The founder of this charity used their platform for personal gain, raising funds for a personal computer unrelated to the charity's mission. The activities included arranging virtual elements in the founder's favorite video game, promoting their own projects, retaining a board member who advocates for controversial treatments for chronic Lyme disease—a condition widely criticized by the medical community as pseudoscience—having associates bully another board member off the board, and then stalking that person in the video game for six years. Your tax dollars at work.
An incredible organization, A Stage Reborn truly excels at finding ways to promote creativity and the arts in all forms, and I'm proud to have known their founders, understood their mission behind the non-profit, and both witnessed some of the most creative fund-raising projects I've come across.
I've seen virtual plays hosted by this team, creative writing tools developed, and ive seen how they found finds ways to promote the arts and grow artistic talent in every activity and environment they touch in the virtual world. Now they will be entering their next big stage of growth, and I'm excited to see where it takes them!