PROJECT UPDATE: 4 MARCH 2021
Tiny WPA and the Building Heroes have been fabricating desks and stools since early January 2021. As of today, we’ve made 303 desks and stools.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄.

𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚. 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘, 𝗪𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟. 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗪, 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦.

To learn more about our daily and weekly progress, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 @𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗽𝗮

Tiny WPA secured additional funding from the William Penn Foundation in March 2021, but these funds only enable us to build 800 desks and stools. We continue to seek additional fabricators, volunteers, and donations to realize the continued requests we receive.

Thank you for your patience in this process. Please contact Megan at megan@tinywpa.org if you have any questions, would like to volunteer, donate materials, or support the project in another way.



PROJECT UPDATE: 17 DECEMBER 2020
It has been less than a month since we originally posted this article and survey, and in this time WE HAVE HAD OVER 800 REQUESTS from families throughout Philadelphia for desks and stools. We are working hard to pull together funding, partners, materials, donations, and more to meet this very large need. Do you need a desk and stool? Please still submit a request if you need a set as it helps us plan our work, build partnerships to meet this need, etc. but know that we are not sure when or if we will be able to fulfill your request. We plan on starting to build desks and stools for families in the first two weeks of January and are going to fulfill requests on a first come, first served basis. We will continue building as long as we can pull together the resources to make the desks and stools.



ORIGINAL PROJECT INTRO: 23 NOVEMBER 2020
Laptops, iPads and internet access are great but we know that, for a wide variety of reasons, many Philadelphia K-12 students don't have a designated place or space to do their remote learning each day. To address this need, our Building Heroes ages 16-40 developed a desk and two types of stools (a rocking stool and a standard stool with a shelf underneath the seat). Throughout our prototyping process, people and organizations have offered to potentially help with this initiative. Now we just need your help, understanding how many desks and stools are needed, and how we can proceed.