Why Me, Mama?
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"Why me, Mama?" A children's book about the disability experience
Backers: 214
Average Pledge Per Backer: $108
Funded: $23,012 of $6,000
Dates: Dec 14th -> Jan 24th (42 days)
Project By: Katie, Arden & Rose Lockwood
Backers: 214
Average Pledge Per Backer: $108
Funded: $23,012 of $6,000
Dates: Dec 14th -> Jan 24th (42 days)
Project By: Katie, Arden & Rose Lockwood
$23,012
current pledge level
Last Updated: January 25 @ 00:01 -0500 GMT
383%
of goal
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
Latest News
Happy Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day! Only 10 hours left for the Kickstarter Campaign!!! 
January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is a glimpse of most of the characters in the story: Rafael our labradoodle with a G-Tube "All the Animals" We are still waiting on a few more illustrations but so close! Daisy who used a wheelchair - illustration coming soon! Finn - our Frog... (Read More)
Thank you all so much!
January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
I am so grateful for each and everyone of you for your support, contributions, care for our family and for all of the families with children with differences! Together, we have raised the funds to create a beautiful, hardcover children's book. From... (Read More)
Only 1 week left for our campaign
January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Only 10 Days left for the Kickstarter!
January 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Character Spotlight - Reese Reese, our spunky duck with strabismus Updates: *Our project will be featured in the Sandwich, Falmouth, Mashpee, and Bourne Enterprise in the Entertainment sections on January 21st! *I have created a website for the... (Read More)
We achieved our 18k mini goal!
January 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to the Munsells, Paula Linnea Glad, Dr. Uluer, Kathy Raymond, Kat, Coreen Brinkerhoff, Jonathan Hill, Becky Foxhoven, Eliza Moody, Rosamaria Carlozzi, June Campbell, George Caravella, Matt Souza, Kten, Dr. Zera, and Sam Wilson for your... (Read More)
Happy New Year! The project is going to be featured on a local radio station tomorrow!
January 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
The piece will air tomorrow at 8:20 and Wed at 6:20. 99.9 the Q. We have reached our next mini goal and once we have the final illustration for the cover we can add foil, embossing, or de bossing to make it fancy! Woot Woot! Our next big goal is to... (Read More)
Updates to the Project's Budget
December 28th - via: kickstarter.com
The Project's Budget -The original Kickstarter goal was $6000. Since Kickstarter is an all or nothing platform - this amount would cover the original cost (without the upgrades) to print 2,000 copies of the book - plenty for the Kickstarter pledges... (Read More)
Happy Holidays - Some Updates!
December 26th - via: kickstarter.com
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!!! We have now met our $15,000 mini goal and every pledge will receive a die cut sticker pack of the animals from the story! If your pledge level was already going to get stickers, you now will receive an... (Read More)
Just wanted to share - last chance for character collaborations!
December 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Just wanted to share that the opportunity to have someone represented in the book will be closed on xmas eve at 5pm in order for the illustrator to finalize the characters and move on to sketches of the overall book. If you have any questions about... (Read More)
Thank you!!!
December 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you Megan Gladden, Ann Newton, Fiona Jenson, Thomas, Jamie Robertson, Troy H, Emily Schoolmeesters, Brandon Leitheiser, Daan, Kathryn Borba, Jessica Olson, & Maireed Leong for all of your generous donations!!! & A big shout out to the... (Read More)
Stretching in the morning is good for you!
December 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Love, Katie (Read More)
Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!
December 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you so much for your support - because of you we are going to be able to do amazing things! Woot Woot! We met our $9,250 mini goal - we will be able to upgrade the paper quality in the book to best suit the illustrators soft, flowy style We met... (Read More)
Whats Next? Lets Stretch!
December 17th - via: kickstarter.com
It has been an amazing first few days of this Kickstarter Campaign! Thanks to the support of all of you we have now raised over $8,500 - covering the estimated printing and illustration costs!!! So whats next? Now, as our campaign grows - we have the... (Read More)
Amazing things have been happening over the last three days!
December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
*We have met our initial funding goal of $6,000 *We have met our first mini goal of $7,250 and everyone who pledges at any level will get a sticker as part of their package *We JUST MET our mini goal of $8,500 and now the estimated costs for the... (Read More)
We already hit our next mini goal of $7250 and only $345 from our next goal of $8500!!!
December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! Just overnight we went past our mini goal of $7250 So you get a sticker & you get a sticker Everyone who pledges gets a sticker! We are only $345 from our next goal of $8500 which would mean that the estimated costs for illustration would be... (Read More)
We met our initial funding goal of $6,000!!!
December 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so much for your support to make this project come to life! In less than 48 hours, due to your pledges and support, we have met our initial funding goal of $6,000! Since Kickstarter is an all or nothing platform, there was a lot of... (Read More)
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