Indigo Hippo Community Fundraiser

About our Community Fundraiser:
We hope you’ll join us at 1628 Ltd. for an evening of celebration at our 2021 Community Fundraiser. We’re thrilled to have Mike Stankovich of Longfellow Bar as our emcee for the night, as well as food from Aladdin’s Eatery, The Bagelry, Breadsmith, and more! Come dressed to express and take advantage of our creative reuse jewelry bar before heading to the photo booth. Have your portrait drawn by a local artist, inspire a poem to take home, and help us reach our largest fundraising goal to date – $30,000! You won’t want to miss our dreamy silent auction and raffle stocked with goodies from your favorite artists and businesses.
Live portraits by:
Joe Bailey, Karen Boyhen, and Anissa Pulcheon
Short order poetry by:
Kay E. Moore, Marcus Donaldson, and Taylor Byas
Photo booth by:
Hailey Bollinger
Tickets are pay-what-you-can, with all proceeds benefitting Indigo Hippo. Inspired by the colored stickers we use in-store to indicate price ranges, you have the option to choose the following ticket prices:
Yellow – $10 | Pink – $25 | Green – $50 | Orange – $100
Covid-19 Policy:
Proof of vaccination or negative covid test* is required at the door.
*rapid test: within 48 hours, pcr test: within 72 hours

About Indigo Hippo:
Creativity is an essential part of the human experience, often serving as a tool for connection, healing, and personal expression. Indigo Hippo works to broaden access to creativity by providing the community with low-cost materials through our pay-what-you-can art supply thrift store. By accepting donations of new and gently used materials, we are able to sell supplies at 25-50% of their retail price, with most materials falling in the $0.05-$1 range. This process gives artists agency in choosing what they can invest in their practice and creates a new life for otherwise discarded materials. This year alone, Indigo Hippo has redirected more than 14 tons of art supplies out of the waste stream.

Click here to donate to our annual campaign!
*Thanks to the generous support of the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation, Indigo Hippo will receive a 1:1 matching grant of $10,000! This is in addition to Ioby’s $2,000 Covid recovery match, also funded by the Haile Foundation. With your help, we’ll be well on our way to reaching our $30,000 goal!*