Folklife Festival
Hello folks!
Many of you know that I'm on the board for the Northwest Folklife Festival. Every year 250,000 people make their way to the Seattle Center grounds during Memorial day weekend to join in the Folklife celebration. Many volunteer their time and talent by performing or helping with the tasks that make a successful festival happen.
If you have been to the Folklife Festival and enjoyed it, please consider becoming a Friend of Folklife as a way to keep the festival going strong for many years.
If you havn't been to the Folklife Festival yet, this year it is happening from the 23rd to the 26th of May, at the Seattle Center grounds. We request a donation at the gates, but there is no admission charge. That's right, the entire festival, with 20+ stages is Free! Donations and Friends of Folklife memberships help keep it that way, similar to the pledge drive model adopted by Public Radio.
We are current running a campain to increase the amount of friends of folklife we have: If you are a current Friend of Folklife, you can earn a $5 coupon toward festival merchandise! The full text of this offer is copied below.
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Friends of Folklife Challenge:
Refer a friend and get a $5 coupon!
We're launching a campaign to get 500 new Friends of Folklife in time for the 2008 Festival. When you refer a friend to sign up at the $50 level or higher, as our thanks you'll receive a $5 coupon to use towards Folklife merchandise during the 2008 Festival!*
Folklife faces a serious challenge this year; one that you can help solve! Due to the current nationwide financial climate, sponsorships and corporate donations are down, but the hard costs of our Festival, like everything else, are increasing. In order to maintain our high standards in presenting this amazing community arts event, we need your help more than ever! And we need your help now!
Now you can encourage your friends to help keep community arts happening! Simply point your friends to our website donor form at www.nwfolklife.org. When they fill out the online donation form, they can enter your name in the "referred by" field. Your friends get the benefits of being a Friend of Folklife , and you get a $5 coupon to spend at the Festival. And you both get the satisfaction of knowing that YOU help make community arts happen with your support!
*The Details: You must be a current Friend of Folklife (you can join now and still refer friends!) to receive the $5 coupon, and your friend must enter your first and last name in the required field (donations may also be made via phone, referencing your name). Coupons will be mailed out with your Friends of Folklife benefits in early May. There is no limit to the number of coupons you may receive. Coupons are valid only for use on official Folklife merchandise (not valid on performer recordings) at the sportswear booths and are valid for use only at the 2008 Festival.
http://www.nwfolklife.org/P_NWF/friends.html
Many of you know that I'm on the board for the Northwest Folklife Festival. Every year 250,000 people make their way to the Seattle Center grounds during Memorial day weekend to join in the Folklife celebration. Many volunteer their time and talent by performing or helping with the tasks that make a successful festival happen.
If you have been to the Folklife Festival and enjoyed it, please consider becoming a Friend of Folklife as a way to keep the festival going strong for many years.
If you havn't been to the Folklife Festival yet, this year it is happening from the 23rd to the 26th of May, at the Seattle Center grounds. We request a donation at the gates, but there is no admission charge. That's right, the entire festival, with 20+ stages is Free! Donations and Friends of Folklife memberships help keep it that way, similar to the pledge drive model adopted by Public Radio.
We are current running a campain to increase the amount of friends of folklife we have: If you are a current Friend of Folklife, you can earn a $5 coupon toward festival merchandise! The full text of this offer is copied below.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friends of Folklife Challenge:
Refer a friend and get a $5 coupon!
We're launching a campaign to get 500 new Friends of Folklife in time for the 2008 Festival. When you refer a friend to sign up at the $50 level or higher, as our thanks you'll receive a $5 coupon to use towards Folklife merchandise during the 2008 Festival!*
Folklife faces a serious challenge this year; one that you can help solve! Due to the current nationwide financial climate, sponsorships and corporate donations are down, but the hard costs of our Festival, like everything else, are increasing. In order to maintain our high standards in presenting this amazing community arts event, we need your help more than ever! And we need your help now!
Now you can encourage your friends to help keep community arts happening! Simply point your friends to our website donor form at www.nwfolklife.org. When they fill out the online donation form, they can enter your name in the "referred by" field. Your friends get the benefits of being a Friend of Folklife , and you get a $5 coupon to spend at the Festival. And you both get the satisfaction of knowing that YOU help make community arts happen with your support!
*The Details: You must be a current Friend of Folklife (you can join now and still refer friends!) to receive the $5 coupon, and your friend must enter your first and last name in the required field (donations may also be made via phone, referencing your name). Coupons will be mailed out with your Friends of Folklife benefits in early May. There is no limit to the number of coupons you may receive. Coupons are valid only for use on official Folklife merchandise (not valid on performer recordings) at the sportswear booths and are valid for use only at the 2008 Festival.
http://www.nwfolklife.org/P_NWF/friends.html