24 hour Kickstarter Campaign – Tuesday March 5th

We got off to a great start last week, but now the clock is ticking. Our entire time at Kickstarter is only 30 days, but we already have 28 people that have combined for over 1000.00!

We need your help, please!

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Great Start – Now What?

To help things along, in four days, we are starting a 24 hour campaign in an attempt to get featured as a ‘Popular Project’ On Kickstarter.

Even if you’re one of the original 22, you can still add a $3 pledge to help the cause, and you can help ensure that funding is successful.

We have to raise 15,000 before 3/25/13

Last week we launched a Kickstarter campaign to Bring Keiko Back to Hollywood, at the with a World Premiere of the new HD documentary, Keiko The Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy, to be held at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre.

The rewards we offer for pledges range from post cards to VIP box seats and meeting the producers and filmakers.

Goal :

To get 100 individual pledges on Tuesday, Mar. 5th

  • All pledges should occur within 24 hours
  • 7am Tues March 5th to Wed March 6th
  • Reach 100 individual pledges of any amount – even three bucks!

Why?

  • If we accomplish this, Kickstarter will feature our project in their popular projects section, making the project MUCH more visible. With as many people in the world that love Keiko, the pledges could come in exponentially after that.
  • If we reach our total goal or more they will release the donations for your project to us, and in turn, we provide the donors, (you) with the rewards we’ve outlined at the project.
  • Kickstarter has an all or nothing rule though, and if we don’t reach our goal, then all money is returned to the donors (you).

What Do We Want From You?

We are asking you to please reach out to those you know personally… good friends…asking them to look at our project, make a small donation, and then for them to ask their good friends in a direct email/im/message/ and maybe even using.. the PHONE!

This all has to happen between now and next Tuesday, and everyone needs to make their donation in the 24 hours following Tuesday morning.

Please, pledge a donation (any donation) and send this message to your friends who would likely support THIS particular part of the project, and do it in this initial 24 hour period.

What Should You Do?

  • Click here to pledge at Kickstarter after 7AM PST on Tuesday March 5th
  • Prepare a short paragraph for friends, relatives, whale lovers, and anyone that you can.
  • Briefly describe this project, and send them a link to this post  –  https://www.keikotheuntoldstory.com/?p=2849
  • Send that short paragraph by email any time between now and Monday afternoon
  • Post that short paragraph on your Facebook wall any time between now and Monday afternoon

When? Tuesday Morning March 5th 7am PST

  • We have 24 hours to reach our goal of 100 contributions
  • Go to the Kickstarter project and make your donation
  • Send out another email and Facebook post telling folks that the clock has started
  • Feel free to donate smaller amounts more than once over the 24 hour period
  • Share this post and the news with as many people as you can

Why is Keiko is relevant today?

During production we learned that Keiko was the most unlikely candidate for release back to the wild…

  • because of his length of time in captivity (close to 20 years)
  • because his capture at a very young age (believed to be at age two)
  • because of his state of ill-health. (He nearly died during his transport from Mexico to the Oregon Coast Aquarium.)

During his rehabilitation process Keiko…

  • became the most well traveled orca in the world
  • gained over 3000 lbs during his rehab at the Oregon Coast Aquarium
  • became the largest package UPS ever delivered
  • was finally airlifted back home to Iceland by an Air Force cargo plane
  • Was at one time the second longest lived captive male orca in history

and much to the dismay of the captive industry, Keiko became the only captive orca to ever be successfully rehabilitated and released back to his home waters in the North Atlantic.

Our film about the true story of Keiko’s life and incredible legacy can help change the current world view of rehab and release of captive dolphins and orcas. Help this film about Keiko’s life and legacy help him to become the ambassador for the release of captives world wide with his true story and the successes realized with his release.

Join us in this fight and let’s make a difference together. Make a pledge to our kickstarter campaign for the film!

What your pledge will accomplish:

Your pledge will bring Keiko back to Hollywood with a WORLD PREMIERE screening of the HD version of his documentary, Keiko The Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy, at the famous landmark Eqyptian Theater in Hollywood.

Our World Premiere Screening, will coincide with the 20th Anniversary of the release of the hit film Free Willy and will include a screening of the 1993 Warner Bros. hit film Free Willy and a Blue Carpet Ceremony and Reception including the Producers and to-be-announced Cast Members from both films.

What Should You Do?

  • Wait to pledge at Kickstarter (until after 7AM PST on Tuesday March 5th) (but look over the rewards now)
  • Prepare a short paragraph for friends, relatives, whale lovers, and anyone that you can.
  • Briefly describe this project, and send them a link to this post ( https://www.keikotheuntoldstory.com/?p=2849 )
  • Send that short paragraph by email any time between now and Monday afternoon
  • Post that short paragraph on your Facebook wall any time between now and Monday afternoon

Tuesday Morning March 5th 7am PST

  • We have 24 hours to reach our goal of 100 contributions
  • Go to the Kickstarter project and make your donation
  • Send out another email and Facebook post telling folks that the clock has started
  • Feel free to donate smaller amounts more than once over the 24 hour period
  • Share this post and the news with as many people as you can

Thank you for your help! We can’t do it without you!

Here’s that Kickstarter Campaign link (for AFTER 7am Tuesday March 5th 🙂

What is Kickstarter?

Remember, people do not “invest” in Kickstarter projects to make money, and instead they “back” different projects in exchange for a tangible reward or one-of-a-kind experience, like a personal note of thanks, custom T-shirts, Posters, dinner with an author, copy of new product, etc.

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Theresa Demarest

Nowhere in recent history has a captive mammal garnered so much attention as Keiko, the orca star of the 1993 hit film, “Free Willy.” The film’s success, partnered with growing public interest in animals held in captivity, launched a children’s crusade that called for Keiko’s release into the wild. The result: a multimillion-dollar project that spanned four countries, weathered endless controversy and lasted nearly a decade. Through first-hand accounts by the marine mammal experts charged with his care, “Keiko The Untold Story” follows Keiko, his life, his legacy of hope, and the untold story of his extraordinary years in Iceland and Norway.