<div>Springfield School was built in 1951 as a Black school during segregation.
</div>
<div>For decades, this building educated children who were denied equal access to opportunity.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>It is one of the last surviving Black schools of its era in Wilson County.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Today, it sits abandoned — covered in graffiti, broken windows, peeling lead paint, and decades of damage.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We refuse to let this historic place disappear.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We are leading the effort to restore this school and transform it into a modern arts and technology campus for rural Eastern North Carolina.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>This project will bring:
</div>
<ul>
<li>E-sports arena &amp; gaming technology
</li>
<li>Youth digital literacy &amp; coding
</li>
<li>Creative arts classrooms
</li>
<li>A restored gym for community events
</li>
<li>History &amp; civil rights storytelling spaces
</li>
<li>Senior arts &amp; engagement programs
</li>
<li>Free community workshops
</li>
<li>Full ADA accessibility
</li>
</ul>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>This is where the past and future meet:
</div>
<div>A historic Black school reborn as a center for creativity, technology, and community.'
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We are trying to raise the first $10,000–$15,000 of funding needed to begin Phase 1 construction on the first 20,000 sq ft of the building.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We cannot begin:
</div>
<ul>
<li>architectural drawings
</li>
<li>plumbing plans
</li>
<li>electrical layouts
</li>
<li>HVAC planning
</li>
<li>demo + safety preparations
</li>
</ul>
<div>…until this first round of funding is secured.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>This is what your donation today makes possible immediately.
</div>
<div>We are running this fundraiser as part of Giving Tuesday, and every dollar will be used to start the restoration process in early 2026.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>WHAT THE FIRST FUNDS WILL COVER</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Your donation supports:
</div>
<ul>
<li>Architectural drawings (required before ANY work can start)
</li>
<li>Lead-safe demo prep &amp; cleanup supplies
</li>
<li>Initial roof patching
</li>
<li>Electrical + HVAC assessments
</li>
<li>GC walkthroughs &amp; early construction planning
</li>
<li>Community volunteer cleanup days
</li>
</ul>
<div>This gets us ready for the large grants and corporate partners already being lined up.
</div>
<div>Without these funds, the project can’t move.
</div>
<div>With them, Springfield becomes unstoppable.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>THE VISION FOR SECTION 1 (Soft Opening in 9–12 Months)</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The first phase of renovation includes:
</div>
<ul>
<li>The gym
</li>
<li>The cafeteria
</li>
<li>The history room
</li>
<li>Three multipurpose classrooms
</li>
<li>The youth e-sports arena
</li>
<li>The main office suite
</li>
<li>ADA bathrooms &amp; accessible hallway
</li>
</ul>
<div>These spaces will allow us to open the building to the public for the first time in decades —
</div>
<div>Monday through Saturday, with volunteer staffing, youth programs, arts classes, and technology labs.
</div>
<div>This is the start of a full 60,000+ sq ft campus restoration.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>WHY THIS MATTERS</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Rural kids in Wilson County and surrounding communities do not have access to:
</div>
<ul>
<li>modern technology
</li>
<li>safe after-school programs
</li>
<li>e-sports opportunities
</li>
<li>arts education
</li>
<li>makerspaces
</li>
<li>digital literacy training
</li>
<li>intergenerational community spaces
</li>
</ul>
<div>We are changing that — starting right here in Lucama, on a historic Black school campus built during one of the hardest chapters in NC history.
</div>
<div>This is not just a renovation.
</div>
<div>It’s a restoration of dignity, access, and opportunity.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>OUR COMMITMENT</strong>
</div>
<div>We will share:
</div>
<ul>
<li>renovation updates
</li>
<li>cleanup days
</li>
<li>floor plans
</li>
<li>volunteer calls
</li>
<li>before/after photos
</li>
<li>funding progress
</li>
<li>community victories
</li>
<li>grant updates
</li>
<li>construction phases
</li>
</ul>
<div>We want everyone to see their donations working in real time.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>HOW YOU CAN HELP</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Donate</strong>
</div>
<div>Every gift — $10, $25, $50, $100 — builds momentum.
</div>
<div><strong>Share</strong>
</div>
<div>Share this GoFundMe with alumni, family, friends, churches, co-workers, local businesses.
</div>
<div><strong>Support In-Kind</strong>
</div>
<div>If you or your business can donate materials, dumpsters, labor, supplies, or equipment, please reach out.
</div>
<div><strong>Volunteer</strong>
</div>
<div>We will be organizing community cleanup days starting soon.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Thank You</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>This school raised generations of Black children when the world tried to deny them opportunity.
</div>
<div>Now it’s our turn to fight for it.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><em>Thank you for standing with us as we restore Springfield School and build the future our community deserves.</em>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><em>For any questions please contact:</em>
</div>
<div>Rickey Kirby: (609) [phone redacted]
</div>
<div>Chandler Kirby: (609) [phone redacted]
</div>

Jane Long

Margaret Diggs

Diane Mueller

Janet Knight

Lisa Bryant

Casey Perry

Linda Thomas

Lumus Vick

Tyree Weldon Barnes

Brenda White

Anonymous

Romaine Williams

Kenneth Cooper

Help Restore Historic Springfield School

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

Support Comments Allowlist

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

checkout headers audience

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Help Restore Historic Springfield School

Still $8,945 to go. Help us build momentum.