[nabs-l] Crowd funding sites

[Jorge Paez]

I am not familiar with the site you mentioned in particular.
However, I will warn you that a lot of these sites do not accept funds
for educational purposes, as its mandatory for those who donate to
obtain some kind of reward.
Unless of course, you have included some kind of reward?
If you have please let me know, because I'd be interested in knowing
what you'd use in that type of sonnario.

Jorge



On 11/16/14, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Can you send me what you wrote??
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
> via nabs-l
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 11:32 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Crowd funding sites
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone here ever used crowd funding sites to gain funds for educational
> endeavors?  If so, how successful were you in this?  Did you mention your
> blindness on the site, or avoid it when describing why you would benefit
> from receiving these funds?
>
> I am trying to use youcaring.com to raise funds for a study abroad trip
> this
> summer.  I did mention my blindness, however I only did as a means of
> sharing my story and how it really goes full-circle.  I was also very
> careful to portray blindness and disability in general in a positive way.
> At least in my mind, it is important for people to know that I am blind,
> because it is a huge part of why I want to work with kids who have
> disabilities in the future.  I especiallywant to do this in music therapy,
> because I had a positive experience with a music therapist who was blind.
> She has acted as a role model for my parents and I since I was really
> little, and now is advising my professors and I on best practices for
> accommodating in my program.
>
> If anyone has used these sites successfully before, I'd appreciate feedback
> on my site.  Any suggestions I could use to potentially make it better
> would
> be appreciated.  The link is:
>
> http://www.youcaring.com/other/music-therapy-student-to-enrich-jamaican-live
> s-this-summer/264447
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Kaiti
>
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Jorge

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