Health & Fitness
Trash to Treasure with Perennial
New St. Louis non-profit, Perennial, helps people turn trash into treasure! First fundraiser coming up on Oct. 6.
As a judge of the YouthBridge Social Enterprise Innovation Competition at Washington University's Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, I often discover new and interesting non-profits. At this year's competition I learned of Perennial. Perennial is a social enterprise that offers educational programming in creative reuse to diverse populations and sells creatively repurposed home furnishings.
They recruited me to serve as a volunteer for their first ever fundraiser, Lost + F(o)und on Thursday, October 6th from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Bridge Tap House + Wine Bar (1004 Locust, St. Louis, MO). It promises to be an inspiring evening to Drink, Donate & Discover DIY Sustainable Design! Lost + F(o)und will raise essential funds to support the organizations and its efforts to encourage creative reuse and sustainable practices.
I am looking forward to experiencing a one-of-a-kind creative evening! At a county-fair-style event, listen to folk music played on "upcycled" instruments by local musicians of The Green Strum Project. Step right up and donate for your tool of choice at a tool booth midway and help support Perennial’s innovative programming. Your donation at the tool booth goes directly toward the purchase of equipment for Perennial's classes + workshops! Grab your friends and make a drink koozie from old bike tubing or visit an educational display to see Perennial’s magical transformation of broken junk into unique home goods!
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Also, currently local artists, designers, and architects are battling it out in a Re-Design Challenge transforming a set of salvaged drawers into a unique furniture piece, which you can check out that night. A unique silent auction will include items from the Design Challenge. Participants include, John Watson–Artist + Webster University Professor, Confluence Design + Fabrication, Derek Hoeferlin–Architect + Washington University Professor, V3 Studios, BJ Vogt–Artist, Studio | Durham Architects, and Arcturis.
Advance tickets to Lost + F(o)und are available online for $10. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door for $15. To purchase tickets visit http://www.tinyurl.com/lostandfound2011.
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For more information, go to http://www.perennialstl.org or call 314.802.7384.