Above is an example of how well our paint works. We know that people want paint that covers well, that lasts a long time and washable. We have all of that. Ours also makes a huge impact on the environment and is made by adults with disabilities.
We need help in a few ways.
We need subscribers! We need your help to encourage people to subscribe to our channel so that YouTube will alert them when we post something new. This is a link that will automatically Subscribe to EarthPaint.org Channel
If you have a way to encourage people to subscribe without tricking them, do it.
You can make a video(s) of your own, as an influencer.
We encourage creativity and fun. We want people to want to watch our clips so they can learn about all the ways that we help. An emphasis on buying our paint from Amazon may be just what we need to continue our missions.
This was a video that we made for GivingTuesday. It is a funny spoof that got 14k hits. It took about two hours to make.
There are a lot of ways that you can use your YouTube skills to help our charity!
In 2015 we were hoping to create paying jobs for people with special needs so we started collecting unwanted latex paint. Homeowners would drop off paint and we would teach our teammates how to sort and open cans, and then pour them into 5 gallon buckets, which would be available for people to purchase. Within two weeks we had collected more paint than we could ever process with 4 people.
ReplyDeleteIn 2017 we became our own 501c3 charitable organization and we were now able to collect donations and offer community service opportunities. Oh yeah, by then we were collecting and processing 500 gallons of paint per month. So we took things to the next level.
We opened a 4000 square foot facility designed from the ground up to provide work opportunities to more people with disabilities. We now employ 10 adults with special needs, 2 job coaches and a safety manager. But there is a roadblock, all of our funding come from the paint itself, which is not enough to sustain the organization or its growth, much less the marketing of our products.