hello blog friends! i recently applied for a small business grant and could really use your help with votes. while completing the essay portion of the grant application, i got choked up a bit. i cannot believe how far penelope's press has grown in the past few years. none of it would have been possible without the encouragement of so many. i dream of opening a community print shop to offer letterpress workshops... won't you help me get there?
below is the email message i have been sending out--
Dear family, friends, clients, and supporters of Penelope's Press,
Penelope's Press recently applied for a small business grant. Chase and LivingSocial are sponsoring "Mission: Small Business", a grant program awarding $3 million to small business owners nationwide. Your support could translate into a $250,000 grant, but we need at least 250 votes {through June 30th} at missionsmallbusiness.com in order to qualify and proceed to the next phase of voting.
It only takes 30 seconds to vote!
- Visit missionsmallbusiness.com
- Click on "Log in & Support" with your Facebook account
- Enter "Penelope's Press" in the business name field and click "Search" and then "Vote"
Please support Penelope's Press by submitting your vote today!
You have supported Penelope's Press in many ways because you have promoted or purchased, fanned or tweeted, pinned or liked Penelope's Press. We are a successful boutique letterpress print + design studio because of your support. Penelope's Press dreams of expanding and transitioning to a brick and mortar community print shop, where handmade goods from local artists will be sold, workshops are taught, and letterpress thrives! The promotion and preservation of print is important to us. Please visit missionsmallbusiness.com, your continued support means so much!
{If you are not already a fan, you can 'Like' our Facebook page here: facebook.com/penelopespress}
Thank you always,
Debbie