Classically Speaking

Things you love: Classical music, public radio  

Things you probably don’t love: Fund drives 
 

So what if you could have more radio and less fund drive?  Stick with me here:

* No one really likes having their programs interrupted for fundraising,

* BUT interrupting programs for a few days is the best way to get a lot of people’s attention and raise the needed money,

* AND without raising money to pay for the programs, we will have an even worse interruption – the permanent kind :(

 “But I’d give money anyway!” you cry. "Really!" (really?)  Or perhaps you are wondering, “How much do I have to give to make them stop?”

Here, with the power of the Internet, we have a chance to make it better. 

For every $10,000 that is raised online, they will take away one day of this fund drive!.  $10,000 is what they expect with one day of fundraising on the air -- if we can raise that money online before they get started, then we get that day back for news, music, and all that good stuff that is not fund drive.

Let’s do it! 

Plus, it is the Chocolate Challenge, where you can have a box of chocolates sent anywhere in the country by Valentine’s Day as a thank you gift when you pledge $120 .  Those clever fundraising folks have also sweetened the deal with a chance to win a box of chocolates every month for a year .

(I’ll also be posting later about some nice classical music gifts we have to share. And if you don’t like chocolate or the other stuff we’re offering, you can always choose to forgo the gift and have all of your money go to support WV Public Radio ).