A different typeface for our countdown (we have thousands!) ,but the same message: Please donate! There are four days left to give to the Depot via Colorado Gives between today (Sat., Dec. 2) and Colorado Gives Day (Tues., Dec. 5). Of course, you can donate anytime (yes!), but this campaign gives us incentive funds based on the money we receive. This year the funds go towards getting heat into the building.
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If you give from now until December 5 via Colorado Gives, we get extra incentive $$. And you don’t have to live in Colorado!
Your donations have helped so much in getting the Depot to this point. Now all your donations this month (and through Colorado Gives) will go towards getting us heat! And remember
Your donation to Colorado Gives now through December 5 will be put toward bringing heat to the Depot. Without heat, we are stopped in our tracks. We have bids for a sustainable heat pump system, but need to raise funds to pay for it.
We have been keeping busy around town - printing at MileHiCon and at Creative Mornings. And our contractors have started putting the historic beadboard into one of the Depot bathrooms
But with your help, there’s much more to be done. Please give via Colorado Gives now through December 5. Or via our website. Or mail us a check to Box 798, Englewood CO 80151. . Or call 720-480-5358 for other ways to give. You don’t have to live in Colorado to donate. Anyway you give will warm our hearts (and all other body parts).
WE APPRECIATE YOU!
Getting ready for Colorado Gives Day November 1-December 5 (more on that later), but still busy times at the Depot and around town!
Science fiction and fantasy were the theme for MileHiCon this past weekend, and Letterpress Depot printers Marc Silberman, Bryan Dahlberg, Ian Van Mater and Dave Laskowski II were there, designing bookmarks for attendees. (Thanks Bryan for the pix)
Our Depot also was busy getting some repairs to its rotted out parts.
Donations to Colorado Gives keeps us - and our contractors! - going. This year, donations will help us get heat in the building (brrr). So think of us when you start seeing Colorado Gives promotions. We'll be back here November 1 with more details. THANK YOU!
It’s Colorado Gives time through December 6. All your donations will go towards helping get the Depot in shape and to be able to print even more. If you give during this fundraiser, extra $$ comes our way. Here are some images of people enjoying our presses in the wild, from Englewood to Castle Rock!
Click on either image or go to https://www.coloradogives.org/letterpressdepot
Thank you!
of Colorado Gives Day, so with apologies…one more. Please go to https://www.coloradogives.org/letterpressdepot and give. The more we receive from donations, the more we get from the incentive fund. Every dollar and every donation helps.
It’s easy as pie
And speaking of pie, if you give to the Depot via Colorado Gives Day, we get a piece of the incentive pie they give on December 7.
Give today and (importantly) click on the green SCHEDULE GIVES DAY button so it counts on December 7. Or wait and give on December 7. Either way, the money will be put to good use. We have started rehabilitation on the Depot’s main room. But thanks to the rising cost of materials, expenses are higher than anticipated.
The more we raise now, the more we can do to fix up this 1915 railroad depot we like to call home.
If you already have registered at Coloradogives.org (it’s free), go to https://www.coloradogives.org/letterpressdepot and give what you can. And click on the Schedule for Gives Day green button. You do not have to live in Colorado. And if you have already given….
You can schedule now for a donation to take place on December 7 or just go to www.coloradogives.org/letterpressdepot on that date and give what you can to make a difference at the Depot. Remember to click the green button that says Schedule for Gives Day if you give earlier so that the donation will be matched. Meanwhile….
The contractor’s team has begun work rehabilitating the main room of the Depot, thanks to a 2020 grant from the State Historical Fund and funds raised during last year’s Colorado Gives Day. This year’s Gives Day is just as critical to help us get closer to occupancy, so we can move forward with workshops, demonstrations and events. We know there are a lot of demands on your wallet, but please be as generous as you can.
We have been busy sprucing up the Depot and equipment as we have been waiting out the pandemic. And now we are getting ready for Colorado Gives Day on December 7, our largest fundraising effort of the year. More info on that in my post next week.
The Depot lower level is filling up with (literally) tons of equipment (and parts)
And more are being rescued from basements
The upper level has been cleared and awaits the touch of our contractor in November. Thanks to a grant from the State Historical fund, we will have help getting the plaster fixed, bathrooms rehabbed and utilities roughed in. We are grateful for donations to help in this effort –and to match other grants we are applying for.
Meanwhile…Bryan printed a quote from Dickens on the Washington hand press and Tom and Marc Silberman printed a tiny book in Yiddish and English on a 3x5 Kelsey press. After taking lessons from Marc, Matt printed a poem on the sweet Curtis and Mitchell Columbian tabletop press. and Marc tied type.
Outside, Tom and Kirk took down the old chipboard Santa Fe signs, Alissandra painted new ones and then Bryan reinstalled them.
Tom also laid bricks to create paths around the building. The city is planting a pollinator/prairie meadow garden and we let them extend it onto our property. Trust us, it will look better when the seeds come up in the spring. Stay tuned for more to come! And stay in touch: englewooddepot@gmail.com 720-480-5358.
A year-end pledge of $2,000 is helping us kick off a continuing campaign for construction in 2020. Give through this website or ColoradoGives.org/letterpressdepot.
The Depot was featured three times on Channel 7 news, as part of its promotion of Colorado Gives Day.
We had a very productive December. We engaged with our old and new supporters through Colorado Gives Day, through two funding page campaigns on Facebook, and directly by mail and our website.
THANK YOU!
We met our initial goal to raise our share needed for a grant awarded by the Colorado State Historical Fund for construction documents (architectural and engineering drawings) for the depot. $5,860.33 donated by sixty-seven members of our community (plus a Colorado Gives incentive donation from Community First Foundation) will carry us into the new year. Once we get the architectural documents finished, then it will be the moment for heat! lights! plumbing! and rehabilitation of the interior. A big moment indeed.
Happy New Year.
Come celebrate 2020 with your suggestions, talents, volunteer efforts, donations.
Recurring monthly or annual donations can be scheduled any time at ColoradoGives.org. One-time contributions are also welcome there or on our website or by direct mail to the Letterpress Depot, PO Box 798, Englewood CO 80151. We are a 501 (c)3 nonprofit community resource.
For the first time, Letterpress Depot is part of Colorado Gives Day. That brought Channel 7/KMGH to the Depot to cover us as part of their story on the annual fundraising event. Special Programs Producer Kevin Krug interviewed Tom Parson and got to see some of the presses in action. It may air on December 3, which is Giving Tuesday, as a reminder to viewers that Colorado Gives is upcoming on December 10. Of course, you don’t have to wait until December 10, or even December 3, to give to the Depot! You can pre-schedule a donation for the Depot at ColoradoGives or give through this website on our Marketplace page.
We are excited for the first time to be part of Colorado Gives Day!
Support us early!
Schedule your donations to process on Colorado Gives Day, December 10…