Do-Gooder Assignment of the Day
My friend Troye is unbelievably proactive when it comes to his creative ventures. In the decade that I’ve known him, he’s become a hairdresser, owned two hair salons, written two (three?) screenplays, composed and recorded several songs, done makeup and hair for a wide variety of theater productions, and entered (and won) a slew of writing competitions.
His latest venture is writing a book about living with Tourette syndrome. Not only is Troye a bearer of this -let’s face it - fascinating condition, he’s become super involved in the Tourette community and is currently serving on the board of New York’s local Tourette Syndrome Association. As he becomes more active in the community, Troye is learning that there is a severe lack of information and research done about this manageable condition.
Troye started this project as a simple blog post and after getting over 1000 hits in a week, knew he was on to something. He’s decided to take his “A Day in the Life” post and turn it into a book by adding the stories of another 20 or so adults and children living with Tourette’s.
Troye’s currently fundraising on Kickstarter, and I figured that since I’ll be hitting him (and you) up very soon for my own project (and because I truly believe in what he’s doing), I’d pass his info along to you lovely people in case you were interested in spreading some holiday cheer this year. The funding will go towards travel expenses, recording of interviews and stuff like that.
The thing is, time is running out. On Kickstarter they have an all-or-none policy; Troye has to fund his project 100% by Friday, December 16, or he doesn’t get anything, which means it will take even longer for this important work to get out to the public.
Seriously, every dollar will help, so if you can … do.
