Sponsor Update

It has been a very exciting week in fundraising. We have 3 new sponsors for our CANstruction efforts: KDI Inc, Clipper International, and S Meek Architecture! We are also $161 away from reaching our $1000 donation matching goal from The Design Partnership. We appreciate everyone's generosity and support and cannot thank you enough. Stay tuned for more updates!

This week's special thank yous!

KDI, Inc - Partnership Sponsor

Clipper International - Partnership Sponsor

S Meek Architecture - Team Sponsor

Elliot

Brian

+Other anonymous cash donations

Our first MAJOR in-kind donation.....CAN STORAGE!

We are happy to report that our landlord at 1412 Van Ness Avenue, Van Ness Avenue Partnership, has graciously agreed to lend us the garage space in our office building to store our cans and build a mock-up of our sculpture in the end of May. This in-kind donation is equivalent to a Partnership sponsorship of $750!

If all goes according to plan, our cans will be delivered to the garage before our scheduled mock-up build day on May 21, 2011, exactly one month before the competition at the Metreon.

On May 21, we plan to spend the day testing the construction methods we’ve developed to build the SFMOMA and heart art, using the allowable materials in our CANstruction rule book. We are currently seeking in-kind donations for building materials, including ¼” plywood, double-sided foam tape, double stick tape, heavy-duty wire, and nylon string. If you are interested in donating any of these items, please contact us!

Thanks again to the Van Ness Avenue Partnership. Not only will we have secure storage for our thousands of cans, but we'll also be able to test the constructability of our design, and work out any kinks before build day on June 21, 2011.

Stay tuned!

Fundraising Update #2

It has been a great fundraising week. We are working very hard to meet the donation matching goal of $1000. Thank you for your generosity and please remember to donate if you haven't already!

This week's special Thank yous!

Sudha
Anne
Kevin
Justin
Tony
Matthew
Will
Juan
+other anonymous donations

Donation Match Challenge!

Last week was our first Bake for CANstruction and we pulled quite a few donations. Thank you to everyone who donated! This week Elizabeth is making some CANstruction Candy! Sounds delicious.

In other news, John announced that The Design Partnership will match contributions by DP staff up to $1000. If every employee donates $25, we will raise $1150 + $1000 match = $2150 from DP alone. Thank you John for this generous donation match!

Fundraising Update

We've begun fundraising for CANstruction and received $187 in donations! Once a week, we will be thanking our donors individually on the blog. Also, the bakers in the firm are starting "Baking for CANstruction" We will provide a weekly sweet treat to encourage donations. Recipes can also be purchased for a $50 donation. Tomorrow's sweet treat will be Ghirardelli chocolate cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese frosting. Paypal, cash, and check are all accepted!

This week's special thank you:

Suj

Juan

Joyce

Ron

Will

+ Other Anonymous Cash Donors

Thanks for donating!