[Rfu-station] Fundraising successes

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

Wow, it's been a great week for fundraising here at WRFU. Our online  
pledge challenge raised $665 from 13 individuals, in just over a week.  
Then last night, we raised $900 from entry fees at the benefit at Mike  
'n' Molly's. And a further $125 in t-shirt sales.

That's $1,690 in a single week. I'll be calculating the exact numbers  
in the near future, but it should put us at around $17,000 in our  
Tower Fund. That's fantastic. Our goal is $20,000, so we're very much  
within sight of the end.

See below for more details of how we're going to get over the top. But  
first:
Thanks to everyone who contributed, and to everyone who turned up at  
our benefit concert. Thanks in particular to Aimee Rickman, who put so  
much time and effort into organizing our last two benefits, to Brian  
Mertz, for his donation challenge, to Mike Lehman, who has been so  
central to the WRFU project, and to Jodi Blumenfeld, who was a one- 
person t-shirt-selling machine last night.

So, how are we going to complete this campaign?
- We have launched a Facebook campaign, aimed at getting small  
donations from as many individuals as possible, with the hope of a  
snowball effect. The group is "I donated $5 to WRFU's Tower Fund."  
We're asking people to make a small donation online (wrfu.net/donate)  
and then to join the group, and to invite their friends to join. If  
you're on Facebook, go here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82173862431

(If you're not on Facebook, your donations are always welcome at  
wrfu.net/donate)

- We're launching an underwriting program at WRFU. In the coming weeks  
we'll be approaching local businesses and organizations for support.  
If you know a group that might be interested in underwriting at WRFU,  
or if you are interested in learning more, please let me know.

- We're also exploring some other fundraising opportunities. Stay tuned!

Andrew