Campaign for Support | Junk to Funk

2012-01-24T17:32:30-08:00

We have a few days left on our IndieGoGo! fundraising campaign!! We'd love if you would check out our IndieGoGo campaign website to learn more about why your support is so crucial to our success. We'd also love if you would share our campaign with your friends through email, facebook and twitter. You can easily do this through the buttons on the top of of the campaign website or grab the blurbs we created for you to easily use at the bottom of this page. ... read more

A Quick Note!

2012-01-24T17:32:30-08:00

**Unlike KickStarter, IndieGoGo allows us to keep any funds we raise! So even if we don't reach our goal, every little bit helps with projects planned for 2012.

Here's a little bit of what you might want to know.......

2012-01-24T17:32:30-08:00

Trashion? In case that's not obvious, that's trash + fashion. Junk to Funk (J2F) uses Avant-garde Trashion as art for social change to get people to think differently about waste. It's not about getting people to wear trash, that would be ridiculous don't you think? We use Trashion as an artistic expression to addresses the serious impacts that our consumer culture has on global social and ecological health. We use our Trashion as the focal point in event entertainment, public installations, youth programs and soon to be launched "flashmob" style guerrilla outreach campaigns. We think the best way to inspire change is to make it beautiful, to make it cool and and to make it FUN! So let’s make the tr ... read more

Top 5 things your donation will fund in 2012

2012-01-24T17:32:30-08:00

We need to raise $1500 to complete our fundraising goals for a public installation in downtown Portland featuring garments created out of the most thrown away single use disposables products in the world; coffee cups, plastic bags and plastic beverage bottles. These products are typically used for about an hour and then thrown away, pretty wasteful and unnecessary right? Let's get rid of em! We need to raise $1000 to complete our fundraising goals to launch our interactive guerilla “flashmob” event series that will take place in populated public areas and events throughout the summer. We'll be using the same single use disposables as mentioned above but this time it will become an interactive memorab ... read more

Tell Your Friends!

2012-01-24T17:32:30-08:00

Use the blurbs below to spread the word to your friends and networks through Facebook and Twitter (or by all means, feel free to spread the word in your own words).Twitter: Help junktofunkpdx get their cash-on for their trash-fashion, campaign ends 1.31 http://www.indiegogo.com/Junk-to-Funk-Trashion-Collective?a=310300 Facebook: Help Junk to Funk get their cash-on for their trash-fashion, campaign ends 1.31. Please consider supporting this creative grouping using art for social change. Note that unlike Kickstarter, IndieGoGo allows J2F to keep all funds raised even if they fall short of their goal. http://www.indiegogo.com/Junk-to-Funk-Trashion-Collective?a=310300 ... read more

Good Vibes to Our Supporters

2012-01-24T17:32:30-08:00

Thank you to our supporters! Andrea Fretwell Gina Andrews William Lawrence Michelle Brenes Heather Schrock Richard Wasserloos Kelly Panciera Chelsea Peil Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Megan Newkirk Erin Gilbert Betty Patton Laurie Balmuth Holly Hagerman ... read more