Written by ChatGPT, Prompt/Edit by Carrie
At SteamHead, we exist solely on the generous donations of time and resources. In 2020, we were faced with the challenge of finding ways to continue providing meaningful educational resources and support. We were fortunate to receive two critical donations that helped carry us out through the pandemic and is still impactful today.
The first donation, a safe and reliable truck from media production professional Josh Smith-White. Josh understood the importance of being able to transport equipment. This donation allowed us to deliver materials and supplies to families, including electronics donated from Shenzhen, China. The supplies made their way to educational makerspaces in the U.S. and Canada, ensuring that teachers had access to the resources they needed to continue learning for their students. In a time where public delivery services were particularly challenging and certain supplies scarce, this donation created a big impact.
The show must go on! Powered up with tech supplies, Hollinger K-8 School and Drachman Montessori in Tucson, Arizona were able to prototype projects with the delivered materials and were able to host their annual MakeFashion Edu exhibition virtually! You can find their annual fashion tech book on their pieces and stories here.
The second donation was a cash donation from Shawn Lange of L2F Inc. and BrewGrit. This was our first-ever acceptance of cash as a donation. Shawn, as a father of three and an engineer, understands the importance of providing students with uninterrupted access to materials and experts. This donation ensured the continuation of a course for approximately 150 students when our team members could not be there in person due to travel restrictions. The donation provided a grant for a dedicated local teacher to collaborate with us, and the class was able to continue through the pandemic. This course built upon past work such as this maker education workshop for migrant children.
On behalf of the beneficiaries of their donations, we are incredibly grateful to Josh and Shawn for their support. We appreciate their belief in the power of communities coming together to support one another.