Hey Everyone-<div>I was talking to Guy about this at the last Mod Lab meeting and forgot that I hadn't sent it out to the lists yet. I know there are a lot of awesome ideas between the Mod Lab members so please don't be shy and apply.</div>
<div>Emily<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Emily Daniels</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emily.daniels@gmail.com">emily.daniels@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM<br>Subject: Micro-grants for Awesome Projects<br>To: <a href="mailto:artlist@lists.artengine.ca">artlist@lists.artengine.ca</a><br><br><br>Hello Everyone,<div><br></div><div>In case you haven't heard about the Awesome Foundation, I wanted to share with you a bit of our vision and urge you to gather some crazy ideas together and apply.</div>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">The Awesome Foundation is a network of individuals formed into chapters of 10 trustees and spread out all over the world. Each month we pool $100 of our own money together to give a no strings attached micro-grant of $1000 to a person or a team with the best idea for an innovative project. </span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="color:rgb(66, 94, 106);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;border-collapse:separate"></span>Awesome projects are not strictly defined, but tend to challenge and expand our understanding of our individual or communal potentials. They bring communities together, casting aside social inhibitions and boundaries for a moment. They spark an instant of joy and delight and inspire a long-term hope for a more awesome future. Many chapters are city-specific and try to fund projects that are within their local communities, but some will go outside of that if the project is awesome enough! </span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">In Canada there has been a chapter in Ottawa (<a href="http://awesomeottawa.ca/" target="_blank">link</a>) since May of last year, and one has just started in Toronto (<a href="http://awesometo.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">link</a>) with their first grant going toward a grantee who will turn the city into a giant number puzzle (<a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/article/944544--awesome-foundation-s-first-toronto-winner-will-turn-the-city-into-a-number-puzzle" target="_blank">link</a>). There is a Calgary and a Montreal chapter forming now too!</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">The main site of the Awesome Foundation is <a href="http://awesomefoundation.org/" target="_blank">here</a>, where all you need to apply is to describe in 500 words or less the project you want to do. I hope to see some of your awesome ideas!</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Cheers,</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Emily</span></font></div>
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<br>-- <br>Emily Daniels | <a href="http://emilydaniels.com" target="_blank">emilydaniels.com</a> | @emdaniels | <a href="http://awesomefoundation.org" target="_blank">awesomefoundation.org</a><br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Emily Daniels | <a href="http://emilydaniels.com">emilydaniels.com</a> | @emdaniels | <a href="http://awesomefoundation.org">awesomefoundation.org</a><br><br>
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