Hi, my name is Jada Etheridge. I have very exciting news!

I got accepted into the Youth Leadership Camp (YLC) in Oregon, and I will be leaving at the end of June for a month! I am ready and excited about this opportunity because I want to learn more from others, grow, and make new friends!

One more exciting piece of news! I am also applying to Youth Empowerment Summit (YES) with National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) in Birmingham, Alabama, in August! This will be a wonderful opportunity for me to grow as a Black Deaf person and to meet more of my people.

It is my last teenage summer, and I look forward to making it the best summer yet! There is one big challenge, though... it is EXPENSIVE! I must pay $3500 USD for YLC and $650 USD for YES, two round-trip flight tickets, and health insurance for both trips! Altogether, it will amount to $8000 CAD.

To make my dreams of going to both YLC and YES this summer come true, I am fundraising in two different ways.

Number 1. You can donate through my GoFundMe page. I appreciate any amount you can donate!

Number 2. I am selling digital copies of my artwork. My artwork will be hosted at Elevenbee & Co's shop at bit.ly/JadaArt. I will continue to add more of my artwork over the next few weeks. Each digital copy of my artwork is $15.

If you can't donate through GoFundMe or buy my artwork, that is okay! You can share my GoFundMe link. I appreciate it.

A special thank you to Christy Jeffery at Elevenbee & Co for hosting my artwork! Thank you all so much for your support, small or big!

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