***CHARITY BADGE CAMPAIGN UPDATE
aug142007
The image currently in the charity badge (as of August 16) is a watercolor self-portrait of Arthur Singer, who served in the 603rd Camouflage Engineers, the visual deception unit of The Ghost Army. Singer went on to become an internationally known wildlife artist. This image is couresty of Singer Arts
We are making excellent progress on The Ghost Army charity badge campaign. But we still need help to reach our goal of earning a matching funds grant.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who has already donated. As of August 14, forty people have contributed $1505 to the project through the badge. This generous response has earned us a spot in the top 10 badges! Amazing and wonderful! We need to be in the top 6 to earn matching funds from sixdegrees.org, and we are very much in the running.
A number of people have also posted the badge to blogs and websites, helping us get the message out to more potential donors. Here's one.
We also have some terrific news to share. Two generous donors responded to the campaign by offering to match all the money we raise through the charity badge. So if someone makes a $10 donation, $30 will go to the film. And if we attract enough donors to win the matching funds grant, that will be doubled again. So a $10 donation could actually result in $60 going the film! Rarely has there been a chance for a small donation to do so much.
We have until September 16th to earn the matching money, so if you haven't already clicked on the badge and made a donation, we encourage you to do so now. The key thing is the number of people who donate, not the amount of the donations. A donation of just $10 is all it takes to move us toward our goal.
Go to the badge, click on the DONATE button, and it will take you to a page where you make a tax deductible credit card or Paypal donation donation to The Center For Independent Documentary. (That's our 501(c)3 non-profit sponsor.) ***Important: On the Designation line please type in THE GHOST ARMY.
We're extraordinarily grateful for the many people whose support has made possible all our efforts to date. It would be great if we could depend on the government, or large foundations, or PBS for funding, but the reality is that filmmakers depend on individuals like you. To all of our donors: Thank you so much for being part of our team.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who has already donated. As of August 14, forty people have contributed $1505 to the project through the badge. This generous response has earned us a spot in the top 10 badges! Amazing and wonderful! We need to be in the top 6 to earn matching funds from sixdegrees.org, and we are very much in the running.
A number of people have also posted the badge to blogs and websites, helping us get the message out to more potential donors. Here's one.
We also have some terrific news to share. Two generous donors responded to the campaign by offering to match all the money we raise through the charity badge. So if someone makes a $10 donation, $30 will go to the film. And if we attract enough donors to win the matching funds grant, that will be doubled again. So a $10 donation could actually result in $60 going the film! Rarely has there been a chance for a small donation to do so much.
We have until September 16th to earn the matching money, so if you haven't already clicked on the badge and made a donation, we encourage you to do so now. The key thing is the number of people who donate, not the amount of the donations. A donation of just $10 is all it takes to move us toward our goal.
Go to the badge, click on the DONATE button, and it will take you to a page where you make a tax deductible credit card or Paypal donation donation to The Center For Independent Documentary. (That's our 501(c)3 non-profit sponsor.) ***Important: On the Designation line please type in THE GHOST ARMY.
We're extraordinarily grateful for the many people whose support has made possible all our efforts to date. It would be great if we could depend on the government, or large foundations, or PBS for funding, but the reality is that filmmakers depend on individuals like you. To all of our donors: Thank you so much for being part of our team.
