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LIGHT BRINGER PROJECT

October, 2010 We are writing to ask for your support of Light Bringer Project and our work in the community. Over the last year, more than 1,000 underserved public school students participated in our arts and learning programs. In 2008, we brought Room 13, an international network of student-driven creative studios, to America. Since that time, each of our studios is filled to capacity with students who are making art, sharing ideas, making decisions and growing a micro-business around the arts.  We are proud to announce the launch of Room 13 at John Muir High School this fall. The L.A. Futures Academy is a career pathways program that provides a real-world application to college-bound, career-ready initiatives in public schools. Addressing the needs of young people at a critical age, the Academy is helping to cultivate tomorrow’s talent pool and providing the know-how and mentorship necessary for young people to advance toward creative fields. Light Bringer Project has been largely known for its public events and 2010 was a year of great success. The Pasadena Chalk Festival drew over one hundred thousand audience members and achieved recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest public art event of its kind. We relocated the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade to East Pasadena to support the small business community and ensure the Parade’s vitality (and non-conformity) for years to come. We believe our value in the community is significant and we need your help. Please find it within your heart to include us in your giving.  Your contribution will directly impact the many lives our efforts touch. Your donation is fully tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. Thank you for supporting us! Yours, Thomas Coston, President MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2010: Ongoing success and filled-to-capacity participation at two Room 13 studios Received a generous grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation for the establishment of a photography micro-business at Room 13/Eliot Middle School Received the support of the Flintridge Center to bring Room 13 to John Muir High School Hired Artists-in-Residence for both of our local Room 13 studios Tom Coston is nominated to serve as an international trustee of Room 13 at its annual meeting in Scotland and will begin his role in 2011 L.A. Futures Academy program is formally supported by ThinkLA, a major consortium representing leading companies in the creative industry L.A. Futures Academy student creative and marketing teams serve nonprofit clients throughout the community-an outgrowth of a two-year learning curriculum developed with schools and major creative companies Expressing Feelings Through Art, a prevention program delivered in partnership with Mental Health America, finds a permanent exhibition home at Art Center South Campus Staged the 18th Pasadena Chalk Festival at Paseo Colorado; The Festival was named the largest public art event of its kind in the world by Guinness! Successfully relocated the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade to East Pasadena; This year’s Parade was highly attended and featured more new entries than ever! Light Bringer Project begins a three-year strategic planning process for the years 2010 through 2013 to build organizational capacity We are happy to answer any of your questions or provide you with any further information you may need. Thank you. To mail in your contribution, please send it to: Attn: Patricia Hurley Managing Director Light Bringer Project P.O. Box 968 Pasadena, CA 91102 All Inquiries: Thomas Coston, President and Founder LBP@earthlink.net (626) 590.1134