Irish Aires

Irish Aires needs your help!!  KPFT  has finishing their SPRING Fund Raiser this week.  As many of you know, lightning recently struck our transmitter tower & we need to raise additional money for its repair.
  
Irish Aires & KPFT need your support.  We need to pull our weight in raising funds to keep the station on the air.  We have, over the long run, been able to do this because of your generosity.  
  
PLEASE help us continue!  To contribute do one of the following:
  
1)      Call us (713-526-5738) during the show (6-7pm on Sat night, May 19, 2012) and give your pledge to one of our volunteers.
2)      complete the form at the end of this & return it by email OR snail mail it to the radio station to Irish Aires attention.
3)      To donate securely ONLINE go to https://kpft.org/pledge/index.php?id=eire   and Irish Aires will get credit for your donation.   If you donate online please respond to this to tell us you donated online and how much.  We handle all the IRISH thank you gifts, so contact us directly about those.
  
We don't need anyone to give a LOT, we need a LOT of people to give.  
Renew your pledge to KPFT & Irish Aires by donating what you can.
  
A little background for those of you new to our list:
  
Irish Aires is the name of radio show broadcast on KPFT-FM (90.1FM in Houston Texas) and on the internet (both live and in archived versions). We are on every Saturday night from 6-7PM (US Central Time – Midnight Sat Nights in Ireland). We play a wide variety of Irish/Celtic music and provide information on local (Houston) Celtic happenings.
  
In addition to our broadcasts which feature Irish/Celtic music, we regularly include listing of local Celtic events. We also hosts special guests to discuss issue of interest to the Irish & Irish/American community.
  
We also provide internet resources for the Irish/Celtic community. These include email lists, FaceBook (befriend Jay Dooling – the one from Houston) OR join the Irish Aires – KPFT FM, Twitter (follow wildrover1916), web pages that include info on Irish & Irish American interest (news, cultural happenings & local Houston area events).
  
While the producers (Pete, Bill, Emily & Jay) are all unpaid volunteers, the non-profit KPFT-FM station has substantial out-of-pocket expenses in order to stay on the air 365 days a year/ 24 hours a day. Electricity, staff salaries, license fees and maintenance are only a few of them.
  
For two weeks every spring, we change the format of our show (and send out emails like this) in order to remind you that KPFT, the Irish Aires radio show & our internet services (email, blogs & web pages) are sponsored by YOU.
  
IF you have joined our membership in the past, please consider rejoining during this drive; if you haven't joined yet, this is the time, join the Irish Aires / KPFT family.
  
KPFT is a non-commercial, community supported radio show. They accept no corporate or commercial sponsorship. They receive a modest amount of support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting & grants, but 90% of their budget is provided by individual contributions (which average about $60 each).
  
Because of the need for your continued support, we need to ask you for your support.
  
As we have said before, we don't need people to give a lot; we need A LOT OF PEOPLE to give. Your individual support at any level will help the station stay on the air and Irish Aires to continue into its 28th Year.
  
Basic membership costs are $25 for students & people on a fixed or lower income; regular membership goes for $35 per year (voting rights accrue at the $25 level).
  
If you can give more, we have been the beneficiaries of some Irish/Celtic music CDs that we would like to give you in return for a $60 contribution (even if you can only afford to pay it out at $5 per month). If you can contribute at the $90 level, you will get two of two of our CDs.
  
But it is more important for you to contribute, no matter what the amount. Wide-spread, small contributions give our station support from the community of people who appreciate our programming and internet information.
  
At whatever level you can support us, please do.
  
Jay, Pete, Bill & Emily
  
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Jay Dooling (rdooling@swbell.net)
Irish Aires
KPFT-FM
419 Lovett Boulevard
Houston, TX 77006
  
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Last Name: __________________________
  
  
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City, State & Zip: _______________________________
  
  
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Your E-mail address: _________________________________
  
  
Your favorite show(s): _______________________________
  
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500.00 Leadership Circle _____
  
Other (Amount) _____
  
See below for sustainer memberships info
  
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Amount of Contribution:
  
Amount from above $_________
  
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Total Amount of Pledge: $ ________
  
Thank you gift(s) that you want:
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(Note: Thank you gifts for CREDIT CARD or sustainer
contributions.)
  
Is this: The first time you've pledged to us? ______
A renewal? ______
  
Enter your American Express, Visa, MasterCard, or Discover
number
below or leave blank to be billed at the above address.
  
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How much per month can we charge to your credit card?
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offerings from the Pacifica Radio Archives?
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Thank you for your generosity. Your contribution will go to
Make okay radio even better!
  
Pete Little, Jay Dooling, Bill Galbraith & Emily Standish
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