YOUR FORECAST. COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT FIRST LET’S GET IT
OUT TO TO YOU FIRST.
>>YEAH THAT’S RIGHT DO THANK
YOU SO MUCH SO THE COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION OF THE NEW
RIVER VALLEY IS HOSTING THE
10TH ANNUAL ONLINE GIVE LOCAL
AN RV GIVING DAY THAT KICKS OFF
AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY
JUNE 28TH AND ENDS ON THURSDAY
JUNE 29TH AT NOON
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN
CHOOSE TO DONATE TO A NONPROFIT
IN THE NRV SO JOINING US NOW
THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THIS
IS JESSICA WAR THAT WITH THE
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NEW
RIVER VALLEY.
HELLO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
SO LET’S TALK ABOUT IT’S A 24
HOUR ONLINE EVENT.
SO WHAT’S THE GOAL AND JUST
GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF
A RUNDOWN.
>>YES, SO THIS IS A 24 HOUR
ONLINE GIVING DAY WHERE YOU CAN
GIVE
TO END OF THE
115 NONPROFITS PARTICIPATING.
KICKS OFF AS YOU SAID I NOON ON
WEDNESDAY AND WE’RE HOPING TO
RAISE HAVE.
SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS STARTED IN 2014. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WAS
RAISED TO THEN.
THAT FIRST
WE RAISE JUST UNDER
$40,000.
SO IT WAS PRETTY SMALL BUT
STILL IMPORTANT MONEY FOR THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT
PARTICIPATED IN THROUGH LAST
YEAR WE’VE RAISED MILLION OVER
THE LAST 10 YEARS.
INCLUDING LAST YEAR WE RAISED
OVER $500,000 THAT’S INCREDIBLE
AND YOUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS
AGAIN AND EXACTLY
OKAY, YEAH, IT’S WONDERFUL TO
SEE THAT IT GOES FROM 40 K.
JUST IN YOU KNOW 10 YEARS OR SO EXACTLY I THINK IT’S REALLY BUILT MOMENTUM OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS YOU KNOW
NONPROFITS USE IT AS A WAY TO
PROMOTE THEMSELVES TO TELL
THEIR STORY AND ALL THE GOOD
WORK THAT
THEY DO AND FOLKS HAVE REALLY
GROWN TO LOOK FORWARD TO IT
EVERY YEAR IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK.
ABOUT SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE PARTICIPATING THIS
YEAR
115 NONPROFITS THERE THERE’S A
115 AND THEY RUN THE GAMUT
FROM GROUPS THAT FOCUS ON
EDUCATION OR ANIMALS TO THOSE
THAT PROVIDE DIFFERENT HUMAN
SERVICES.
SO REALLY THERE’S SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR
PASSION MAYBE, AND THEY COME FROM THROUGHOUT THE NEW RIVER VALLEYS FLOYD GILES MONTGOMERY
CLASS CAN WITH CASH HE’S IN THE
CITY
OF RADFORD A LOT OF
GREAT ORGANIZATIONS DOING GREAT
WORK AND IT’S JUST A CHANCE TO
GIVE TO MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS
IN ONE PLACE.
THESE FUNDS ARE FOR
THOSE NONPROFITS IT’S HUGE, I MEAN SOME NONPROFITS USE THIS AS THEIR MAJOR FUNDRAISER FOR
THE YEAR WE HAVE ONE SMALL
SCHOOL IN FLOYD COUNTY THAT HAS
A GOAL OF RAISING
$100,000.
AND THAT’S A MAJOR CHUNK OF
THEIR BUDGET FOR OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THEY JUST USE
THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP
SUPPORT THEIR GENERAL
OPERATIONS OR A PARTICULAR
PROGRAM.
BUT I THINK THE BEAUTY OF IT IS
THEY CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER
THEY SEE FIT.
AND TELL THE STORY THEY WANT TO
TELL ABOUT HOW TO USE
THAT MONEY.
I MEAN WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU
TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO SEE
THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THESE
NONPROFITS I
MEAN OVER AND A HALF MILLION
YOU SAID IT OVER THE COURSE OF
10 YEARS, IT’S ABSOLUTELY
AMAZING.
I MEAN WHEN WE STARTED IN 2014
WE HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS
GOING TO GROW TO THIS POINT AND
I STILL AM A I’M AMAZED EVERY
TIME I SEE THE LOGO ON
SOMETHING OR SEE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS USING IT
AND THINK GOSH, YOU KNOW WE
STARTED THAT AT THE COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION THAT’S IT’S AN
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND IT’S
JUST FUN TO SEE HOW
ORGANIZATIONS USE
THE PLATFORM AND ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE
GIVE THEM SO I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE ARE ALSO SOME EVENTS
HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY
COMMUTE HAHA YEAH SO A LOT OF
ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE TO HOLD IN
PERSON EVENT
AS WELL, AND IT’S JUST AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE
WORK THAT THEY DO SO IN POLASKI
COUNTY THERE ARE SEVERAL
ORGANIZATIONS COMING TOGETHER
THAT EVENING
BASEBALL PARK TO TALK ABOUT
THEIR STORIES OTHER GROUPS WILL
HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE THAT YOU CAN
GO SEE THE WORK THAT THEY DO
FIRSTHAND AND GET TO MEET THE
FOLKS INVOLVED.
SO AGAIN IT’S JUST AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE
WORK THAT THEY DO AND TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO GIVING TO THEM ON
THAT DAY.
HOW CAN PEOPLE DONATE HOW CAN
PEOPLE PARTICIPATE SO GO TO GIVE LOCAL AN RV DOT ORG AND THERE YOU CAN SEARCH FOR YOUR
FAVORITE YOU CAN FIND DIFFERENT
GROUPS THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT
IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN MAKE AN ONLINE
CONTRIBUTION YOU CAN ACTUALLY
DO THAT RIGHT NOW DURING OUR
EARLY
GIVING PERIOD OR WAIT UNTIL
NOON ON THE 28TH AND GIVE
DURING THAT 24 HOURS.
AND YOU CAN HELP YOUR FAVORITE