$5K matching gift to help close WESU pledge drive!

With just a handful of contributions received following my most recent email pitch last Friday, the WESU Spring Pledge Drive is clearly slowing down.  Considering we still need to raise nearly $10,000 before the end of June, I have been contemplating the sobering reality that, for the first time in 15 years, WESU could come up short for a pledge drive.

Over the span of eight decades, our little station has helped more than a few people gain skills and open doors that helped launch careers in media, broadcast, and other related fields.  Fortunately for WESU, some of the folks who’ve benefitted most from their experience at WESU are there for us when we really need it.

Today, I am happy to alert you to a brand new opportunity to double the value of your gift! We have received a generous offer to match all individual donations, up to a total of $5,000, in recognition of the 1970s-era WESU student staff and board of directors.

Of course, now we need to hear from those of you who have been holding out on us! If you’ve been meaning to but have yet to contribute to this pledge drive, your procrastination is about to pay off! By taking full advantage of this amazing gift, together we will raise the $10,000 needed to close out this pledge drive and wrap up our fiscal year with a balanced budget.  

Please double the impact of your gift today! www.wesufm.org/pledge

Sincerely,

Ben Michael
General Manager
88.1 FM WESU

P.S. I have been advised that our online donation system will be down for maintenance and unavailable from June 21-23.  Please keep this in mind as we inch closer to our fast approaching June 30, fiscal year end.