Today Rhododendron Crafts was honored to be a part of a new Grand Rapids tradition: GR Sunday Soup at the DAAC. There were four entries: us, Can’t Pocket this Love (a great zine & cd project), the Quick Library (a creative effort to learn collaboratively), and Nibs and Noms (a zine, food blog, and so much more that I can’t even comprehend). It was $5 to attend the event, eat, and vote. First, we all ate tasty soup. Then, each entry got a few minutes to talk about their project. We all voted. The votes were tallied and the winner announced: Rhododendron Crafts! The winning proposal got the sum of everyone’s $5 entry fee. Since there were 40 participants, we got $200!
We are already trying to get creative about how we will spend the money (did someone say “revolving loan fund?”), and gearing up for our next sale (in April, location TBA). Keep updated either here or on our facebook page for more information forthcoming. If anyone has an idea for a great sale location, let us know, we are open to suggestions and collaboration. Here is a photo of us all eating soup (courtesy of the DAAC):
Not only was money pooled for a good cause, but valuable connections were made. Sunday Soup is going to be a great initiative well into Grand Rapids’ future if we all keep supporting it, so I encourage you all to mark your calendars for Sunday Soup #2 on April 25th, there are sure to be even more great proposals to choose from!
