WHEN THE LOTUS BLOOMS | A Documentary of Acute Survival

A project in Naperville, IL by Sarah Potter
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An emerging filmmaker sets out to bring awareness to a rare childhood disease while exploring her own personal loss
Backers: 672
Average Pledge Per Backer: $151

Funded: $101,469 of $100,000
Dates: Feb 15th -> Mar 19th (32 days)
Project By: Sarah Potter
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Latest News

JUST ONE DAY LEFT!!!!!!!!!

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
WOW! Can you believe there are only two days left and then this project is over. We cannot believe the unbelievable progress and support you all provided with us. THANK YOU SO MUCH, for the over $90K in donations and tons of sharing of... (Read More)

Just 3 days left

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, we are nearly at $60,000!!!! That's an incredible number with over 500 backers. Thank you all so so so much for your tremendous generosity, support and encouragement.  Remember to see any of this money and make a film for the AFM community that... (Read More)

We got 5 Days Left to Make this Dream Come True

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello amazing supporters! Can you believe we’ve raised over $56,000 dollars in just a handful of weeks? We have had nearly 500 PEOPLE make a donation. Now that’s amazing. But as you know Kickstarter is an all or nothing platform. We get to our... (Read More)

We just surpassed 400 total backers!

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
401 Backers Believe in When the Lotus Blooms Hey everybody, its been a whirlwind of a week with surprise cameos, events announced and on the precipice of a big number. As of this moment, we are sitting at $49, 701 which is just $299 away from... (Read More)

WE HIT OUR 200 BACKERS IN A WEEK CHALLENGE! Let's Celebrate with a Special Event!

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello friends and supporters! We  hit a big milestone this past week! Our 200 backers in one week goal was a huge success! We actually ended up with more than 200 by the end of the week and nearly $45,000 total toward our goal! That means we are... (Read More)

Week one was AMAZING!

February 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, we did it! We hit our first week goal of $20k. Our outreach team, our supporters and all the sharing everyone did got us to that amazing milestone. But there was so much else going on too that we could have never anticipated. We've partnered... (Read More)

DAY 3!!!!! Here's are all the juicy details

February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
It's Day 5 this morning, but I'm doing a day 3 recap now because we have been SO BUSY! First things first: We are currently and an unbelievable $19,353 which is just $647 short of our FIRST WEEK GOAL OF $20k GOAL! Most Kickstarter campaigns barely... (Read More)

Day 2 Recap! New backers! New Press! A New Goal!

February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
SO SORRY everyone. There was a bit of a glitch with kickstarter and it didn't post our day 2 update so here it is!  It's Day 2 and as of 11: we officially have 100 backers and $16,000!!!!! We thought we wouldn't make that milestone, but with a last... (Read More)

Incredible start! It's been an amazing 12 hours!!

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello LOTUS Supporters!  We are just 12 hours into our campaign and we've raised over $13,000!!!!!!!! That's 13% of our overall goal. That's over $1000 an hour!!!! We are absolutely thrilled with the outpouring of support financially, kinds words... (Read More)

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