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Overwhelming Generosity

We did it. What an amazing fundraiser! Our total today at noon was $179,180 thanks to the generosity of our community members. Talk about a feel good week-- I can't begin to tell you how gratifying it is for the entire staff to know how much our community cares about the station. Times are tough right now, but our listeners came through $5, $10, $25, $120 dollars at a time and we shot right past our goal.

Station underwriters and friends provided fantastic incentives for our listeners. Volunteers spent hour after hour answering phones and taking web pledges. Friends brought brownies, cookies, bread and snacks for the staff and volunteers. It was community spirit and grass roots effort in action all week long.

So, I'm getting ready to call Leda Carpenter and let her know she won the last Nikon Camera and then I'll call David Crane to let him know he was the winner of the laptop and then...another year of great radio. That's what its about right?

Thanks Everyone!
June

Prize Drawing -- Nikon Coolpix Camera

We're giving away one more Nikon Coolpix S210 8-Mega Pixel Camera this morning. Anyone who contacts us between 10am and noon will be automatically entered for a chance to win.



The Coolpix features:

• 8.1-megapixel resolution for stunning prints as large as 16 x 20 inches


• 3x optical zoom; Electronic VR image stabilization


• 2.5-inch, high-resolution LCD
  
• In-Camera Red-Eye Fix; enhanced Face-Priority AF automatically focuses on up to 12 faces


• Capture images to SD memory card (not included)

This is the last day of our fundraiser. Give as generously as you can. Make your pledge now.

Prize Drawing! Perception Prodigy Kayak from Mountainman Outdoor Supply

John Nemjo, from Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company in Old Forge, Inlet and Albany, has donated a Perception Prodigy Kayak for our fundraiser. We're giving it away to someone who contacts us during from 3-7 pm today. Don't miss your chance to enter.

We're well on our way to our goal of $175,000 by Saturday at noon. Become a member or renew your membership today.

Prize Drawing: Guided Canoe or Kayak Day Trip for Four from Adirondack Lakes and Trails Outfitters

Contact us between 10 am and 1:00 pm today and your name will be automatically entered into a drawing for a chance to win a guided canoe or kayak day trip for four from Adirondack Lakes and Trails Outfitters in Saranac Lake valued at more than $500.

This package includes boats, paddling equipment, a NYS licensed guide, transport from and return to their shop in Saranac Lake, lunch and lots of fun.

Great public radio begins with you! Pledge now.

Pledge Central - Day 5

It's just past 8:30 am on day five of our fundraiser. Our current total is $134,092 and 232 new members have joined our ranks so far. We've still got quite a bit of work to do to achieve our goal of $175,000 by tomorrow at noon so there's no time to relax just yet.

We got off to a bit of a rocky start this morning as our website went down. But after a call to our fabulous web manager, Dale Hobson we're up and running and the web pledges are coming in steadily again.

Dale is in Portland this week so our call came to him at about 3am. Being the Zen Master that he is, he just said "no problem, I'll just fire it up from here." No complaints about the fact that I woke him from a dead sleep in the middle of the night. No drama. In fact, you would have never known I woke him up at all. Totally calm, cool and forever kind, he just did the thing. Dale's the guy you always want on your team in an emergency.

Just one more reason why I love NCPR.

Prize Drawing: Brand New Bristol Acoustic Guitar

Contact us today during String Fever -- 3-6pm -- and you'll be automatically entered into a drawing for a chance to win a brand new Bristol BD-16 acoustic guitar donated by Dave Nichols from Custom Pearl Inlay. It comes with a hardshell case and also includes the following:

• a padded nylon case cover
• six sets of Martin SP light gauge string
• an Intelli 'clip-on' chromatic guitar tuner and
• 90 Martin guitar picks

Total value: $600

Pledge now! You count on us for the stories and music that you care about. We're counting on your to make our fundraiser a success.