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As A Thank You to Voces de la Frontera Donors

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If you donated to the effort to fund the Voces de la Frontera field organizer position, you will have received a thank you letter in the mail.

If, like me, you read the first few lines of the thank you letter and then tossed it into recycling, you missed something important.

As a thank you for our work to get Voces a field organizer, they are inviting every Balloon Juice donor to attend their 20th Anniversary Gala for FREE.  Tickets to the Gala typically start at $100 for non-members, so this is a wonderful opportunity to join the celebration and learn more about what this wonderful organization does.

There is typically a program of some kind, with musical/cultural performances and a 15-20 minute video of what they’ve been up to at Voces for the past year.

Celebrating 20 years of resistance.   I like the sound of that!

So if you made one of the 290 donations to our field organizer effort – and you would like to attend the Gala – please send me an email message and I’ll send you the registration link.  This is a great organization.  And remember, it’s FREE!

The event can be attended virtually or in person!

The thermometer shows 289 donations, but remember we also had a Balloon Juice angel who sent a check for $5,000, which takes us to 290.  All told, we raised 26,610 for them, and the folks at Voces de la Frontera told me that they they would to have some of us attend.

Goal Thermometer

Update:  You must go to the website and register IN ADVANCE, even for virtual attendance.  If you have your letter, you can go to the link in the letter.  If you didn’t keep your letter (like me) you need to send me email so I can send you the link for registration.

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  4. 4.

    dnfree

    The monthly pledge contributions are still going to Voces as well. I don’t know if that will show up in the total.

    Sadly, I’m not going anywhere. We’re missing two “recognize our donors” events locally this week, and it’s too bad. These organizations were more optimistic when they were planning events a few months ago.

  6. 6.

    mali muso

    Yay!  I got my letter in the mail this week.  I’m single parenting for the moment as the hubby is out of town, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to join the virtual event, but I’m going to try.  Proud to be part of this collective effort. :)

  7. 7.

    Old School

    So the invitation is for both virtual and in person attendance?  I could get a free meal out of this?!

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    @dnfree: Yes, we verified that the monthly donations will continue to show up in our BJ thermometer – assuming the thermometer was the starting point for your monthly donation.

    I should have said the event is virtual as well as actual

    I just added that up top.

  10. 10.

    stinger

    Oh my, I didn’t read to the end of the letter. As a former teacher, I should have known better. Bad stinger!

    Thanks for pointing out the invitation, WaterGirl!

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    You must go to the website and REGISTER IN ADVANCE, even for virtual attendance.

    If you have your letter, you can go to the link in the letter.  If you didn’t keep your letter (like me) you need to send me email so I can send you the link for registration.

  13. 13.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Damn it.  I am not going to be able to get to Milwaukee this weekend.  Stupid other commitments.  But if you are going to a Brewer game, the American Serb Hall is just a few blocks south.

  15. 15.

    stinger

    @WaterGirl: Oh, I kept the letter!

    Actually from their website and FB page, I don’t see how to register for the gala without buying a ticket; that they provided the link in the letter without mentioning how to register seems to mean we don’t need to register…?

  18. 18.

    CaseyL

    I kept my letter, too, and put in the link exactly as it appears on the letter.

    That link goes to a registration page that doesn’t mention any charge, so I think the link in the letter is the one that gets you to the free registration, rather than googling for the Gala registration site.

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    @CaseyL: Yes!

    You can either go to the link that’s in the letter OR you can send me email and I will send the link.

    Either way you get it, the link should register you and NOT mention any charges.  Then you will receive a zoom link for the online event.

  20. 20.

    Mousebumples

    I have my letter – going to have to check again for that. 5pm is unfortunately too early for my house so I’ll probably have to miss it.

    Any idea how long it’s expected to last?

  21. 21.

    laura

    I got my letter, read the whole thing, felt wistful about how nice it would be to attend and then kept the letter because it was so kind.

  22. 22.

    WaterGirl

    @Mousebumples:

    Sure, cocktails are at 5, dinner at 6 with program to follow (that’ll mean 7 to 7:30 ish), followed by dancing until 11:30.

    I have no idea about details, but this is what Voces sent me in answer to your question.

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