The Breeze: A Youth Journalism Project by The Bridge
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The Breeze is a new project created and edited entirely by young people in the community, with guidance from the staff of the Bridge.
Backers: 37
Average Pledge Per Backer: $28
Funded: $1,030 of $950
Dates: Jun 18th -> Jul 3rd (15 days)
Project By: Carla Occaso
Backers: 37
Average Pledge Per Backer: $28
Funded: $1,030 of $950
Dates: Jun 18th -> Jul 3rd (15 days)
Project By: Carla Occaso
$1,030
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 3 @ 16:04 -0400 GMT
108%
of goal
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Latest News
We made it!!! Thank you !!! 
June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you George, Madelyn, Henry; Neil and everyone else who participated!!!! We made it thanks to you!!! Journalism is alive! The printed word is alive! And the youth of our area are on board with that!!! What a miracle. Thank you!!! (Read More)
Only $50 to go!! So excited.
June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Lindsey, Marichel and I have been gathering and editing the mostly youth-written stories, photos and other content to put together the very first issue of The Breeze. Marichel has designed and laid out almost the whole issue. Just waiting on a few... (Read More)
Closer to Achieving Our Dream!
June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Selfie by Lindsey Grutchfield of herself, left, and Carla Occaso at The Bridge the night they launched the Kickstarter campaign for The Breeze! The Bridge's summer intern Lindsey Grutchfield - editor of The Breeze - took this selfie the night we... (Read More)
A new writer, 2 New backers and we are over 60 percent with a week to go!
June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
The Breeze Editor Lindsey Grutchfield explains the content to our newest backer Ivan Shadis. We have two new backers today and one new writer. Ruby Singer will be submitting something to The Breeze sometime over the next few days. We can't wait to... (Read More)
Halfway There!
June 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We're all hard at work, including publisher Nat Frothingham Here at The Breeze, things are getting exciting as we're now officially halfway funded! On our end of things, we're all busy putting together interesting content and building a great paper.... (Read More)
The Breeze Welcomes Emily!
June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Emily has kindly agreed to come aboard and write for us! We at the Breeze would like to wish a hearty welcome to Emily, a native of Barre who's home from college for the summer. She has agreed to cover a particularly intriguing news story for us,... (Read More)
Editorial Content for The Breeze is Underway!
June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
With only two weeks to deadline, Lindsey Grutchfield, our summer intern and editor of The Breeze, has been furiously writing and assigning content. She will be reviewing a young adult account of the Siege of Leningrad titled "Symphony for the City of... (Read More)
First 11 Backers!! 28 percent funded and 12 days to go!
June 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you backers! Our summer intern's project is becoming closer to reality and will bring a creative outlet to area youth in the Montpelier and U-32 school districts. U-32 grad and Bennington College student Julia Barstow submitted a story about... (Read More)
We have broken $100 with four backers!!! Only $845 to go.
June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to our first four backers. You are giving hope to the young journalists who are working hard -- beyond what could be expected -- to put together their first solo newspaper. Giving hope is heroic. We all need more of that! Way to go in... (Read More)
We got our first backer! Hurray!
June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to Cathy Butterfield, we are now 1 percent funded! (Read More)
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