[IRCA] Radio Heritage - 150 Donors Needed

["Radio Heritage Mail" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As many people have been away over the Christmas season, you may have
missed our earlier message. If you've aleady responded, our sincere
thanks for the donations that have been sent. They will make a
difference!

Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net

150 Donors Needed in 2011
Memories Worth Keeping
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Just imagine the loss if someone didn't take care of the stuff
connected to radio broadcasting..the stories, tape recordings,
photos, memorabilia and all the bits and pieces that continue to
daily help shape our popular culture....and if you couldn't share and
enjoy these things for free.

Here at the Radio Heritage Foundation we've done this out of our own
pockets for over 5 years, but our bank manager says no more,
operational costs have to come from elsewhere in 2011. We want to
keep the site free and add much more from the boxes of tapes,
directories, old radio programs, photos and other stuff that keeps
stacking up on a daily basis.

Please visit www.radioheritage.net now and use the donation button in
the feature '150 Sponsors Underwrite Operating Costs in 2011'. When
150 people donate US$100 each, we can cover 85% of our overheads for
the year, even US$40 will sponsor one day so you can see that you can
personally make a big difference right now.  

Former DJ Keith Richardson has entrusted us with a lifetime
collection of recordings, read his story at
www.radioheritage.net/story187.asp. Your donation will help us
catalog and digitize his many hours of tapes, so we can share a rare
insight into 1960's pop culture.

Your donation helps cover the costs of storing and researching nearly
100,000 tapes, cassettes, QSL cards, and other radio memorabilia
items; office expenses like printer cartridges, postage, paper,
travelling to protect and save materials from destruction, and all
the other expenses that add up over a year so that we can continue
sharing material through our website. 

Governments are slashing budgets and radio stations themselves are
focussed on financial survival and see no reason to meet these costs.
That leaves it up to people like you and I and we know it's been a
tough year for many people.

When we know our 2011 operational costs are covered, we can also go
ahead with plans to relaunch the website so that our volunteer
editors can start adding a massive backlog of features, stories,
research papers, photos and audio as well as a digitized catalog of
thousands of QSL cards and other memorabilia.

Please go to www.radioheritage.net and donate now, with 150 donations
of US$100 we will meet 85% of the annual running costs, and even
US$40 will cover one day. That's just 27 cents a day.  

Radio moves our hearts and minds, informs and entertains us and is
part of the fabric of our daily lives. Hundreds of people like you
have helped us with donations, buying books and CDs and contributing
to our library and collections. Help us honor this trust again in
2011. 

This holiday season we hear of earthquakes, wild storms, floods, snow
blizzards and civil unrest across the world, and keeping a radio by
your side has never been more vital to our safety. Our radio guides
can help save lives and with your help we'll expand them in 2011.

A donation of US$100 from 150 people supporters like you will meet
most of our operating costs in 2011, US$40 will sponsor a complete
day. and you can do this today by going to www.radioheritage.net and
using our donation button there.

Thank you for joining us in 2011 and making it possible for us to
continue to keep this website free to use for everyone, and to keep
bringing together our radio heritage, popular culture and nostalgia
for all to enjoy. Please ask your friends and colleagues to visit
www.radioheritage.net as well.

David Ricquish, Chairman, Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net

PS.....Our annual report and accounts are available through the
Charities Commission link at the bottom of every page at
www.radioheritage.net. 
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We're registered as a non-profit organization [charity] and New
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example, a NZ$150 donation qualifies for a NZ$50 refund.

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Please make an online donation here today - www.radioheritage.net.
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