JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sunday proved to be an exciting day for creators at One Spark as the awards ceremony wrapped up and creators walked away winners.
$150,000 was awarded to the top three crowdfunded projects, all in the categories of art, education, health and science, music, social good and technology.
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The City Guide took home more than $16,000 and won first place in the technology category. The creators said their idea is a way to get more people in touch with the city of Jacksonville.
"Our goal, our mission is to get kids off of social media and out into the world by showing them basketball courts they never knew were next door," said Zachary Schwartz with The City Guide. "How many times have you known about something that happened last weekend? And you're like, 'man, why didn't I know about that?'"
For the social good category, Yoga4Change took first place taking in $17,000. It also won the Juried award for its category and won an additional $15,000. It wants to offer yoga to people who may not be able to experience it, let alone have the money to pay for a class.
"We've had a lot of days where both myself and our director of marketing have gone without pay. And we've done this because we know this works," said Katherine Thomas with Yoga4Change. "We want to expand our missing, look for more powerful teachers and expand out of Duval County."
Natasha Owens, who wrote the book, "Airing Grandma's Laundry and Other Hush-Hush Secrets" is looking to expand as well. She wants to take her book and making it into a movie.
"It's going to help us tremendously we know that as you stated it cost a lot but we're going to do is get with someone to help us on this project," said Owens.
The Grey Area took first place in the art category. It;s trying to make a film based on the 'masculine female perspective.'
"We feel like it is such a deep message and it's something being talked about in the cinema," said Drew Brown with The Grey Area.
Momentum: Obesity Treatment and Prevention for Tweens won the health and science category. It's a program in Clay County battling childhood obesity. It said it's going to expand its program with the money won.
"I am so worried about their future I want them to be able to go out and play and have normal healthy childhoods and to grow up to be healthy adults," said Deborah Weyer with Momentum.
Future Music Makers Youth Enrichment Program took home the title in the music category.
Dean Spaniol said it's going to buy equipment to start an after-school program that targets kids ages K-12 that don't have music education in their school.
"It's a really exciting opportunity to give back the gift of music which has effected all of us so much in our lives, to the local communities couldn't be happier," said Spaniol.
There were a few more winners for the other three categories. The Band 'Be Easy' won first place in the Music category for most crowd votes earning nearly $16,000. The Polar Pod won about the same amount, taking first place in Health and Science, and The Adventures of Moxie Girl took first for education cashing in on nearly $16,500.