Do you remember the old commercial that declared that “Choosy mothers choose Jif”? Well, we are faced with choices every day, and there is one choice that is more important than your choice of peanut butter for your favorite cookies and will help bring needed dollars back to your Barbershop chapter and district.
It’s called Donor’s Choice. With this program, up to 30% of your total donation to Harmony Foundation can be sent back to a chapter and/or district that you designate, to fund their local programs. So, for example, if you are an Ambassadors of Song donor at the entry level of $10/month, your chapter and/or district (in combination) could receive up to $36 of your $120 yearly donation. President’s Council members, at the entry level of $1.000 per year, could send up to $300 of that yearly donation back to their chapter and/or district.
No matter how you designate your donation, know that your contributions are helping spread and maintain the Barbershop style throughout the Society and local communities.
For the six month period ended September 30, 2014, in the Cardinal District we had 114 participants in the Ambassadors of Song program and 31 members of the President’s Council. Semi-annual payments totaling $6,022 from the Donor’s Choice program were distributed in October to the district and 13 of our chapters, per the donors’ specific instructions. The district received $690, with the remainder going to the chapters.
Many thanks to the following donors who are directly supporting our district through Donor’s Choice at the district level:
Randy Bandor
Gregory and Karen Busch
Ben and Penny Geesa
Bill Glick
Larry Hansen
Aaron and Lynn Hughes
Jeremey Johnson
Mike Jones
Kyle Kitzmiller
Phil Nagel
Jon Nicholas
Aaron and Jana Pedowitz
Dale and Patty Schrock
Al Schumm
Dick Timmerman
Jerry and Pamela Troxel
Bruce and Della Wittgran
Richard Zaremba
If you would like to find out more about donating to the Harmony Foundation and making your Donor’s Choice election, check out the website at www,harmonyfoundation.org
Go ahead – be choosy!
Jerry Troxel is a retired IT professional and is active in leadership in the Cardinal District, in his 20th year as a Barbershopper. He has served the Greater Indianapolis Chapter as its VP of Music and Performance, Bulletin Editor, Singing Valentines Chairman, Treasurer and Chapter President. He is a charter member of the Indiana Harmony Brigade and serves as its Secretary. Jerry served for eight years on the Society Events Committee and is currently the Immediate Past President of the Cardinal District.