Alt White House Easter Egg 2019
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UPDATE: The 2020 White House Easter Egg Roll is canceled due to COVID 19. This fundraiser, devoted to PBS and NPR, might be the perfect solution to your "social distancing" Easter Egg roll. However, there is little cause for celebration. Republican or Democrat—it doesn't matter who you support. What we do support is the safety of our family and friends—and our children. Here is the link to the 2020 Easter Egg. If you are able to support the fundraiser, I appreciate it. Your first concern, however, is to your family, your friends, and your neighbors.
White House Alternative Easter Egg 2020
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“Protect Our Children's Future” 2019 egg is an alternative answer to the souvenir White House Easter Egg distributed at the annual Easter Egg Roll on Easter Monday. For the third year we’ve created a limited-edition wooden egg to raise money for the vital programs that fight against the current administration’s systematic efforts to silence our voices.
When you donate $18 to this campaign, I will send a wooden egg to thank you for your support. These are the same wooden eggs manufactured for the White House, and all of the funds, after subtracting the cost of the eggs and shipping, will be donated to support two organizations, NPR and PBS.
Last year, we donated over $10,500 to these organizations. You can donate any amount, but here are suggested donation amounts:
$18 = one egg
$35 = two eggs
$50 = three eggs
$62 = four eggs
$75 = five eggs
IMPORTANT NOTE: To protect your privacy, GoFundMe no longer collects addresses. After your donation, you will need to email your address (click on the envelope next to my name) so I can ship the eggs. I will not save or use any of your contact information for any purpose other than to mail the eggs. I cannot honor specific color requests, but I will do my best.
This is the third year, and, arguably, the prettiest egg design, to add my small voice to those of much more brave men and women who are speaking truth to power.
This 2019 campaign will raise funds to support the storytellers--PBS and NPR--the vital journalists on the front lines, sharing the voices of those who cannot speak for themselves. These two organizations are devoted to revealing the truth of our shared humanity. Our president frequently attempts to discredit these voices--we need to support our freedom to speak, to question, and to demand answers.
Last year, I was able to donate $10,500 to PBS and NPR. In two years, over, 800 donors agreed that we can’t sit on the sidelines: we need to act to preserve the dream--the reality--of a functioning democracy. It's been an amazing journey to raise $23,000 over two years and to meet people all over the country who want to make a difference.
Both National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System are charged with the responsibility being the people’s voice. It’s fitting — imperative — that we create a different choice that reflects the values we want for our children, and that we want our country to stand for.
This egg is a different choice. It’s called an "Easter” egg, but the egg is a broader symbol of the potential for our children to enjoy a brighter future where every voice is heard — where children of every race, color, religion, nationality, and gender can joyfully roll eggs and celebrate the beauty of spring and the cherished principles of freedom, justice, and inclusiveness that make our country great (already).
A personal note: From the time that my children were small, until they outgrew the hunt, I brought my children to the White House to participate in the annual White House Easter egg roll and/or purchased the souvenir eggs. Now that my children are grown, I still love the hunt and want to find a productive and positive way to participate. I have Bush, Clinton, and Obama era eggs in my collection… no matter the administration in power, I always supported this annual event. And I want it to continue.
Republican or Democrat, I loved the tradition and trust that the people elected a President who had my children’s future in consideration when he made executive decisions. This president has broken that trust with his anti-family, anti-children, anti-truth, anti-environment platform. I may be one person, but I hope that this campaign will help to deliver my message.
Some background: The first campaign began in 2017 in response to an article in The Washington Post that questioned if the White House would hold an Easter Egg Roll. How big a deal is the White House Easter Egg Roll? It’s been going on since 1898 , when local children convinced President Rutherford B. Hayes to let them roll eggs on the White House lawn, after Congress kicked them off the Capitol grounds.
If you would like to know more about the origin of this idea, please read some of articles about the Alt Easter Egg:
"With alternative to White House Easter egg, teacher raises thousands for PBS, NPR" (The Frederick News Post)
“How Trump turned a White House Easter Egg Roll devotee into a political activist” (The Washington Post)
“Woman opposed to Trump policies creates Easter egg roll alternative” (The Carroll County Times)
“White House Easter Egg Roll devotee says ‘not this year’” (The Charlotte Observer)
“The Maine Company that makes wooden Easter eggs for the White House”(Bangor Daily News)
“Let the alt-eggs roll: Frederick County teacher creates wooden egg to benefit arts programs” (Frederick News Post)
White House Alternative Easter Egg 2020
__________
“Protect Our Children's Future” 2019 egg is an alternative answer to the souvenir White House Easter Egg distributed at the annual Easter Egg Roll on Easter Monday. For the third year we’ve created a limited-edition wooden egg to raise money for the vital programs that fight against the current administration’s systematic efforts to silence our voices.
When you donate $18 to this campaign, I will send a wooden egg to thank you for your support. These are the same wooden eggs manufactured for the White House, and all of the funds, after subtracting the cost of the eggs and shipping, will be donated to support two organizations, NPR and PBS.
Last year, we donated over $10,500 to these organizations. You can donate any amount, but here are suggested donation amounts:
$18 = one egg
$35 = two eggs
$50 = three eggs
$62 = four eggs
$75 = five eggs
IMPORTANT NOTE: To protect your privacy, GoFundMe no longer collects addresses. After your donation, you will need to email your address (click on the envelope next to my name) so I can ship the eggs. I will not save or use any of your contact information for any purpose other than to mail the eggs. I cannot honor specific color requests, but I will do my best.
This is the third year, and, arguably, the prettiest egg design, to add my small voice to those of much more brave men and women who are speaking truth to power.
This 2019 campaign will raise funds to support the storytellers--PBS and NPR--the vital journalists on the front lines, sharing the voices of those who cannot speak for themselves. These two organizations are devoted to revealing the truth of our shared humanity. Our president frequently attempts to discredit these voices--we need to support our freedom to speak, to question, and to demand answers.
Last year, I was able to donate $10,500 to PBS and NPR. In two years, over, 800 donors agreed that we can’t sit on the sidelines: we need to act to preserve the dream--the reality--of a functioning democracy. It's been an amazing journey to raise $23,000 over two years and to meet people all over the country who want to make a difference.
Both National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System are charged with the responsibility being the people’s voice. It’s fitting — imperative — that we create a different choice that reflects the values we want for our children, and that we want our country to stand for.
This egg is a different choice. It’s called an "Easter” egg, but the egg is a broader symbol of the potential for our children to enjoy a brighter future where every voice is heard — where children of every race, color, religion, nationality, and gender can joyfully roll eggs and celebrate the beauty of spring and the cherished principles of freedom, justice, and inclusiveness that make our country great (already).
A personal note: From the time that my children were small, until they outgrew the hunt, I brought my children to the White House to participate in the annual White House Easter egg roll and/or purchased the souvenir eggs. Now that my children are grown, I still love the hunt and want to find a productive and positive way to participate. I have Bush, Clinton, and Obama era eggs in my collection… no matter the administration in power, I always supported this annual event. And I want it to continue.
Republican or Democrat, I loved the tradition and trust that the people elected a President who had my children’s future in consideration when he made executive decisions. This president has broken that trust with his anti-family, anti-children, anti-truth, anti-environment platform. I may be one person, but I hope that this campaign will help to deliver my message.
Some background: The first campaign began in 2017 in response to an article in The Washington Post that questioned if the White House would hold an Easter Egg Roll. How big a deal is the White House Easter Egg Roll? It’s been going on since 1898 , when local children convinced President Rutherford B. Hayes to let them roll eggs on the White House lawn, after Congress kicked them off the Capitol grounds.
If you would like to know more about the origin of this idea, please read some of articles about the Alt Easter Egg:
"With alternative to White House Easter egg, teacher raises thousands for PBS, NPR" (The Frederick News Post)
“How Trump turned a White House Easter Egg Roll devotee into a political activist” (The Washington Post)
“Woman opposed to Trump policies creates Easter egg roll alternative” (The Carroll County Times)
“White House Easter Egg Roll devotee says ‘not this year’” (The Charlotte Observer)
“The Maine Company that makes wooden Easter eggs for the White House”(Bangor Daily News)
“Let the alt-eggs roll: Frederick County teacher creates wooden egg to benefit arts programs” (Frederick News Post)
Organizer
Natalie Rebetsky
Organizer
Eldersburg, MD
