12/7/20:  Thank you so much for the amazing outpouring of support at this year's Covers for Cover 2020. If you would like to make a donation, this GoFundMe will remain open until Saturday, December 12.  All matches and gifts have been closed at this time. If you are looking for information on how to obtain your gift, please refer to the GoFundMe Thank You email that you received when you contributed. If you cannot locate that email from GoFundMe, please contact us through GoFundMe, or directly prior to Tuesday at 12cst. If we do not receive your email, and you qualified for a gift, we will assume you wish to choose "option C: matching donation" and will tabulate that match accordingly.   Contact/Email information cannot be shared directly within this story. 

Thank you so very much for making this year our best yet, and for supporting The Dreamcatcher Foundation. 

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***THE NEWS IS EVEN MORE EXCITING THAN I COULD HAVE IMAGINED!   EXCITING UPDATE WITH GIFTS FOR YOU***

The donation match is now through Saturday at midnight! Thank you to our amazing,  anonymous donor who has agreed to match donations in the amounts of $50, $100 and $200!

To make it EVEN SWEETER, if someone donates $100 you'll get the option of also picking a $50 gift cert or a $50 ADDITIONAL donation match!

If you donate $200, you'll get the option of also picking a $100 gift cert or an ADDITIONAL donation match!

Donations made Saturdy, December 5 will receive a thank you email from GoFundMe with follow-up instructions to receiving their gift certificate. Gift certificates will be delivered by email on or before Monday, December 14. If you do not respond to the Thank You by Sunday evening, we will assume you prefer option C and a match donation will be made. 

So, $50 matches $50..... $100 matches $100 (plus a $50 gift cert)... $200 matches $200 (plus a $100 gift cert)!!!!!!


What are the gift certificates for the donation you ask?

Option A: $100 gift certificate to Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, the city's longest-running independent print shop. Gift certificates can be used towards art and print purchases both online and in their local gallery, or towards any of their classes, workshops, or events. Visit them online at https://chicagoprintmakers.com.

Option B:  A $100 gift certificate to The Hampton Social, a coastal-inspired restaurant hotspot offering playful, modern culinary creations, hand-crafted cocktails, and their signature Rosé. Locations around Chicagoland including Streeterville, River North, Skokie, South Barrington, and Burr Ridge. Also valid at their newest locations in Nashville TN and Naples FL. https://www.thehamptonsocial.com/

Option C:  An additional Donation Match to The Dreamcatcher Foundation.

AND.....ALL DONATIONS!!!  Starting Thursday and through the event, any donation on GoFundMe gets access to the award-winning documentary by DogWoof Productions, "Dreamcatcher".  By making a donation from now until Sunday, you will get the website and password to login to the feature film! This is a $50 savings and limited-time availability!

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For over 10 years, Covers for Cover has offered a space for amazing womxn* musicians and artists to donate their music & art to host an amazing event with proceeds going to a different Chicago-based charity that focuses on providing services to womxn & children.  

Pandemics only exacerbate the needs of the community, and so the Covers for Covers team is committed to making this the best year ever, despite not being able to pack the house at Schuba's or Lincoln Hall as planned!  We have doubled the number of volunteers, tripled the number of acts and gone worldwide and virtual! We want to bring as much attention as we can to the truly amazing work of The Dreamcatcher Foundation; an organization that uses harm reduction practices and mentorship to help stop human trafficking. All donations are tax-deductible. Please visit their website to learn more about The Dreamcatcher Foundation. 


And don't forget, grab your tickets to join us December 3, 4, and 5th for our Livestream event, and make sure to check out our silent auction . 


Approximately 21,000 women and girls are involved in the commercial sex trade every year in metropolitan Chicago.


The Dreamcatcher Foundation is committed to ending human trafficking in Chicago by preventing the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth and helping current prostitutes find confidence and stability beyond the limitations of their current lifestyle.


The Dreamcatcher Foundation does this through their:

--Outreach services to victims of sex trafficking
--Individualized care for every client 
--Referrals to organizations that assist clients with short and long-term needs
--Their goal is to create an environment in which victims of human trafficking can be empowered, educated, and self-confident.


For additional information, visit their website: click here 

*We specifically use the word Womxn, which is a term coined to create distance from male-centric language and to be inclusive of all humans who identify as women. This space is welcoming of all who live an embodied Womxn's existence.