Toledo Streets Scenes Annual Art Exhibition & Fundraiser By Bryce Roberts, TSN Board Chair Imagine being given a disposable camera and taking to the streets of our Toledo community in search of images that encapsulate beauty, the Toledo aesthetic, or areas of meaning in your life. Where would you journey? What would catch your eye? Each year at TSN we provide an opportunity for our vendors to take on this very task, and each year they discover new and striking ways to see beauty and meaning in our community. Once collected, these photos are developed into our annual calendar. Through this calendar we hope to display our vendors artwork and provide an avenue for our community to better appreciate the myriad of ways beauty and meaning can be found throughout NW Ohio. How can you see this artwork for yourself and have the opportunity to purchase photographs that will inspire you? The answer is our annual art exhibit and fundraiser, Toledo Streets Scenes. Through this event we showcase our vendors artwork and give you the opportunity to engage with our TSN community. You will also fi nd numerous avenues to support the work of TSN and to become more involved in our vision to inspire hope, foster community, and cultivate change. By attending this event we promise you will fi nd inspiration and discover more about what makes TSN such an incredible resource within the Toledo community. The Buck Starts Here Toledo Streets and its vendors are a powerful, community driven solution to the problem of homelessness. Our vendors earn their way out of their individual situations through a collaboration of journalism, local business partners and their own hard work. Use these four steps to be a part of the solution. Meet Vendors Buy a Paper Get Informed Take Action • Vendors -- the people who sell the paper -- are at the core of Toledo Streets' mission. Each year more than 70 indiviuals work as vendors with Toledo Streets. At any given time, more than 25 vendors are at work, in the rain, snow, or heat. Vendors play an active role in the management of TS, meeting regularly to discuss issues of concern and even serving on our board. • With the money made selling the newspaper, vendors are able to secure basic needs, independence and dignity, and work toward obtaining housing. Vendors buy papers for a quarter and sell them for a $1, keeping all income and tips for each sale. Toledo Streets tries to tie its editorial to three basic principals: • Inspiring Hope, Fostering Community, and Cultivating Change. We are a member of INSP, our global organization of street papers around the world which provides us with content relevent to social justice, homelessness, and street community around the world. • Donate to the organization and give vendors experiencing homelessness and poverty a hand up. It supports not only the paper but also issues throughout NW Ohio. • Volunteer your time and expertise and help the organization grow. • Share Toledo Streets with your network, and tell people about the organization. Page 3
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