Micro-Grant to Support Creative Dreams
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Our Impact on Recipients Dreams
Pepper's MoonBeamsTM has provided artists in the New Orleans community with support to see their dreams come to fruition. Read a few stories here for inspiration on what you could do, whether you want to apply for a micro-grant, or donate to help the foundation continue its efforts.
In this community, privacy and safety are utmost importance, so specific recipient names are withheld for the protection of the individual at their request. While names may be private, the stores are genuine.
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Project Guitar Hero
This young person dreamed of writing songs and playing music to friends around a late night fire or even in local venues, but they had a broken, old guitar. They did have skills however so they persevered. Pepper's MoonBeams provided a new, much nicer guitar, and a case. Now, this young person is able to hear the music come out of the guitar that they previously imagined in their mind. They are writing songs with a friend who shares the same passion with hopes of playing at a venue in the future.
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Project Custom Tailoring
A young woman had a dream of starting her own customized tailoring service offering a unique service to people wanting highly tailored clothing made from everyday fabrics, making them one of a kind, and highly personalized. She has the talent but was lacking the startup sewing machine and tailoring supplies. A sewing machine was provided as a grant and she is beginning to plan out the next steps of launching her business. Stay tuned for future updates as her dream takes shape.
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Project Create an Album
A young man who qualified for the grant, dreamed of making music and publishing an album. He had a guitar and a cell phone, but that wasn't sufficient. He needed a laptop to record and fine tune the music he created on his guitar. A new laptop was purchased for him and, using Garage Band, he published his first album recently.
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Project Tattoo
A young artist was starting up their own tattoo business but needed additional inks and supplies. The grant provided the items which enabled them to take their business to the next level.
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