Sponsors of Awesome:
Columbia Tower Club
Awesome Seattle
Ventures
See last event's projects
Asylum is a film by a Seattle native which looks at the connection between mental illness and domestic violence. It has a compelling trailer (see it here and needs to raise about $16,000 to film.
The project is to get this local film closer to fruition: organize an event to feature one of the mini documentaries that was created through the pitch video, and get the word out to organizations & businesses within the King Co. area as a means to promote the event.
Hold an Iron Chef party that breaks even or better.
Get like a dozen folks together, organize 'em into two teams of cooks, and have 'em do a cook-off centered around a mystery ingredient of the MC's choice. Hustle and promote to sell tickets for folks to participate (including a few extra for judges) and cover the cost of ingredients and the space to do it in.
Know some one in the restaurant business who could hook you up with space on an off day? Even better!
Inspired photography to make some good happen in the world. In this project an Awesome Fest team sets up an area in a public park for the afternoon and works with a pro photographer to photograph people with their pets. For a small donation ($10-$20), people can have professional photos taken of their pets, which they can then download off of a website. Donations benefit an animal shelter in the Seattle Metro area.
The project calls for some inspired assistants to hustle for the event day of and some publicity to have this make as much happiness for park goers and good for an animal shelter happen as possible. Bonus points for talent able to rally media coverage.
To collect 100 reusable artificial limbs for 100 amputees for the Sierra Leone Disability Soccer Team. The teams are made up not only of amputees but also polio soccer players. Your Generosity Will Change A Life!
RecipeForPeaceNow is an organization taking on an audaciously large goal: to positively change our world by teaching of mediation principles and strategies.
This project is to engage a broad audience in this line of thinking by creating a montage video of varied people answering (or even wrestling with!) a simple question: What does civil discourse mean to you?
A team will need video production chops to pull this off as a compelling end result, and will need to engage a wide cross section of individuals to participate in being filmed.
Making Burien more beautiful on wall at a time. We will find building owners in Downtown Burien that have large blank outdoor walls, and will design and paint two new murals. The city of Burien has an Art Alley that has grown into a beautiful collaboration artists, like this. Part of the project will be getting paint and brushes donated for the project, approving designs, and getting the murals complete with artists and volunteers. You don't have to be an artist to be involved, but if you have an artistic background that is a plus!
Join Ventures to empower 20 families to move off of public assistance and increase their income above the federal poverty line (above $24,250/year for a family of 4) in the next 18 months.
Ventures programs are proven to help entrepreneurs with limited resources and unlimited potential improve their lives through small business ownership. With $60,000, we can equip 20 additional entrepreneurs with the training, tools and resources they require to build their businesses and change their lives. The game during Awesome Fest is to get a small team in action towards this goal with some serious strides to report at the follow up event.
Awesome Projects
We're putting together a project grab bag.
We're all of us talented and motivated folks, but coming up with an enticing 3-week project with a group of strangers in just an hour or two might still be a tall order. So there'll be a grab bag of projects for teams to choose from/be inspired by in case creating one from scratch isn't immediately obvious.
What kind of projects? Try a few of these sample ideas on for size:
Asylum Short Film
Champion: Melinda Raebyne
Asylum is a film by a Seattle native which looks at the connection between mental illness and domestic violence. It has a compelling trailer (see it here and needs to raise about $16,000 to film.The project is to get this local film closer to fruition: organize an event to feature one of the mini documentaries that was created through the pitch video, and get the word out to organizations & businesses within the King Co. area as a means to promote the event.
Iron Chef Mini Business
Hold an Iron Chef party that breaks even or better.Get like a dozen folks together, organize 'em into two teams of cooks, and have 'em do a cook-off centered around a mystery ingredient of the MC's choice. Hustle and promote to sell tickets for folks to participate (including a few extra for judges) and cover the cost of ingredients and the space to do it in.
Know some one in the restaurant business who could hook you up with space on an off day? Even better!
Pups in the Park
Inspired photography to make some good happen in the world. In this project an Awesome Fest team sets up an area in a public park for the afternoon and works with a pro photographer to photograph people with their pets. For a small donation ($10-$20), people can have professional photos taken of their pets, which they can then download off of a website. Donations benefit an animal shelter in the Seattle Metro area.The project calls for some inspired assistants to hustle for the event day of and some publicity to have this make as much happiness for park goers and good for an animal shelter happen as possible. Bonus points for talent able to rally media coverage.
Limbs for Sierra Leone
Champion: Richard Toms
To collect 100 reusable artificial limbs for 100 amputees for the Sierra Leone Disability Soccer Team. The teams are made up not only of amputees but also polio soccer players. Your Generosity Will Change A Life!Defining Civil Discourse
Champion: Sue Beller
RecipeForPeaceNow is an organization taking on an audaciously large goal: to positively change our world by teaching of mediation principles and strategies.This project is to engage a broad audience in this line of thinking by creating a montage video of varied people answering (or even wrestling with!) a simple question: What does civil discourse mean to you?
A team will need video production chops to pull this off as a compelling end result, and will need to engage a wide cross section of individuals to participate in being filmed.
Mural Competition
Champion: Eliav Cohen
Making Burien more beautiful on wall at a time. We will find building owners in Downtown Burien that have large blank outdoor walls, and will design and paint two new murals. The city of Burien has an Art Alley that has grown into a beautiful collaboration artists, like this. Part of the project will be getting paint and brushes donated for the project, approving designs, and getting the murals complete with artists and volunteers. You don't have to be an artist to be involved, but if you have an artistic background that is a plus!Building Businesses and Changing Lives
Champion: Anjali Englund
Join Ventures to empower 20 families to move off of public assistance and increase their income above the federal poverty line (above $24,250/year for a family of 4) in the next 18 months.Ventures programs are proven to help entrepreneurs with limited resources and unlimited potential improve their lives through small business ownership. With $60,000, we can equip 20 additional entrepreneurs with the training, tools and resources they require to build their businesses and change their lives. The game during Awesome Fest is to get a small team in action towards this goal with some serious strides to report at the follow up event.
Tiny House Village
Champion: Mercedes Elizalde