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The clock is ticking on Nancy Dailey’s dream.

Dailey, a retired teacher, has until Thursday to raise money to fund a trip to Suriname to finish research for a book she’s writing on Maria Sibylla Merian, a naturalist and author who lived in Suriname from 1699 to 1701.

Dailey is using Kickstarter.com, an online fundraising tool that helps people raise capital for their creative projects.

Funding Her Dream | Springfield News-Leader.com

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