THANK YOU, BOM Supporters!

Posted by Amanda Farrar on July 10, 2010

By now, if you spend your time checking the Barrel of Monkeys blog and facebook page and other cyber-endeavors, you’ve probably noticed that we’re in the running for a $20,000 grant from Chase Bank. In reality, you’ve probably noticed again, and again, and again. At times, it seems it’s all we’re talking about—but it’s for very good reason. Each of your votes so far have been HUGE in helping push BOM towards receiving a hefty sum of money that will let us reach even more Chicago kids in even better ways. And hey, That’s Weird, Grandma may even get funnier as a side-effect.

But, all explanations aside, we just wanted to say thank you to each and every one of you that have supported us. With just over 1,000 votes and a few days left in the contest, that means that each of your votes are like a fresh, crisp $20 bill going from your hands to ours. If you gave someone a $20 bill in real life, you’d get a hug, or at least a high-five. Since you’re giving us a $20 bill in the Internets-world, we’d like to give you a big internet hug and a high-five.

We’ll be updating a Thank-You video each and every day for those of you who have voted and will be getting around to voting.

So far, we have Tuesday’s video—a titillating, choreographed dance by classically-trained Amanda and post-post-modernly-trained Johnny.

BOM Thank You 1 from Barrel of Monkeys on Vimeo.

And Wednesday’s video—an infomercial-style (but good!) reading by Elizabeth of some of the students’ comments regarding Barrel of Monkeys and their experiences with them in school.

Untitled from Barrel of Monkeys on Vimeo.

So enjoy! Watch! Vote! THANK YOU!