Giving Tuesday & Mural Painting Success!
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Dear Friends,
What a fun time at Leisha's Bakeria this evening celebrating International Day of People with Disabilities! Once the paint dries, we will be sending out and sharing a digital compilation of our collective work of art! Many thanks again to our partner Ablethrive and event sponsors B:Hive Coworking, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Leisha's Bakeria for a great event! Participants enjoyed baked goods and hot drinks while collaborating on pieces of a watercolor mural that illustrated quotes taken from the 70+ peer mentor interviews we have filmed thus far. If you couldn't make it to the event, you are welcome to e-mail me something to digitally add to the mural, whether it be a drawing, painting, or poem. Message back and let me know!
Today was also Giving Tuesday, and as of 8:32 pm ET we only need $100 more tho reach our goal of $500 for today -- out of the $22,500 needed to publish YouTube interviews of 200 peer mentors with spinal cord injuries by the end of 2020 to connect newly-injured patients to local peer support around the world. Thank you to all who have shared and donated so far!
Check out our Facebook Fundraiser here, which ends at midnight tonight!
https://www.facebook.com/donate/2393388954310258/2393388970976923/
Publishing these short stories across our growing social media channels, we expect to reach an online global viewership of over 3,000 YouTube subscribers, 500,000 views and respond to hundreds of requests for community connections and information. And the real-world impact? Take a look at one public comment on our interview of C2/3 complete quadriplegic and history buff Jonathan Hobbs from Massachusetts.
"I just subscribed. Im a c5 incomplete quad of 24 years. I did really good for 10-15 but after that chronic pain got me down mentally and physically which triggered depression. I went to college and pushing up huge ramps with 45 lbs of books destroyed my shoulders. I got my associates degree in computer programming but after several years of trying nobody wld hire me and that made depression worse. But you've inspired me to get off my ass and try to find something else to live for. Keep up the good work."
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Cheers!
- Jonathan Sigworth
Co-CEO & President
203-907-5909
jsigworth@morethanwalking.com
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