The Stories Continue...
Support Everybody’s Got a Story
This April, we’re raising $50,000 to sustain and grow the work of Everybody’s Got a Story.
If 200 people give $250 or more by April 30, we will meet this goal.
Your support helps us:
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Pay our featured and monthly storytellers
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Reimburse travel expenses
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Strengthen marketing and outreach
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Prepare for unexpected needs
Every gift makes a difference.
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Our Partners
Working Together
We work with some truly incredible sponsors who help make Everybody's Got A Story possible. Contributing to our festival is a fantastic way for local businesses and individuals to gain publicity and support from our community, while giving something back as well. Check out some of our most recent sponsors below.
Virginia Organizing
Real People, Real Change
Virginia Organizing is a non-partisan statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives. Virginia Organizing especially encourages the participation of those who have traditionally had little or no voice in our society. By building relationships with individuals and groups throughout the state, Virginia Organizing strives to get them to work together, democratically and non-violently, for change.
Hampton History Museum
Building a Better Future
The Hampton History Museum works every day to build a better future by exploring and preserving our past. Our collection, exhibitions, lectures, cultural presentations, educational activities, oral histories, and other programs, are part of our overall strategy to share the full story of our past and learn from it to understand the present.
Citizens Unity Commission
Support and Creativity
The Citizens' Unity Commission (CUC) is a 19-member, citizen-based commission, which was created as a result of findings and recommendations from several studies on diversity issues, in the City of Hampton, in 1995. Since its inception, this commission has focused on promoting and sponsoring activities and events that bring citizens together, encourages positive interactions between diverse individuals and groups, promotes the value of respect for differences, and creates opportunities for learning and growing together.
Weyanoke Association
Telling Our Own Story
We are Red-Black people. We are people of both Native American and African ancestry, and give ourselves permission to honor ALL our Ancestors. We are who WE say we are, not what others call us.​
Instead of whispering, "My grandmother was an Indian," do the research. Look up the records. Read a book. Go to a powwow. Learn about and participate in the culture. And stand tall.
Peninsula Community Foundation
Generous Contributors
What if every child born on the Peninsula was born healthy and received the love, nurturing and education necessary to grow up strong and independent? What if every person living here had a place to call home that was safe and secure?
What if every graduating high school senior had access to the necessary resources they needed to continue their education and develop the skills necessary for success? What if all of our neighborhoods, including the oldest, were safe places to live and great places to raise families?
Your support means everything! Please give as you are able. Use the QR code or link below. Donations are processed through Every.org. You may see an optional contribution to support the platform during checkout. This amount is optional and can be adjusted or set to zero.
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Thank you!
Everybody’s Got A Story operates under a Joint Plan of Work with Virginia Organizing, which is a 501(c)3 and accepts tax-deductible financial contributions on our behalf.
Virginia Organizing is officially registered with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, VA 23209. You can write to this Department for all relevant financial statements and procedures regarding the solicitation of contributions. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Hampton Storytelling Festival ‘25 was funded in part by a grant from Virginia Humanities
