A Train and a Craft School

e-newsletter sent to Snow Farm community on 10/09/21

Dear Snow Farm friends,

Over the last 18 months, I have often thought about The Little Engine That Could, a children’s story with illustrations of a bright blue train engine determined to make it over a mountain, pulling another train that had run out of fuel. Bigger, fancier engines had come by but would not stop to help. The little blue engine tackled the strenuous task with the mantra “I think I can, I think I can.”

We may have been driving the train, but with no doubt, YOU hopped on board with us. It was a team effort. YOU wrote messages of support, YOU shared what Snow Farm was doing with others, YOU came and took a class (and sometimes another and another), YOU funded scholarships, YOU shopped at the Seconds Sale, YOU volunteered, YOU came and taught a workshop, YOU donated a handmade creation for our gallery, YOU gave and gave again to assure that Snow Farm continued on.

• Contracted 236 artist/instructors and paid out $192,000 in compensation;
• Gave 1018 students somewhere to go, a place to learn, create, connect, and be rejuvenated;
• Retained all Snow Farm staff positions while cutting expenses in other areas;
• Offered full scholarships and a life-changing opportunity to eight BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) students (an initiative launched in 2020);
• Welcomed 60 teens back to the high school summer program with $15,000 in scholarships;
• Offered deeply discounted workshops to 35 participants in the Workshop Access Program;
• Ran the first full year of the Work-Study program which brought six people to live, work, and learn on our campus during the program season; 
• Paid $90,000 to artists for their participation in the 2020 Seconds Sale; and
• Spent $300,000 in goods and services from the local community.

We thank YOU!

Cheers,

Mary Jo Murphy

Executive Director​​