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What might be extra enjoyable than a flamingo race? The youthful set loved only for youngsters video games within the youngsters’ nook on the Ark Valley Voice Christmas in July celebration on July 24. All occasion photographs by Anne-Marie Terry
Ark Valley Voice is a critical newsroom, however it may be stated that when the time is correct, we not solely know methods to have enjoyable, however we all know methods to present the group an excellent time too. The night of July 24, we did simply that on the airport hangar of the Central Colorado Regional Airport in Buena Vista.
The crowd loved a meal by Mabel’s Deli Catering at Poncha Market. Photo by Anne-Marie Terry.
Flamingos, a band, a meals unfold, a silent public sale and loads of laughter and enjoyable all added as much as an inaugural Christmas in July celebration in the course of the Ark Valley Voice month-long July fund drive. The month of messaging, and the night celebration had a critical goal: to lift funding to assist our newsroom operations.
There was time to go to, in addition to bid on silent public sale gadgets, dance and prepare for the limbo contest. Photo by Anne-Marie Terry
Music at Christmas in July was offered by No Country for Old Men. Photo by Anne-Marie Terry.
The occasion was a primary for Truth Has a Voice Foundation DBA Ark Valley Voice.
As an impartial, 501(c)(3) information group, we concentrate on group protection, and the problems and challenges that matter to the Arkansas River Valley. As with all our protection, we don’t inform you what to assume; we give readers issues to consider.
As a freely-accessible, non-profit information group we exist as a service to our group. We started in 2018 as a result of group members requested us to create a information media devoted to the reality. That starting grew to become our mission: to offer fact a voice.
Bidding on the silent public sale gadgets netted Ark Valley Voice $1500 in much-needed working funds. Photo by Anne-Marie Terry.
A powerful contender for the perfect costume contest on the teak-i bar. Beer for the occasion was offered by Elevation Brewing. Photo by Anne-Marie Terry
Which implies that we function on a shoe string of nonprofit grants, donations and a small quantity of earned earnings from carefully-governed promoting. Donations aren’t simply important to newsroom operations, they’re vital to our purposes for grants. Granting organizations need to know that the group is behind our effort.
As an award-winning information group, we keep strict working requirements, together with requiring not simply reporters, however these submitting opinions to AVV to offer substantiation of the claims made.
Yes, we take the reality severely. We imagine that each one of us ought to. In these occasions of threats to information media, in addition to to this democracy, our means to keep up our equilibrium and communicate fact to energy is extra vital than ever.
Jim Allen confirmed off his abilities within the all-ages Christmas in July Limbo Contest. The occasion was received by little Remy Hall, who in spite of everything was nearer to the ground. Photo by Anne-Marie Terry.
Mallory Brooks. Photo by Carly Winchell.
Photo by Carly Winchell.
Santa’s Summer Helper greeted the kids and handed out one of the vital items of summer season apparel — sun shades! Photo by Anne-Marie Terry.
Some of the kiddos needed a photograph with Summer Santa Helper. Photo by Carly Winchell.
The Christmas in July occasion was an all-ages, together with a band, meals, music and enjoyable, and a silent public sale for an vital trigger — elevating cash to assist the Ark Valley Voice nonprofit newsroom. Photo by Anne-Marie Terry
The Christmas in July check-in desk let friends select some correct decorations. In the foreground, the Grand Pineapple awards for the limbo contest and greatest costumes. Photo by Anne-Marie Terry
How is Christmas in July ending the Month?
With the varied fund sources tallied, in the course of the Thursday night, July 24 occasion, Ark Valley Voice raised $3,655. Some $1523 of that was from the silent public sale of things donated from companies each native and regional.
Which implies that we’re solely $1,345 from unlocking a second $5,000 match problem we acquired the day of the Christmas in July celebration!
If we are able to unlock that match we’ll be SO CLOSE — we’ll go over $28,000 in group donations towards our $30,000 aim. How a lot is that this impartial nonprofit newsroom price to this group?
But in fact, right this moment is July 31. We’ve reached the formal final day of our Christmas in July fund drive. We are so shut — however we’re not there but! Whether you had been in a position to attend the Christmas in July celebration or solely now are wishing you had — can you concentrate on serving to us attain the match problem to unlock that match?
Ark Valley Voice thanks the Town of Buena Vista and the Staff of the Central Colorado Airport in Buena Vista for his or her really fantastic cooperation. We have many firms to thank for serving to make the inaugural Christmas in July a profitable occasion. More about them subsequent week!
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