Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing highlights local crowdsourcing campaigns.

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Joe Baldino: The Production of The Flow

indiegogo.com/projects/joe-baldino-theproduction-of-the-flow

Mid-Michigan native and smooth jazz artist Joe Baldino is raising funds to support the production of his new CD, entitled “The Flow.” After cancer took his sister’s life at an early age, Baldino moved to California to pursue his dream of a career in music. He has set an ambitious goal of $56,000, which will go toward studio time, hiring musicians and engineers and other expenses necessary to produce and release an album. The campaign is set up as flexible funding, meaning that Baldino will receive all funds raised even if the goal is not met by April 25. On his Indiegogo campaign page, Baldino leaves the following message for his supporters: “With your help, you will be contributing to not just a dream come true for me, but knowing you are an important and key part of this gift that has been laid in my heart and the sharing of this music that has touched you with the rest of the world.”

Support Abundance at the Avenue

indiegogo.com/projects/support-abundance-at-the-avenue

The Avenue Cafe has joined with HerBlends of Plenty to rally support for “Abundance at The Avenue,” a campaign to start a tea house and community-supported kitchen. Later this month, HerBlends of Plenty will take over managing the Avenue’s kitchen, serving farm-to-table food options with a mission “to nurture community and connection with nature's plenty.” Members can sign up for several weeks of locally produced food that can be taken out, delivered or eaten at the Avenue. The tea house and herbal tea production will come last, including an extension of the Avenue’s hours of operation. The campaign, which has a flexible funding goal of $16,000, ends April 30.

Fouled Out: The Story of Curtis Jones

indiegogo.com/projects/fouled-out-the-story-of-curtis-jones

The Michigan Association of Public School Academies is producing a documentary by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Buddy Moorehouse about the life of Curtis Jones. The campaign page describes Jones as “the greatest basketball player ever to come out of Detroit (and) a guy you’ve never heard of.” “Fouled Out” hopes to highlight the struggles of adults who are illiterate by showing the tragic impact illiteracy had on Jones’ life. The group is using a flexible funding campaign on Indiegogo to fund production, post-production and distribution of the documentary, with a goal of raising $15,000 by May 10. “The main idea behind this project is to promote the importance of literacy among students in a creative and captivating way,” Moorehouse said. “He had it all — except the one thing he needed to succeed in life. Curtis Jones couldn’t read. We need to get that message out to every student in the state and as many as we can around the country.”

— ARIEL ROGERS

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