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A SCROLLATHON PROJECT BY STEVEN & WILLIAM LADD

A little tin.
A story
only you
can tell.

Create your own Time Capsule. Explore what matters to you, make a colorful button hang, and become part of a larger collaboration.

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For individuals, classrooms, and communities.

TIME CAPSULE

The gold Scrollathon Time Capsule tinA colorful finished button hang
Small objects.
Personal meaning.01

MEET STEVEN & WILLIAM

It starts with you.

Take a look inside the Time Capsule and hear the story behind the project.

Introducing the Time Capsule1:44 · Sound on when you press play

WHAT YOU’LL CREATE

Make it yours.
Make it together.

Personalize your spool, string your buttons, and add your contribution to the collaboration. Keep your tin for the treasures and memories that matter to you.

Watch a button hang take shape.
William installing colorful button hangs in the New York pillar
William begins installing contributions in our pillar in New York.
Our hope is that one million people will contribute.

LET’S GET STARTED

Your Time Capsule,
step by step.

Choose the guide for the way you’re taking part.

01 / TOGETHER

For a classroom

A guide for teachers and group leaders, including the making activity and a class share session.

Classroom instructions

02 / YOUR OWN STORY

For an individual

Follow Steven and William through the prompts, the button hang, and keeping your own treasures.

Individual instructions

A QUESTION TO TAKE WITH YOU

What are your dreams
for the future?

An orange button

Your Time Capsule is a place to begin.

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MAKING TOGETHER

Small moments.
Shared discoveries.

Time Capsules bring people around a table to make, talk, and help each other. A look at the making process from our earlier workshop in Bratislava.

Two participants helping each other string their button hangs
A little help from each other.
Hands holding a button hang above a table of Time Capsule tins
A contribution taking shape.
A participant working on a button hang beside a gold tin
Made by hand. Made your own.

Brilliant Stars International School, Bratislava, 2024. Images courtesy of Bloomberg Philanthropies.

A smiling participant wearing the Scrollathon lapel pin on a white cap

WEAR YOUR PART IN THE STORY

A little pin.
A shared connection.

Your Time Capsule includes a Scrollathon lapel pin. Wear it on your hat, jacket, or bag. Take a photo and share your part in the project.

What treasures are you keeping in your tin? Tell us what you chose and what those objects mean to you.

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YOUR STORY BELONGS HERE

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