When you sign up to #SupportInspire through Amazon Smile, a percentage of every single purchase you make will benefit the Inspire Foundation – all at no extra cost to you.

Follow this step-by-step guide for making the most of your online purchases:

Using a Desktop Computer

1. On your mobile device or computer, click our special Inspire Foundation Amazon Smile link
2. Sign in and follow the prompts to link your Amazon account to our cause (it’s easy and quick!)
3. When you’re ready to shop on a desktop, visit smile.amazon.com. It’s set up exactly like the Amazon store, but will make a difference for our cause any time you use it.

We recommend saving the AmazonSmile link as a Bookmark or Favorite in your browser, so that when it’s time to shop you automatically use this giving tool.

4. Make purchases on the AmazonSmile store, and Amazon will donate .5% of most of your purchases to the Inspire School of Arts & Sciences Foundation

.5% may seem like a small number and shouldn’t replace your regular charitable giving. But with every purchase made by you and others who participate, the dollars add up to big impacts over time.

Using a Mobile Device

1. Open the Amazon app on your mobile device or tablet

If you don’t already have the app, download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

2. If you haven’t already, sign up for AmazonSmile using our special link.

You can also up manually by visiting smile.amazon.com and typing in “Inspire School of Arts & Sciences Foundation.”

If you’ve already signed up on a desktop, you can skip this step and move on to the next!

3. Open the App settings

Open the app and find ’Settings’ in the main menu (☰). Tap on ‘AmazonSmile’ and follow the on-screen instructions to turn on AmazonSmile on your phone.

That’s it! Once activated, your eligible Amazon purchases will fuel the Inspire mission!

Thank you for helping to make a difference, and happy shopping.

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Since opening in 2010, Inspire School of Arts & Sciences in Chico has provided students with a learning experience unlike any other North State high school. Where else can a student major in subjects like theatre, engineering, digital media arts, dance, music, robotics or science?

This is not a one-size-fits-all school. It’s a find-where-you-fit and give-it-all-you’ve-got high school experience.

And now it’s time for this school to have its own campus. Four hundred plus students strong, Inspire currently shares space with Chico High School, but plans are in the works to give Inspire students their own place. In 2019, the Chico Unified School District approved the use of seven acres of district land, so Inspire School of Arts and Sciences could build the school our students and staff and the broader community deserve.

The proposed $20 million campus has funding commitments from the state, the school district and from Measure K, but more matching funds are needed to make sure we can break ground on the new campus by next year.

This Is Where Your Help Comes In

As we enter this holiday season, would you consider helping complete the vision of a home for Inspire School of Arts and Sciences? Your heartfelt donation to the Inspire School of Arts & Sciences Foundation capital campaign will help ensure Inspire students, for years to come, will have the space and facilities needed to thrive.

There are many ways you can give, including through one-time or monthly donations. Another way allows you to give while also leaving your legacy through the Foundation’s naming opportunities campaign. There are naming opportunities with donations starting as low as $250. Have your name placed upon a donor wall. Or perhaps, you or your business might sponsor the campus recording studio? What about the engineering and robotics or piano & music composition labs?

Your name, your legacy.

Whatever the contribution, just know you will forever make a positive difference in the lives of every student who walks the halls of Inspire School of Arts and Sciences.

Information about the school and the Foundation’s capital campaign, including all naming opportunities, can be found at www.SupportInspire.com.

Thank you,

Rose Krepelka, Dan LaBar, Sam Gronseth , Carla Bee, Georgie Bellin, Jennifer Spangler, Nancy Scott Patton , Dave Elke, and Casey Taylor

The Inspire School of Arts & Sciences Foundation Board of Directors

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What is GivingTuesday?

GivingTuesday is a global movement to cultivate support, raise money, and build capacity for nonprofit organizations around the world. Here in Northern California, there is no shortage of amazing organizations to donate time or money to, and the Inspire Foundation hopes to be on your GivingTuesday list. While we encourage you to get actively involved in our work every day, GivingTuesday 2021 will be held all day on November 30th, 2021.

How Can I Support Inspire on GivingTuesday?

Glad you asked. We are building momentum for GivingTuesday all month during this season of giving, and there are a variety of ways to get involved throughout November and beyond GivingTuesday 2021!

Donate to the Peer-to-Peer Campaign

Our number one priority as an organization is raising the money we need to build a new campus and permanent home for Inspire School of Arts & Sciences. We’ve successfully launched our Peer to Peer Fundraising Campaign: Their Future Is Now, and invite any community supporter to learn more about the campaign, create a fundraiser, or donate to an existing fundraiser. Every dollar goes toward the future of Inspire and our capital campaign to build a new campus.

Donate to the GivingTuesday Campaign

Thanks to the generous contributions of our donors, we’ve already raised over $2,000 toward our GivingTuesday efforts. Please consider increasing that amount and supporting a wide range of programs — from scholarships, to student events, to our Angel Network and Capital Campaign. Donate to this effort to help us make a big splash on and before GivingTuesday.

Create a Facebook Fundraiser

Facebook Fundraisers are an excellent way to build awareness and raise money through your networks, and they are becoming increasingly popular each year. These fundraisers allow your friends and followers to make tax-deductible donations to nonprofit causes directly from Facebook. You can even personalize your fundraiser messaging to encourage others to participate even more. You can create these fundraisers for birthdays, anniversaries, or just because you want to any time by visiting the Fundraisers website and choosing the Inspire School of Arts & Sciences Foundation as your beneficiary, or you can head over to the Fundraisers tab on our Facebook Page to start one there.

On GivingTuesday, Facebook is offering 100% matching donations for nonprofits up to $2 million, so if you create and/or donate to a Facebook Fundraiser early on November 30th, you have a chance to double your fundraising power for the Foundation. Learn all about this effort in Facebook’s GivingTuesday article. Creating a GivingTuesday fundraiser is just as simple as creating a regular fundraiser — the only difference is that Facebook changes their fundraising platform during the week of GivingTuesday to help you maximize your efforts.

Become a Monthly Donor

In order to keep the Foundation strong, we need ongoing financial support from people like you. Our November monthly donor goal is 200 active monthly donors, and you can help us reach it. Becoming a monthly donor doesn’t just keep us going. It is a great way to make small-dollar donations that add up to something incredible over time. Sign up to become a monthly donor, and make your mark on the next generation of leaders, creatives, and changemakers in our community.

Spread the Word

Not everyone is able to give financially, and whether you donate or not, sharing our social media posts, forwarding emails, and sharing why you support our efforts with your networks helps us to create even more connections with community members and potential donors. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, like our posts, share when you feel inspired, and stay up to date about events and opportunities through the Foundation.

As we gear up for GivingTuesday 2021, we have a lot to feel grateful for already. To all of our sponsors, donors, engaged students and staff, community leaders who help spread the word, media outlets who amplify our stories, and arts and sciences supporters: we couldn’t do this without you. Our hearts are full.

Now, let’s Inspire the north state together.

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This transformative high school experience is what makes Inspire unique, and acts as a catalyst for students to become original thinkers and problem solvers in their communities. Inspire has provided students with the unique opportunity to explore and intensively learn in the areas of theatre, music, dance, visual arts, digital media arts, engineering, and science — unlike any other high school in the North State. Now, this award-winning public charter high school needs to raise over $6M to build a new campus. But, how did we get to this chapter in our well-established institution’s history?

OUR STORY

For a decade, we have been providing a world-class education in less-than-ideal conditions – tucked behind another local high school in portable buildings. While we have achieved incredible success at our current home, the next chapter of our story will expand our potential and capacity to build the next generation of challenge-seekers, leaders, and innovators in the North State. 

Last year, we underwent an extensive rebranding process, so that we could vision the next decade of our story with a fresh perspective. The result was a new logo that exemplifies our forward-thinking approach to education and the creativity that drives it, new staff with a dedicated focus to marketing and fund development to help tell our story, and a new challenge to raise the funds we need to build a 21st century facility that matches our 21st century approach to learning. 

It is time for Inspire to relocate to a new location and permanent home in Southeast Chico, on a 7-acre plot of land donated by the Chico Unified School District. At our new location, we will be building a 35,040 sq. ft. facility with updated classrooms, state-of-the-art technology and equipment, maker spaces to inspire creative expression, and plenty of open, artistic space for students to explore and expand their vision of what’s possible. 

HELP US WRITE OUR NEXT CHAPTER

There are many ways to get involved in writing the next chapter of the Inspire story, and it will take all of us to make this dream a reality. Visit our Capital Campaign webpage for more details about making a one-time or monthly donation, leaving a lasting legacy through a naming opportunity at the new campus, or sponsoring one of the many other ongoing Inspire programs we run. Thank you for supporting Inspire. We got this. 

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Inspire School of Arts & Sciences Foundation

Celeste Cramer, Development Director

(530) 999-2882

ccramer@inspirechico.org

Inspire School Launches the “Build A School They Deserve” Community CampaignChico, CA:  Inspire School of Arts & Sciences’ (Inspire) culture is a departure from traditional high schools. Their vision is to create a transformative high school experience, to provide a catalyst for students to become original thinkers and problem solvers, and to produce global citizens capable of contributing to a better world. Inspire has provided students with the unique opportunity to explore and intensively learn in the areas of theatre, music, dance, visual arts, digital media arts, engineering, and science–unlike any other high school in the North State. This award-winning high school commits to preparing the greatest number of students possible within a small school environment for a successful transition to college, work, and life experiences that reflect a lifelong love of learning, a fearless approach to risk-taking, a healthy work ethic, and a passionate commitment to service.

Inspire is ready for a 21st century campus to meet its 21st century education. Over the past ten years, Inspire has been a catalyst for thousands of students in their quest to make their mark on the world. However, the school has been providing this education within the limited walls of mostly aging portable classrooms. The time has come to provide students with a dynamic facility that promotes deep learning and critical thinking, the kind of thinking that confronts challenges and inspires solutions. That’s why the Inspire School of Arts & Sciences Foundation has launched a capital campaign to kick-off their fundraising efforts for a new and visionary school in Chico, CA.

From the beginning, Inspire has held the vision of moving to a new site. In late 2019, they learned that the school was eligible for Prop 51 funds from the state of California through a charter school facilities grant. Under this program, the state will fund up to $10 million with a school match of $10 million. Also in 2018, Chico Unified School District offered Inspire the use of seven acres of a Canyon View property that was purchased with taxpayer funds many years ago. Parallel with this momentum, the Inspire Foundation was established for the purpose of fundraising, launching a capital campaign to build our students and staff the school they deserve at this new site.

Inspire has just a year and a half to raise $10 million in order to receive matching funds from the state to build their new school.

With this goal in mind, the Inspire Foundation and the entire Inspire School of Arts & Sciences team has created the Build A School They DeserveCampaign with the goal of raising $200,000 in 200 days with community support. They are offering businesses marketing opportunities for donating directly, match donations or creating a fundraising team. In addition, individuals can donate directly or create a team and all sponsors are honored on the website: www.SupportInspire.com. “The North State is no stranger to crisis and uncertainty, but our experiences have made us stronger, more resilient, and more motivated to press forward. That is the commitment of Inspire School of Arts & Sciences, and we invite you to join us in this mission,” states Celeste Cramer, the Inspire Foundation’s Development Director. 

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