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**Join Me on an Inspiring Journey!**

Hi everyone! My name is Dre Gray, and I’m the Director of Operations and General Manager at our beloved Deaf Nonprofit-operated Cafe, Woodstock Cafe. As of midnight on December 14th, 2024, we’ve proudly reached 68% of our fundraising goal on our previous GoFundMe campaign!

But We not stopping there! My heartfelt ambition is to push that number to an incredible 300% or more. To celebrate and honor the amazing contributions from our community, I’ll be taking on a fun challenge starting now: for each percentage increase we achieve daily, I will perform that many jumping jacks!

In addition, we urgently seek support to bridge the gap between delayed grants, which cover current staff members and overhead. As a nonprofit, we do not have significant investors; our only investment is in our community, partners, and team members.

I’m inviting you all to join me in this exciting journey! Your support, whether it’s through donations or simply sharing this campaign with your friends, means the world to us. Together, we can inspire each other and make a real impact at Woodstock Cafe.

Let’s make this happen! Share the love, spread the word, and let’s see how high/how long we can jump together! Thank you for being part of this incredible community! ❤️

Maybe this will continue daily for a year; let’s find out. Jumping Jack on the panic button starts now.

#JumpingJackChallenge #SupportWoodstockCafe #CommunityStrong

The café is both an arts venue as well as a testing ground for accessible technologies, such as live speech-to-captioning hardware, which overcome language barriers between DHH staff and hearing patrons.

By expanding the café’s footprint and upgrading its infrastructure, we aim to continue to host larger events, workshops, and programs that showcase Deaf culture, bilingual communication in ASL and English, and innovative accessibility technologies.

The café showcases cutting-edge accessibility technology, such as live speech-to-captioning hardware, and serves as a platform for Deaf and disability community members to collaborate on problem-solving and innovation.