Nothing comes easy. Over ten years of designing, developing, meetings, and presentations, we were able to gain a letter of support for the "Active Teen Project" which is now the CAN Project. The project has been revered as a project of need and a resource that would not only benefit individual communities but also states and the nation. The challenge has always been developing the funding.
Fund raising is not where I excel. I have devoted my time instead to creating a solution to a national need and believed the funding would just come because so many people see the need for such a resource. Well, 20 years has taught me that is not the case. So we find ourselves today with a past letter of support—and a great idea that needs funding to implement.
The difference today is that the CAN Project focus must be on raising the funds needed in 2016 to create and develop the project in 2017. All materials and focus are on strengthening skills at fundraising, partnering, and networking to make this project financially self-sustaining for years to come. We are not looking at design and development of the project itself until funds are raised. So why this letter?
It took ten years of networking and development to get to this letter. It took a lot of failures and setbacks to develop the program we have today. This letter is a symbol of the need for the CAN Project as seen from a state level and a reminder of the 20 years of effort that has created the project we are looking to implement today. The project is needed and can make a difference. Christine Gregoire may not be Washington States current governor, and 2008 was eight years ago; there still is no resource, yet the need is even greater.
Fund raising is not where I excel. I have devoted my time instead to creating a solution to a national need and believed the funding would just come because so many people see the need for such a resource. Well, 20 years has taught me that is not the case. So we find ourselves today with a past letter of support—and a great idea that needs funding to implement.
The difference today is that the CAN Project focus must be on raising the funds needed in 2016 to create and develop the project in 2017. All materials and focus are on strengthening skills at fundraising, partnering, and networking to make this project financially self-sustaining for years to come. We are not looking at design and development of the project itself until funds are raised. So why this letter?
It took ten years of networking and development to get to this letter. It took a lot of failures and setbacks to develop the program we have today. This letter is a symbol of the need for the CAN Project as seen from a state level and a reminder of the 20 years of effort that has created the project we are looking to implement today. The project is needed and can make a difference. Christine Gregoire may not be Washington States current governor, and 2008 was eight years ago; there still is no resource, yet the need is even greater.
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