will get a surprise.
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  • Kidnap the local varsity football quarterback and impersonate him during the big game. After taking a snap with a special ball you attached a wedding ring to, throw it at her on the sidelines and say "Marrying me would be a slam dunk." Also, win the game.
  • Or, you could use the text box at the bottom of a coupon website. Mildred, we have walked through all the stars in the solar system for years now. You were the one by my side when I couldn't stand by my side on my own two feet. For all the days of my years, you filled my insides with emotion and my outside with delight. Will you make me the most full man in the world by being my legal wife? Thanking you in advance, The Man Who Writes These.

Will you marry me, Mildred?

The Vera Project

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