Any donation you can manage will help us repay our loan. Donate the price of a parking ticket or a magazine. We'll get there a step at a time, with your help. It's all a journey.

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tax-deductible contribution by clicking the DONATE NOW button above, or mail to:
The AHA Foundation, Inc.
Harriett Alexander Whiting, Treasurer
PO Box 16242
Charlotte, NC 28297

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Financial Progress Illustration, Almetto Howey Alexander Building Fund

Progress towards building our labyrinth as of 03/01/2011
The Almetto Howey Alexander Labyrinth Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization. Your donations are tax deductible.

The Almetto Howey Alexander Labyrinth Fundraising Program was established in the early summer of 2010. It was designed to be a short-term, high-growth program. Initial initiatives of selecting the designer and installation artist, of receiving partnership donation of the location space, and the engagement of sixteen enthusiastic volunteers within and outside of the community are excellent indicators that the fundraising program, set into motion by the Foundation Committee, will be a success. The launching of the program to the public began on June 19, 2010 at the Juneteenth celebration in Charlotte. We still actively seek funds to repay the loan which enabled us to proceed with the installation.

Tom Schulz, MFA, Artist, generously offered to donate the 4' x 6' painting of the labyrinth — based on the life of Almetto Howey Alexander — to the benefactor who contributes $25,000 to the Foundation to complete payment of the project loan. Along with the moving visual value of this distinguished work, painted with the very polymer stains that will be used on the labyrinth itself, we believe this piece is important for its historic value as well, being the first known Afro-Centric labyrinth in the United States. $25,000. To purchase or for details, contact Tom Schulz.

Progress: February 16, 2011... Color!

March 5, 2011:

One week before the dedication and the unveiling, one week before Almetto Alexander gets to walk her labyrinth...that she has been pursuing in her dream and vision since 2002. Watch the video on YouTube.

February 12, 2011:

A windy day on the concrete. Visit YouTube by clicking the image. Raw footage - painting with light and listening to whales. Watch the video on YouTube.

February 7, 2011:

The pathway is masked off. "...sometimes the wind hits the latex, and it actually makes music... fascinating." Watch the video on YouTube.

January 2, 2011:

Take a little tour! Life lessons and strategies as gifts of the Labyrinth process.Watch the video on YouTube.

December 22, 2010:

Calm, peaceful and purposeful just before Christmas...when most of us are on the run! You will appreciate seeing how the path takes form: slowly. Slowly. Watch the video on YouTube.

December 10, 2010:

Here are the lunations, and the rain finish. Lovely words for beautiful work. The circle is bordered now; time to take a break while it dries. Watch the video on YouTube.

December 8, 2010:

Drawing backwards on his hands and knees, Tom Schulz completes the outlines of the Almetto Howey Alexander Labyrinth today. "No mistakes...the concrete won't allow it." Watch the video on YouTube.

November 9, 2010: The slab looks fantastic! The rain finish turned out very well. All the control joints are cut — straight and true. The foundation of the labyrinth sleeps under a bed of burlap. It's the time needed for it to cure. Let's use this time to raise funds for the next phase!

November 8, 2010:

The Pour! Find out why "no pour is the same..." Watch the video on YouTube.

November 5, 2010:

Forming the Shape! The forming for the pouring... an abstract dream on person had, now being formed...a canvas countless people will walk in meditation and in healing. Watch the video on YouTube.

November 2, 2010:

The Foundation! Digging deep: preparing the foundation for this historic labyrinth! The sub-foundation was graded, prepared, and packed. The form work commenced on the perimeter. Watch the video on YouTube.

October 29, 2010:

Mrs. Alexander presents a check to the McCrorey Y, selflessly insuring that work may begin on the labyrinth. While the work progresses, the Board continues to work to raise funds to repay this loan.