Here’s a unique chance to help — but with a fun special twist: You’ll get something back in return.
Kids on Bikes has been selected to participate in the Colorado Springs Independent’s 2009 Give! Campaign, a multi-media end-of-year outreach campaign powered by more than 50 local media outlets, foundations, and businesses.
The first 1000 people who give more than $25 to Give! between now and midnight, December 31, will receive special gift cards good for: bike repair kits, Bristol beer, admission to the Fine Arts Center a free haircut from Paul Mitchell and much more.
One main goal is to help us identify new, as well as, younger donors. So we’re hoping you’ll encourage your friends and relatives to utilize Give! incentives to get them in an especially charitable frame of mind.
There’s also a special incentive for us. If Kids on Bikes gets the greatest number of gifts (no matter what amount) from people 36 and under, we’ll get a $1500 bonus donation from the Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation and the Independent. If we come in second, we get $1000. There are cash prizes for third, fourth and fifth place as well.
There are also additional incentives for larger donations. For example,
- for the first 250 gifts of $125 or more, you’ll also get admission to a Spring 2010 free pitching clinic for kids 9 to 18 run by Major League baseball Hall-of-Famer Goose Gossage and more.
- And the first 25 donors of $1,000 or more, not only get all of the above, but also a complimentary night at the historic Cliff House in Manitou Springs, a Serenity Hour from VEDA Salon & Spa along with coffee, lunch, a beer or all three with your choice of Independent Publisher John Weiss, Executive Editor Ralph Routon or columnist Rich Tosches. There are many more incentives in each level.
It’s fun: You can follow our progress on the Give! website www.indygive.com.
Please do what you can to help.
We remain incredibly appreciative of your past (and future) support.
Thanks!
Kids on Bikes Board
