Summer News 

These past few months have been very busy here at Ink to the People.  We’ve made a few changes to our site as well as a few additions to our core team.  

Let’s start with our additions … we’d like to welcome Eric Addeo and Cameron Robinson to our Ink team.  Eric is our new Chief Marketing Officer and has been focused on our overall operations, Ink to the People’s marketing, communication, and brand development.  Cameron is our new Director of Social and is developing and managing all of our social channels as well as content development, community posting, our Ink blog and newsletter.  

Here are some of the changes. Ink to the People is very proud to launch our updated branding and web design.  Please let us know what you think. Ink to the People We are also working with our development team to improve and simplify our design tool as well as add some key functionality improvements throughout the site.  We’ll update you once these changes are made over the next two months.  

Now, since you guys have been pretty busy too, we want to share what some of your fellow fundraisers have been up to the last few months.  Several hundred campaigns have been launched, but here are just a few examples from the past few months! 

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Milwaukee Mom's Blog Raised over $900 

Milwaukee Mom's Blog, a part of the City Mom’s Blog Network, raised over $900 for their woman’s mental health initiative. Their mission was this:

"1 in 7 women will experience postpartum depression or a related illness, in a disparate area like Milwaukee County, that number is likely MUCH higher.Moms Mental Health Initiative’s staff and volunteers are the boots on the ground — supporting moms and helping them find professional treatment so they can get better and their families can thrive.If you’re a mom suffering from emotional complications during pregnancy or after childbirth, you’re not alone. The mission of MMHI is to connect moms in the Greater Milwaukee area to professional resources and mom to mom support for effective recovery from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders such as postpartum depression and anxiety."

 

A huge shout out to the MKE Mom Blog for helping raise funds and bringing a little known community and issue to the forefront! 

 

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The People's Flag of Milwaukee

The new Milwaukee flag was ushered in on June 14th, 2016. The reveal took place at 88nine Radio Milwaukee. All proceeds from sales are going to the Greater Together initiative whose mission is to promotes racial and economic equity in the creative industries in the Greater Milwaukee area.

"Rated highest amongst four other finalists, as determined by the public, “Sunrise Over the Lake” will hereby fly as a symbol of potential and aspiration. 

Professional designers and facilitators engaged hundreds of students in workshops across the city. Months of social media communications invited amateurs and professionals alike to enter their flag designs. The result was over 1,000 stunning entries.

Five expert judges gathered on April 23, 2016 and narrowed down the entries to 45 semifinalists and five finalists. Following the announcement of the five finalists at City Hall on May 14, 2016, Milwaukeeans rated each on a 0–10 scale to determine the highest rated entry."

Professional designers and facilitators engaged hundreds of students in workshops across the city. Months of social media communications invited amateurs and professionals alike to enter their flag designs. The result was over 1,000 stunning entries.

Five expert judges gathered on April 23, 2016 and narrowed down the entries to 45 semifinalists and five finalists. Following the announcement of the five finalists at City Hall on May 14, 2016, Milwaukeeans rated each on a 0–10 scale to determine the highest rated entry."

With the support of the community and city council, The People's Flag of Milwaukee may soon be flying high on city hall, but in the meantime with the help on Ink to the People the MKE Flag has raised over $4,500 for the Greater Together Initiative. 

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Joel and Stefani Dunn World Changer - Rising Star Junior School

This month Joel and Stefani Dunn surpassed the $40,000 mark with ease. They are raising money for the Rising Star Junior School, located in Uganada. More on the school:

"Rising Star Junior School is located about 30 miles northwest of Kampala in Wakiso District. The school was opened in February 2012 with a student enrollment of 295 students from nursery to an equivalent of 4th grade. Currently, finishing the second year of service, Rising Star has a student enrollment of 370 students and has a teaching staff of 16. In 2013, Rising Star opened a 5th grade class to give the opportunity for the previous years 4th grade class to continue their education at the school, the school will continue to expand through secondary school to meet the needs of the students and community."

You can find out more about Joel and Stefani on their facebook page, check out World Changer while you are at it! https://www.facebook.com/joelandstefanidunn/?fref=ts

This campaign is sending good vibes in every direction, what a great benefit!

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I Speak Up for Pit Bulls

From Mid-June through Mid-July … I Speak Up for Pit Bulls ran their very successful fundraising campaign.  They raised over $800 for Pit Bull support in Montreal, surpassing their goal of $750!  Here’s more on their mission: 

"The Montreal government seeks to rid the province of all pit bulls by January 2017 and new dogs will not be allowed in. People are at risk of losing their beloved family members.We know that BSL is not the answer, responsible ownership and sensible laws are. We stand with our friends and offer our support at this sad and scary time."

There is still time to act against the Pit Bull ban. For more information, visit their site!

That’s what we got for now.  Keep us posted on what your doing and we’ll be sure to share.

Keep up the great work.

Till next time,

Team Ink