PERRYSBURG — Tonight at 7, Sherry Stanfa-Stanley will discuss The 52/52 Project, a year-long undertaking
to try new things.
Stanfa-Stanley is a fiction, humor, and human-interest writer whose stories have appeared in The Rumpus
and in the anthology Fifty Shades of Funny. This past year, she challenged herself with 52 new weekly
life experiences far outside her comfort zone. They’ve ranged from visiting a nude beach (naturally, she
had her 75-year-old mother in tow), to auditioning for Survivor, to crashing a wedding reception where
she accidentally caught the bouquet. She says she didn’t know fright and fun could be so closely
entwined until she babysat quadruplets, exfoliated a rhinoceros, and went on a drug raid with the
metropolitan vice squad and SWAT team.
Through The 52/52 Project, she has pushed her boundaries, gained courage, and learned to laugh at herself
in the most awkward of situations. The 52/52 Project is proof it’s never too late to reinvent yourself.

She has shared many of her experiences online at https://www.facebook.com/The52at52Project and
[email protected] and is chronicling the project in an upcoming book titled “The 52/52
Project: Conquering the Fears of My Unbucket List.”
A Waterville resident, she is a graduate of Bowsher High School and The University of Toledo, where she
serves as the UT Foundation’s director of communication.
The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.