Dear Stan, We're entering the last few days of Folk Alley's Year-End Holiday Fund Drive, and we thought we'd share an update of our progress. Because of the generosity of over 183 individuals, we have crossed the $13,500 mark towards our ultimate goal of $25,000 by December 22nd! If you are a first-time or renewing contributor, or perhaps you donated an additional gift to Folk Alley, we sincerely THANK YOU for your generosity and support. It is not hyperbole when we say, "We could not do this without your support, and every single donation - big or small - is hugely important to us." With only 4 days left to the end of the fund drive, we are still in need of raising the remaining $11,500. We'd love nothing more than for Santa to leave us a fat bag of cash under our tree, but in reality we know what we really need is for as many folk elves as possible to chip in what they can to reach the goal. Be an elf! Please contribute today on our secure website! Think of a financial gift to Folk Alley as a gift exchange. Your gift of support to this service will provide you with unlimited access to our special blend of quality folk music for the next year. For those who can contribute at the $60 or above level, we have member benefits and 'thanks you' gifts - including Live from Folk Alley concert downloads, exclusive in-studio song performances from many of our favorite artists, free monthly downloads from Festivalink.net, CDs, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and more. In addition, everyone who donates any amount during the Holiday Drive will be automatically entered into our Grand Prize Drawing to win a Baby Taylor Guitar. Currently there are about 200 people in the drawing - pretty good odds! Click here to donate! Finally, from all of us at Folk Alley, we sincerely want to thank you for being part of the online folk community we're striving to build and for supporting us this past year. We look forward to the privilege of bringing you more, great folk music in 2009! And during the next week or so, we certainly hope you'll enjoy our special Holiday Side Stream - loaded with 40+ hours of songs for the winter season. Happy Holidays and enjoy the music! Linda Fahey Programming & Marketing Director FolkAlley.com linda@folkalley.com Folk Alley / WKSU | 1613 E. Summit St. | Kent, OH 44242-0001 | USA