Budding Impact
From left: Past Co-founder of Budfunding Emma Yang, Founder of True North Produce Ltd. Adam Schwarz, SEDV Masters’ students Stephanie Duncan & Samantha Irwin, Founder of Energy Math Oksana Treacy, and Founder of Budfunding Kristin Skelton
Our first crowdfunding campaign
Budfunding originally was a crowdfunding platform. This has now transitioned into the Budfunding Scholarship where a portion of all sales from the expos and consignment goes towards an annual scholarship to be used on a project or initiative.
On our panel along with our experts, we had Sustainable Energy Development Masters’ students Stephanie Duncan and Samantha Irwin crowdfunding for a volunteer trip to Peru to provide sustainable electricity to rural communities. From the event the team was able to raise $1,600 towards their campaign with a final amount of over $6,000!
Panelist Oksana Treacy shared with us that there are very few truly eco-friendly RV options on the market. An engineer with over 15 years experience, she was doing research to create a low impact vehicle by combining energy-efficient building principles with the latest advances in electric and hybrid vehicle technology.
Always fun at the Budfunding Photo Booth
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wrap on expo Vol. II
The amazing companies that were part of the event:
Alberta Bike Swap, Dryleaf, SEEDA Inc., TreeEra, Sun Country Highway, Energy for All,True North Produce Ltd., Boomerang Bags YYC, Hands-on Growing, Stephanie Hrehirchuk, Tower Garden, & ATB Financial
We truly appreciate everyones support!
If you would like to be part of our next expo as a vendor, speaker, sponsor or you have an awesome space or other suggestion please email kristin@budfunding.com