Craft-In at The Craft Factory:
It’s Fundraiser Time!
As part of our initiative to work closer with our local schools and other community-focused organizations, The Craft Factory has developed a fundraising opportunity. Read on to find out more:
How does it work?
Each month, The Craft Factory will feature a local school or non-profit organization as our Craft-In Fundraising Partner of the Month. The organization helps to advertise the event to their community and all of their various community partners. People then come to The Craft Factory during our regular weekly drop-in hours and make at least one craft. For every $12 craft someone makes in support of that organization, The Craft Factory will donate $2. What could be more fun? People get to craft and raise money for a worthy cause. Win-win!
How to participate:
Give us a call [(503) 577-4310] or send us an email [craftfactorypdx@gmail.com]! We’re looking for new organizations to partner with. Once we’ve decided on the month of our Craft-In with you, we will send you:
- A PDF black & white flyer for you to print and put on the doors of the school, community center, organization, and wherever else you think would be good for it to go
- A full-color social media image for you to use on Facebook, Twitter, in a newsletter, in an email, or any other digital space where you can advertise this event
- The Craft-In logo in color and black & white, as well as The Craft Factory logo, in case you would like to create your own marketing materials
- A PDF of a half-page color flyer that can be printed out for people to take
Then we both promote! Your organization will be advertised in two newsletters over the course of the month (which has over 1800 readers), on our Facebook page throughout the month, on our Twitter account throughout the month, and on our website. We ask that you use the materials we sent you to promote via your own networks, and then we share each others’ promotions.
Remember: The more this is promoted, the more people will craft in support of your organization, which will raise the donation amount you receive!
Upcoming Organizations
May 2016: Orenco Elementary School
About: Orenco Elementary School is a K-6 public school located in Hillsboro, Oregon. “The Orenco School staff is dedicated to creating an environment in which each student experiences success in learning and positive self esteem.”
Previous Organizations
Summer 2015: Oregon Humane Society! 
May 2015: Ainsworth Elementary School
About: Ainsworth “is a Kindergarten through 5th grade school located in the southwest hills of Portland, Oregon.”
April 2015: Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School
About: Le Monde “educate[s] children in a French immersion environment that honors the best international academic traditions and develops students who are inquisitive, reflective, communicative, and caring.”
March 2015: Maplewood School
About: Maplewood is a public school in SW Portland, serving children in grades Kindergarten through fifth, “offering rich activities through their half-time Media Specialist, half-time Music Teacher, half-time P.E. Teacher, and half-time Computer Teacher.”
February 2015: Markham School
About: Markham is a public school in SW Portland, named after the American poet, Edwin Markham, and serving children in grades Kindergarten through fifth.
January 2015: Hayhurst School
About: “Hayhurst School, located in Southwest Portland, is the home of two schools at one site. The Hayhurst Neighborhood School is for kids Kindergarten through fifth grade. The Odyssey Program is a focus option program for grades Kindergarten through eighth grade.”
December 2014: Capitol Hill Elementary School
About: Capitol Hill is a public elementary school, serving grades K-5 in the SW Portland-area.
November 2014: Portland Jewish Academy
About: PJA is an independent pre-school through 8th grade school, providing an extraordinary Jewish and secular education.
