The 100 Story Building is running its annual fundraising campaign, but this year the funds will go towards opening a brand new building in Footscray.
Chief executive Susan Kukucka said all the funds raised will go towards opening the new building which has been years in the making.
“We opened the 100 Story building in Footscray 11 years ago, the space was great but the lease has since ended,” she said.
“With the support of the West Gate Community Fund, we received money to redevelop a new space that was bigger, could fit more students in and run more programs from.”
After two years of trying to find a space, dealing with renovations and developments Ms Kukucka is excited to open the building this month.
“The fundraiser this year is all about bringing in those vital funds to make that happen because it’s one thing to have the building but there’s no point opening the doors if we don’t have the funding and the support to run the programs,” she said.
“The focus is about turning our new building into our home into the headquarters for creative writing and storytelling for children and young people in Victoria.”
Ms Kukucka said the donations will mean the facilitators can deliver more programs, and enable more children and young people to engage in free or low-cost creativity, storytelling and other participatory arts and culture experiences.
“There are other centers but we’re the only not for profit, creative writing center dedicated to children and young people in the west,” she said.
“We’ve given ourselves two weeks to reach our goal of $50,000 which is ambitious, we understand that people have a lot of costs and a lot of financial pressures and we appreciate every dollar big or small.”
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