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Sage Goes to Vermont!

Help 16-year-old Sage go to a magical camp and receive photography, writing, and web design in return!

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Sage Goes to Vermont!

Sage Goes to Vermont!

Sage Goes to Vermont!

Sage Goes to Vermont!

Sage Goes to Vermont!

Help 16-year-old Sage go to a magical camp and receive photography, writing, and web design in return!

Help 16-year-old Sage go to a magical camp and receive photography, writing, and web design in return!

Help 16-year-old Sage go to a magical camp and receive photography, writing, and web design in return!

Help 16-year-old Sage go to a magical camp and receive photography, writing, and web design in return!

Sage Shaw
Sage Shaw
Sage Shaw
Sage Shaw
1 Campaign |
Olympia, United States
$1,856 USD 65 backers
101% of $1,825 Fixed Goal Fixed Goal
Choose your Perk

Thank-you e-mail

$5 USD
9 claimed

Funny cat photo!

$10 USD
16 claimed

Photo postcard

$20 USD
Est. Shipping
October 2012
15 claimed

Exclusive excerpts

$50 USD
6 claimed

Blog design

$150 USD
Est. Shipping
October 2012
1 claimed

Custom-made story

$300 USD
Est. Shipping
October 2012
1 out of 2 of claimed

My Story

Hi, I’m Sage.  I’m a 16 year old unschooler raising money to go to one of the most magical and life changing places in the world: a summer camp called Not Back To School Camp.

Not Back to School Camp (NBTSC) is one of the only places where I can be “me” without harsh judgment. It’s the first place where I made close friends as a teenager. Camp is more than a place to just hang out: it’s one huge, awesome family that helps me grow into the person I want to be.

Paying for another session of NBTSC is really difficult for my family right now because our house burned down this summer due to a kitchen fire.  If I go to camp, I will literally be taking all of my clothes with me in my suitcase.

The $1825 I’m raising will pay for a plane ticket to Not Back to School Camp in Vermont ($400), camp tuition ($1200), IndieGoGo fees ($125), and money for the travel days before and after camp ($100).

This is an all-or-nothing campaign! If I don’t reach my goal, then your donation will be refunded and I won’t go to camp. Then I’ll go back to eating hot pockets and watching Ugly Betty all alone.

What You Get

I brainstormed all the talents that I have to offer in exchange for your donation, and here’s what they are:

Photography

At NBTSC, I borrowed a friend’s digital SLR camera and snapped a few photos that looked really good.  Now I’d really passionate to learn more about photography. I had never picked up a camera before because it was my older sister’s “thing” but now I realize that it’s my thing too. NBTSC is the type of place where these kind of dreams flower and bloom.

At NBTSC Vermont I’ll be shooting a ton of nature photos (the scenery is beautiful in central Vermont), and I’ll be offering these as perks.

Writing

I’m starting an intensive fiction writing project soon (following the National Novel-Writing Month challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days). I’ll be writing a fantasy novel. During this project I will select the absolute best excerpts from my writing and send them to my donors.

Blog Creation

I’ve created a Wordpress, Blogspot, and Tumblr account before, and I can help you set up your own account on one of these services if you’d like to start blogging.

Cat Photos

I'm really good at finding funny cat photos online. I'll make you laugh.

FYI, you may donate any amount of money to my campaign without selecting a perk.

Thank You!

Thank you for anything you can do to help get me to camp. If you’re not able to donate, I’d love for you to share the link  to this campaign with any online groups, friends, family, or unschoolers who might support me.

-Sage, age 16

 

[This campaign authored with the help of Blake Boles]

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