Pike County Skaters is a group of youths (and adults who support them) working to raise funds for a municipal skateboard park in our rural Illinois community. Our organization grew from 13 youths in a living room to 90 members of the youth community in two years! To accompany this growth, we have procured nearly $15,000 towards our project.
Getting information out to the community was a challenge when we first started. Pike County’s population of 17,000 is widespread over nearly 850 square miles. Today’s youth don’t read the paper or listen to the local radio station, but they do use the Internet. Before we discovered Grassroots.org, we struggled to communicate with our youth, parents, and other members of the community.
Using the Grassroots.org Toolbox, we were able to create our site with the Doodlekit Web Builder. Having a site makes it easy to find us on the web. Our site includes activity details for members and background information for community members and potential funders. The Toolbox was super easy to use and our site looks great!
Beyond delivering information, the site builder also allows our organization to post downloadable forms on the site, which allows members in outlying communities to print and post flyers in their areas. Skaters and others can print order forms for our products in the community which helps us with fundraising!
Our budget would not have allowed for the typical expenses associated with a website. Grassroots.org has made our website possible by facilitating communication with members and our community, which adds credibility to our grant applications and funding requests.
-Michele Wester
Pike County Skaters
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