Droidbuilders SWCA2020 Expenses
Tax deductible
Greetings fellow Droid Builders! Hopefully you've enjoyed our awesome participation and activities at previous Star Wars Celebrations - the Droid Room, show floor displays, Mouse Demolition Derby, droid races, panels, and educational rooms for our youngest fans.
Sadly, COVID-19 robbed us of Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2020 and the ability to gather together and share our passion with the Star Wars community. Now, to let you behind the curtain...
Every Celebration a tireless and talented team of Droid Builders work for months preparing for the show. They give countless hours of their time and labor, and also front all the cash expenses required to prepare for the event. Normally, the convention organizers then provide a contract to us and pay the DroidBuilders non-profit charitable organization as exhibitors in order to reimburse the members who have carried the significant costs.
With the convention cancelled, no funding is coming from the event organizers. Volunteers are left with significant unreimbursed costs that are now a burden on their families during these trying times.
So now DroidBuilders is coming to you, the members of the droid community, and asking for you to help share the load of what was spent by providing an opportunity for sponsorship. Levels of sponsorship come with exclusive items at tier levels to thank you for your support:
$50 - a signed poster of the official SWCA2020 DroidBuilders art created by Seth Kelly of Helmet Studios.
$75 - The poster, plus an exclusive DroidBuilders Celebration Supporter patch.
$100 - The poster, patch and the 20th Anniversary R2 Builders Club Coin, previously only available in person at Star Wars Celebration Chicago!
Your donations will be used to reimburse the club members with cash outlay for SWCA2020. Remainder funds will be spent on additional preparations for SWCA2022. The goal is to leverage the eventual contract from the event organizers in 2022 in order to have a fund for the following celebration and never need to have costs borne by members again.
DroidBuilders is a 501c3 registered nonprofit charity that provides STEM education in addition to managing our Star Wars Celebration presence.
Thank you for your consideration and May the Force Be With You...
Sadly, COVID-19 robbed us of Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2020 and the ability to gather together and share our passion with the Star Wars community. Now, to let you behind the curtain...
Every Celebration a tireless and talented team of Droid Builders work for months preparing for the show. They give countless hours of their time and labor, and also front all the cash expenses required to prepare for the event. Normally, the convention organizers then provide a contract to us and pay the DroidBuilders non-profit charitable organization as exhibitors in order to reimburse the members who have carried the significant costs.
With the convention cancelled, no funding is coming from the event organizers. Volunteers are left with significant unreimbursed costs that are now a burden on their families during these trying times.
So now DroidBuilders is coming to you, the members of the droid community, and asking for you to help share the load of what was spent by providing an opportunity for sponsorship. Levels of sponsorship come with exclusive items at tier levels to thank you for your support:
$50 - a signed poster of the official SWCA2020 DroidBuilders art created by Seth Kelly of Helmet Studios.
$75 - The poster, plus an exclusive DroidBuilders Celebration Supporter patch.
$100 - The poster, patch and the 20th Anniversary R2 Builders Club Coin, previously only available in person at Star Wars Celebration Chicago!
Your donations will be used to reimburse the club members with cash outlay for SWCA2020. Remainder funds will be spent on additional preparations for SWCA2022. The goal is to leverage the eventual contract from the event organizers in 2022 in order to have a fund for the following celebration and never need to have costs borne by members again.
DroidBuilders is a 501c3 registered nonprofit charity that provides STEM education in addition to managing our Star Wars Celebration presence.
Thank you for your consideration and May the Force Be With You...
Organizer
Michael Kelly
Organizer
San Diego, CA
DroidBuilders, Inc.
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
