Yearly Fundraising Needed To Provide Performing Arts Access
There was great attendance at the first fund-raising dinner, held on the Lied Center stage.
We wanted to clarify the fundraising events mentioned in the
piece. We have secured seed funding requiring matching funds which will enable
us to expand our schools performances for the next five years. The first fundraising event this past school year helped us to achieve our necessary
match for the 2015-2016 school year. At the next fundraising event on November
2, 2015, we hope to raise enough funds to achieve the necessary match for the 2016-2017
school year. We will continue to host these fundraisers each school year
through the 2018-2019 school year to achieve the annual match over the
five-year period.
During the 2018-2019 school year, the Lied Center will be
celebrating its 25th Anniversary. One of the top priorities of this
Anniversary celebration will be to establish a $500,000 endowed fund to make
the expansion of our schools performances permanent. As the editorial pointed
out, providing barrier-free access to world class performing arts experiences
annually to all the youth in our community is very much in line with Christina
Hixson’s original vision for the Lied Center.