Thanks to all who supported the inaugural Run Vera Run!
The event was a ton of fun, and we’re thrilled to announce that with your help we were able to raise over $32,000 for the Vera Project!
Thanks to your support all-ages music and art will continue to thrive at the Vera Project. Every year over 37,000 people come to the Vera Project to experience awesome concerts, see new art, and learn skills from sound engineering to silk-screening to event production and beyond. Your donations, fundraising and physical effort will keep Seattle’s music and arts community open to young people and adults alike. We truly couldn’t do it without you.
If you participated, we have two final things you can help with:
Send us your feedback! Please take just a couple of minutes to fill out
this brief survey to help us determine what worked, what could be better and what we can do to make next year’s Run Vera Run an even bigger success. The survey is anonymous and we welcome your honest feedback.
We want your pictures! If you have photos of Run Vera Run, we’d love to see them. Please send any and all photos to runverarun@theveraproject.org. Ditto for video footage.
Many thanks to our sponsors, including:
The Boeing Company
Seattle Weekly
Moe Bar
Spitfire
Caffe Vita
Antarctic
Pike Street Fish Fry
And thanks to our stellar performers:
The Maldives
Amateur Radio Operator
Shannon Stewart, aka Inga the Ringa, our fearless warm-up leader
Megan Jasper, our wonderful MC
DepthOne, our talented graffiti-wall artist
And of course thanks to our vendors for providing free drinks and care for everyone who participated:
GoodBelly
Dr. Kristi Smith
Dig these businesses, who donated tasty food to Run Vera Run:
Le Panier
Madison Market
Nielsen’s Pastries
Safeway
Trader Joe’s, Queen Anne
Trophy Cupcakes
Finally, massive kudos to the Run Vera Run planning committee, including Kate Becker, Kim Berardi, Lauren Daniels, Joe Elenbaas, Steven Franz, Jasmin Kwan, Kristen Lound, Steve Manning, Shannon Roach and Michael Yuasa. These are the folks that made it happen!
Thanks again for supporting the Vera Project and Run Vera Run! We’ll be leaving this site up for a little while, so if you know anyone you know forgot to donate, rest easy – they still can. Hope to see you next fall for Run Vera Run version 2…
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About the Vera Project
The Vera Project (Vera) is non-profit, all-ages music and arts space at Seattle Center that fosters a participatory creative culture through popular music concerts, arts programs, experiential learning and volunteer opportunities for all ages, especially young people. Vera produces all-ages shows every week, ranging from indie rock to punk to hip hop and beyond. Vera also produces education curriculum in silk-screening, sound engineering, recording and arts production. Vera serves over 37,000 each year.
Vera is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax ID 31-1816016.
