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Fuel the Future | MakerspaceCT End of Year Campaign



Fuel the Future

Help Hartford’s Young Innovators Build What’s Possible.

Step Inside: Where Winter Magic Becomes Maker Magic

It’s December – the season of frosty windows, wooly socks, and hot cocoa … but also the season when something extraordinary happens inside MakerspaceCT.

While the cold nips at your nose, our classrooms are buzzing with CAD sparks, 3D-printed dreams, laser cutter hums, and robots politely (mostly) learning to obey their human creators. This is where imagination thaws out, warms up, and transforms into something real.

This Holiday Season, You Can Be the Spark

Your support gives young innovators access to tools, training, and life-changing hands-on experiences that simply don’t exist anywhere else.

Students engaged in hands-on learning

Hands-On Learning

Students don’t just learn theory – they build, code, and create real projects they can take home.

Students collaborating on engineering projects

Career Pathways

We bridge the gap between traditional skills and advanced technologies, preparing students for high-demand careers.

Community building at MakerspaceCT

Community Building

We create spaces where students can collaborate, innovate, and support each other’s growth.

Your Gift Makes a Difference

A gift today can: Help a future engineer learn to design in CAD. Put a soldering iron in the hands of a curious kid. Give a teen the confidence to build something they once thought impossible.

$50

Buys a Bluetooth speaker kit for an Engineering Primer student studying electronics.

Give $50

$150

Funds meals for a week of student programs.

Give $150

$500

Supports a scholarship, unlocking endless possibilities for a student’s future.

Give $500

$2,000

Funds all the filaments needed for 10 students in a 3D printing program for 10 weeks.

Give $2,000

$4,000

Funds on-site OSHA10 training for 20 students in our Engineering and Trades programs.

Give $4,000

$8,000

Helps build capacity for our youths to explore new projects over three months.

Give $8,000

$15,000

Helps build capacity for our youths to explore new projects for six months.

Give $15,000

Or give any amount that works for you

28,000+
Square Foot Innovation Lab
1,000+
Students Impacted Annually
2019
Serving Hartford Since
100%
Hands-On Learning

Become a Monthly Donor

Want to be a superhero without wearing a cape? Become a Monthly Donor. Monthly gifts keep the lights on, the tools humming, the ideas flowing, and the students thriving. Your recurring support turns one-time magic into everyday transformation.

BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR

Student working on project at MakerspaceCT

Fuel the Spark of Innovation

Your contribution doesn’t sit around politely. It gets to work, powering the spark that turns “I wonder if I could…” into “Holy wow, I did.”

Please make your tax-deductible donation today – and help us keep this community of creators, innovators, and world-changers moving forward.



The headquarters for the Maker Movement in Connecticut. 

Our mission is to positively impact lives by enabling access, innovation, and education.

Location: 960 Main St, Hartford, CT

Main Entrance: 36 Talcott St, Hartford CT (Get Directions)

Operating Hours:
We are operating at reduced capacity for July – Aug 2022. 

New Operating Hours (starting 7/22): Fri: 10am-9pm / Sat: 10am-6pm / Sun – Thurs: CLOSED

IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER: Check our website homepage or Facebook and Twitter for updates for possible changes to our hours of operation.

Holiday schedule:

Wed, Nov 23, 2022: Closing at 5:00 p.m.
Thu, Nov 24, 2022: CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING
Sat, Dec 24, 2022: Closing at 5:00 p.m.
Sun, Dec 25, 2022: CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
Sat, Dec 31, 2022: Closing at 5:00 p.m.
Sun, Jan 1, 2023: CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY

MakerspaceCT is a program of McEIVR, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit.

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