MyFamilyBuilders: A Wooden Toy That Celebrates Diversity!
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Fun & Educational - Magnetic wooden blocks that snap together to let kids build all sorts of characters and discover family diversity.
Backers: 401
Average Pledge Per Backer: $80
Funded: $32,154 of $25,000
Dates: Aug 25th -> Sep 25th (32 days)
Project By: MyFamilyBuilders
Backers: 401
Average Pledge Per Backer: $80
Funded: $32,154 of $25,000
Dates: Aug 25th -> Sep 25th (32 days)
Project By: MyFamilyBuilders
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$32,154
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Last Updated: September 25 @ 16:01 -0400 GMT
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Latest News
MyFamilyBuilders' Tom Mandeville on Kickstarter's community spirit
October 8th - via: toynews-online.biz
Kickstarter allowed us to try to get the necessary funding, but it also helped us create a community with the people that decided to back our project. (Read More)
WE DID IT! And all thanks to you!!! 
September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We are so happy and excited that we did it! And as you know this wouldn't have been possible without you, so while you read these lines, celebrate with us, you are a big part of this success! We wanted to personally thank each and every one of... (Read More)
Entering the Homestretch!
September 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re getting close! REALLY CLOSE! 5 days to go and we're almost 90% there, we need little over $3K in order to reach our funding goal and you know how kickstarter works - we don’t get anything if we don’t raise it all. So one thing as we... (Read More)
Educational card games & free new custom card digital toolkit, an idea from our backers community.
September 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, we hope you're having a great week! We've been super busy this last week replying to tons of emails, promoting the project, giving a few interviews and doing what we like the most talking to all of you via messages. Thank you once again... (Read More)
Q&A with Shareena C. Clark Ascher about family diversity, books and toys today.
September 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, we hope you're having a great weekend! We wanted to share with you an interview we did with Shareena C. Clark Ascher – Programs Coordinator of Our Family Coalition. She talked to us about diversity, books and toys today. She played... (Read More)
A Mom’s Review Of The MyFamilyBuilders Toy-set!
September 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, we wanted to share with you an interview we did with Nancy Brunn: a mom who shared with us her impression and ideas about the MyFamilyBuilders toy-set after seeing her kids play with it. Q: What was your initial reaction to the... (Read More)
Q&A with Tarah Fleming about education, diversity, books and toys today.
September 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, we wanted to share with you an interview we did with Tarah Fleming – Education Director of Our Family Coalition. She talked to us about education, diversity, books and toys today. Yes, she also talked about MyFamilyBuilders ;) Q:... (Read More)
··· ★:: Woohoo! We made it past 50% ::★···
September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you again everyone for your support! We are 51% funded and have 19 days to go! Woohoo! LET’S NOT STOP HERE! We are all very humbled & super excited about all your support and love, now let's keep in mind that we still need to raise $12K... (Read More)
Thank you so much! We've raised 45% of our goal on the first week!
September 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, we're writing to say one thing: YOU. ARE. AWESOME. You helped MyFamilyBuilders raise over 45% of its goal in a week. With 157 backers, MyFamilyBuilders is closer to becoming a reality, we're so excited. We made this 30-second video... (Read More)
A HUGE Thanks to our First 48hrs backers!
August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
MyFamilyBuilders Celebrates Family Diversity
August 26th - via: thetoyinsider.com
Toy inventor Ez Karpf noticed that most toy shelves were filled with products that depicted one type of family. (Read More)
Toy Set Teaches Kids About Diversity
August 25th - via: fox40.com
Not all families look alike -- so why should all toys? (Read More)
MyFamilyBuilders teaches kids about diversity
August 25th - via: money.cnn.com
MyFamilyBuilders launches a Kickstarter campaign for its toy kit that lets kids build multiracial, LGBT or traditional families while learning about other family makeups. (Read More)
My interracial family needs its own action figures
August 6th - via: washingtonpost.com
My son is interracial. Where are the toys that look like him? (Read More)
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