Dear Fellow Paperfolders,
The OrigamiUSA Fundraising Committee is excited to announce a new
initiative, "Project Connect," that is focused on facilitating more
connections among our members. We know that many of you live far from
any convention site, cannot attend a convention, and/or do not have a
local Community Origami Group. For this reason we are having our first
fundraiser for online classes that will be interactive, real time, and
will connect paperfolders anywhere with a teacher who can also be anywhere.
With your support, the first Project Connect real-time, interactive
online class will occur in Fall 2015, so keep an eye out for details in
late summer.
In the future, we hope to expand the range of activities of Project
Connect to include events like "Virtual Convention." You just received
an email from Jan Polish with details of an exciting opportunity to
experience several 2015 OrigamiUSA Convention events remotely. We
encourage you to take advantage of these "convention comes to you"
events!! With Project Connect we can collaborate with our membership to
offer more of these opportunities in the future.
A Project Connect fundraiser will take place at this year's convention.
If you are attending, look for our table in the Hospitality room, and
please consider donating. We will appreciate any amount no matter how
small. Even if you cannot donate, please come and talk with us ---
there are many other ways to support Project Connect, which we would be
happy to describe to you.
If you are not coming to convention you can still donate to Project
Connect by clicking on the "Donate" link on the OrigamiUSA home page.
When you donate, please specify "Project Connect" in the Comment Box.
And you can also connect with us to ask questions, tell us your ideas,
and volunteer to participate at: <fundrais...@origamiusa.org>.
Looking forward to connecting with you!
Sincerely,
Char Morrow
Patty Grodner
OrigamiUSA Fundraising Committee Co-Chairs
