FOR RELEASE: August 3,
2009
(TROY, MI) – Beginning Tuesday, August 18 at 10 am the Community Foundation for Southeast
Michigan, through the Community Foundation Challenge – Arts & Culture, is
providing up to $1 million to match general operating gifts made online at www.cfsem.org to support participating arts and
cultural organizations, including the Troy Museum.
Matching
funds will be awarded on a “first-gift, first-match” basis. The matching program will end as soon as the
$1 million of match funds are gone.
Gifts must be made online by credit card or e-check and can range from
$25 to $10,000 per contributor, per organization. Only completed gifts, as opposed to
“pledges,” will be matched.
“With
dozens of organizations eligible to participate in this challenge, the matching
funds will go fast on August 18 because the race is on,” Museum Manager Loraine
Campbell said. “This is a great
opportunity to raise money and awareness for the Troy Museum & Historic
Village.”
For
more information please contact Loraine Campbell at 248.524.3570 or email LM.campbell@troymi.gov
The
Troy Museum & Historic Village is located at 60 West Wattles Road at the
northwest corner of Wattles and Livernois.
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