[NEohioPAL] new Eden Valley project about Emma Gatewood

[Bette Lou Higgins]

Eden Valley is working on a new project about Ohioan Emma "Grandma" Gatewood who was the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail when she was 67 years old in 1955!  Our Grandma Gatewood storytelling program premiered to a sold-out house on November 1 and now we are moving ahead to raise money to create a documentary about Emma to tell her story in more complete detail and there is a special campaign on Kickstarter to help with this.  We have until January 19 to raise $3500 in seed money for the project. No money will be collected unless we meet the $3,500 goal. We have collected more than 15% of our goal in less than a week!

You can find complete information about this project at: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2100362239/meet-emma-gatewood-the-appalachian-trails-legendar   (copy and paste this address into your browser if clicking on it does not take you right there)
 		
Please take a moment to read about this project and consider donating to the cause – any donation is gratefully accepted and you can pledge as little as $1!  No money will be collected unless we successfully meet our goal of $3,500 by January 19, 2012.   Even if you can't contribute at this time, please pass this message along to your friends with a request for their support.

Donations can also be made directly to Eden Valley (regardless of whether or not we meet the Kickstarter goal) by visiting our project page at  http://www.edenvalleyenterprises.org/progdesc/gatewood/gtwdinf.htm and downloading the form to mail a check or use the "donate button" to make a payment through PayPal.  As a not-for-profit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, all donations to Eden Valley are tax deductible.

Thank you for helping to spreading the word about this project.

Bette Lou Higgins
Artistic Director
Eden Valley Enterprises
www.edenvalleyenterprises.org