We know that poverty, and the crushing lack of opportunity associated with it, is an intergenerational phenomenon impacting far too many Mobilians. Fuse Project, through partnership with The Historic Avenue Foundation, is on a mission to close the opportunity gap. Our annual fundraising campaign, Light the Fuse, seeks to engage the community and raise awareness of our mission through a series of public and private events, a team fundraising challenge, and more. But Light the Fuse is not simply a fundraising campaign. It is a lifesaving campaign. We are literally fighting for the lives of our children, but we cannot do it without YOU. Help us fuel our efforts to break the cycle of poverty and close the opportunity gap with Light the Fuse.

Here's how:

Starting in November, we will launch a month-long peer-to-peer fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $50,000 to support education, housing, and wellness initiatives in the Avenue community. Be sure to subscribe to our mailing list to receive information on how you can participate, compete to win some awesome prizes, and make a truly meaningful impact. You can also click the button below for more information and involvement opportunities.

LIGHT THE FUSE

We are launching this year’s Light the Fuse campaign event series with our current BOO! Project sponsored by Print King.

BOO! Project 2023

Neighborhood Trickery that IMPACTS Our Community

A FRIENDLY GHOST HAS COME TO SAY THAT HALLOWEEN IS ON ITS WAY. NOW YOU GET TO SHARE THE FUN, GO AND BOO ANOTHER ONE!

Fuse Project has turned a fun Halloween tradition into a way to make an impact in the lives of children in our community. Now it’s your turn to become the neighborhood ghost!

Here’s how:

STEP 1: ORDER YOUR BOO! PROJECT KIT TODAY

Are you ready to add some Halloween fun to this year's festivities and contribute to a great cause? Purchase our BOO! Project kit, complete with a spooky yard sign and festive goody bag. BOO! Project kits are filled with Halloween delights that will bring joy to your friends and family. Don't miss out – place your order now! Once ordered, your BOO! sign(s) will be placed on your doorstep within 72 hours (starting September 25 - deliveries to Mobile and Baldwin counties only). If you order multiple signs, they will all be delivered to YOUR address for you to distribute and join in on the fun!

STEP 2: BOO! YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS

It's time to become the neighborhood ghost! Secretly place the BOO! Project sign in the yards of your friends and neighbors, then surprise them with delightful Halloween treats (included in the kit) at their doorsteps, all while staying incognito. It's an exciting Halloween tradition that will get everyone talking. The ultimate goal? To have a BOO! yard sign on every lawn in your neighborhood.

STEP 3: SHARE THE FUN

Take pictures and videos Boo’ing your friends and neighbors to post to social media using #BooProject2023. Be sure to tag Fuse Project (find our social links below) and share that your friends and followers can also get their BOO! Project kits at fuseproject.org/boo.

STEP 4: MAKE AN IMPACT WHILE YOU BOO!

At the core of BOO! Project is the belief that every child deserves an opportunity for success, regardless of their zip code, and igniting the spark for innovation, funding, and implementation of projects benefiting children along Alabama’s Gulf Coast.

Through our BOO! Project we are hoping to raise $10,000 to launch our 2023 Light the Fuse campaign. Currently, we have raised over $7,000 with one week left to buy your BOO! All proceeds from BOO! Project will be used to expand our education pipeline through high-quality early learning and academic support programs. By participating in BOO! Project, you're not only spreading Halloween cheer but also extending love and support to those who need it the most.

Join us in creating a magical Halloween experience for your neighborhood while giving back to the community. Order your BOO! Project kit now and let the spooky fun begin! Together, we can BOO! for a cause!

BOO! Project Impact Made Possible by Our volunteers and sponsors

For FUNdraisers such as BOO! Project to be a success, we rely on the generosity of our community partners. We are thankful that so many businesses and individuals in our area are passionate about giving back to their local community. The impact Fuse Project is able to make is due in part to local businesses and volunteers who are eager to help be a part of the solution with us.

We want to give a huge shoutout and spooktacular thanks to our incredible friends, board members, Order of Fuse members, and volunteers from Doing Good in the Neighborhood at South Coast Church who have lent their hands and hearts to help us stuff BOO! Bags and deliver BOO! Kits since the launch of BOO! Project 2023. Thanks for your help spreading smiles and spooky spirit far and wide.

We are especially thankful to our BOO! Project sponsors - Print King, Gulf Ortho, Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, and Drug Education Council.

THANK YOU, SPONSORS!

Print King

Want to make an impression?! Print King will make you look good!

(Just look at our BOO! signs!)

Print King has been serving our community since April 1993. That is over 30 years of their “Royal Treatment,” the highest level of professional quality, personalized service, and fast results. They provide traditional printing, copying, and binding services, as well as sign and banner printing, T-shirt and other apparel printing, and promotional items. They use state-of-the-art equipment and full color or black and white for all their services. Print King also offers free pickup or delivery services and provides fresh home-baked cookies with every delivery. All part of that royal printing service treatment! For professional printing in Mobile, Alabama, you can't go wrong with Print King!

Gulf Ortho

“Your health, our joint effort. We are here to help with EVERY STEP of your orthopaedic recovery.”

Gulf Orthopaedics combines specialty-trained experts in sports medicine and musculoskeletal care with a comprehensive team of doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, therapists, and support staff working seamlessly on your personalized plan of care. They work closely with each patient to ensure you fully understand your condition and treatment options, with a priority on the least-invasive road to recovery. Their mission is an integrated, compassionate, patient-centered experience for the Gulf Coast, all backed by the power of Infirmary Health Systems. Whether recovering from a sports injury or ready for a joint procedure to relieve years of aches and pains, They’re there to get you back on the GO.

Mobile County Sheriff’s Office

“It takes a partnership of committed citizens who are willing to help in our communities, neighborhoods, and media.”

We are grateful for our continued partnership with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office to work together to make our community stronger, safer, better. (Click here to see photos of their epic performance in the 3rd annual Lip Sync Battle)

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is the second largest in the state, with a staff of over 600 serving more than 400,000 citizens across an area of some 1,200 square miles. The Sheriff’s Office serves through four divisions: administrative services, field operations, support services and correction. Their correction division which operates the Mobile Metro Jail, has an average daily population of some 1500. To best fight crime while saving taxpayers millions of dollars, the Sheriff’s Office also administers a 325-bed minimum security barracks that houses prisoners who are put to work to earn their keep. The fight against crime requires constant updates of technology, from text-based citizen reporting methods to Smart Policing. This concept utilizes crime analysis to identify trends and crime “hot spots” to best allocate resources. All of these services are overseen from the office’s administration building, located near Metro Jail at 510 South Royal Street in downtown Mobile. The office’s infrastructure, technology and workforce are all designed with future expansion and responsiveness in mind.

Drug Education Council

Celebrating 55 years of helping individuals and families live healthy and drug-free lives.

The vision of the Drug Education Council is to promote healthy choices by helping to impact the hearts and minds of individuals and families and by working to change the community narrative when it comes to substance use disorder and addiction. The agency is licensed to serve the state of Alabama and is currently providing services in Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and Washington Counties. The agency has offices in Mobile and Baldwin Counties.

In recognition of Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31) our BOO kits contain bracelets that say, “No More Shame, No More Stigma.” Drug Education Council’s theme for Red Ribbon Week is “We love our veterans & first responders,” while the national theme is “Be Kind to Your Mind. Live Drug Free." For more information and resources from Drug Education Council, visit their website.

Neighborhood Trickery Transforms Into A Community Fundraiser