Today is the last day to vote in the Forever Saint Paul Challenge. $1 Million of Republican money is going to be awarded to the winning idea. 946 ideas were submitted and one I submitted is now one of the finalists! Please take a moment and vote for the Center for Creative Arts! It will be a really cool youth art/maker space combined with a youth social/civic entrepreneurship incubator. The money for the contest is left over from seed money given to attract the Republican National Convention to Saint Paul. Now the Saint Paul Foundation is going to make a grant to the winning idea. Help me win for youth opportunity!
Help win $1 Million for kids!
A proposal I submitted is one of three finalists in the Forever Saint Paul Challenge, an idea competition sponsored by The Saint Paul Foundation, and the winning idea will be chosen by popular vote. I am writing to ask for your support. You can vote online or by text message, and you can also vote at the State Fair at a booth of the Saint Paul Foundation. The voting ends September 2, at 9pm central, so please vote NOW! A three minute video about my proposal can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/...
Please watch the video and vote! Spread the word! Share widely!
Text CENTER to 228466 to vote for the Center for Creative Arts*
Saint Paul Center for Creative Arts
by Jack Ray, Minneapolis
Investing in Saint Paul's youth is the idea behind the Center for Creative Arts. Part dream factory and part skills building, the Center is Jack's idea to establish a vibrant learning space for young people to learn and practice various disciplines in a hands-on and cooperative way. Activities would range from pottery to boatbuilding to robotics to video production - topped off with a program that grows young entrepreneurs by teaching them how to problem-solve through design thinking and puts their skills and youthful enthusiasm to work in the community. Open to the public, the Center also would invigorate an appreciation of arts and crafts for Minnesotans of all ages. It's a million-dollar idea for Saint Paul to become a hub of young talent making a difference in the world.
Text CENTER to 228466 to vote for the Center for Creative Arts*
Anyone in MN or from MN may vote
Thanks,
Jack Ray