[IRCA] Radio Memories in danger

[Radio Heritage Foundation <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

March 31 2015

Keep us out of danger this week
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Hello...do you have a favorite radio memory? Did you know that as each 
year goes past, more memorabilia is lost and destroyed, and memories 
grow weaker?

Here at the Radio Heritage Foundation we've made it our mission for 10 
years now to keep radio memories safe.

It's a big project, and we've scored some successes. Over 350 stories 
now feature on our website www.radioheritage.net along with radio 
station guides to popular listening countries Australia, New Zealand and 
Hawaii as well as countless facts and figures to keep people occupied 
for hours............and that's just at our website and barely scratches 
the surface.

You see, the real work is what you can't see. Saving, finding, and 
collecting genuine radio memorabilia...thousands of letters, cards, car 
stickers, photos, hours of audio and video...storing them, and a handful 
of volunteers slowly sorting them out so we can share them with everyone 
worldwide for free.

We've started our 10th year with a new web server to host our website, 
and our emails, introduced a new email management system, and started 
moving our website content to a new system so that our site will look 
much fresher and easier to find content, and started testing our our new 
database system which will ultimately save and present many thousands of 
items of memorabilia.

But the project is in danger this week. On April 1 we begin a new 
financial year, but it looks like we'll be a long way behind in paying 
our office bills for storage and other operational costs. In fact, 
$4,500 or so behind.

Loyal supporters have found 78% of the budget this last financial year, 
but it's not enough. We began the year about $4,500 down also, so we've 
been on the back foot all year long.

You know, we get no government funding or grants from the radio 
industry. It's just ordinary folks who gift some dollars here and there 
as they can afford to because they like what we do and want to help keep 
the memories alive. We name them all on our Roll of Honor, have a look 
at it on www.radioheritage.net and you'll see that we touch people all 
over the world.

If you can help us with a gift towards our project, you'll help us 
reduce that $4,500 shortfall...and most importantly, do something 
practical to keep radio memories safe.

On behalf of the Radio Heritage Foundation volunteers, supporters and 
radio memories, thank you for keeping us out of danger this week. You 
can make a gift today at www.radioheritage.net and we will acknowledge 
you with our heartfelt thanks.

Email us to unsubscribe from our mailing list and please allow 5 working 
days. We'll be sad, however, to see you go.

PS...See our latest stories from Denmark and South Africa, use our just 
updated PAL Pacific Asian Listeners Radio Guide, use our Australian, New 
Zealand and Hawaiian radio guides and enjoy the radio memories we 
continue to share for 10 years at www.radioheritage.net... and please 
keep us out of danger this week with a gift towards our $4,500 shortfall 
in funding the project....we want to add you to our Roll of Honor!
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