Pledge Central: February 2012
Pledge Central is your source for information about VPR's membership drive. Check out the drawing prizes and winners, contest rules, our business partners, info about the voices you hear...and even a primer on why VPR needs membership drives.
Prize Drawings
We're also holding several prize drawings during the drive. We announce all the prize winners on the air, but we'll list them here as they become available! Click here to read the contest rules or to enter the drawings without making a pledge.
Remember, if you're a sustaining member or make a pledge, you are automatically entered into all the drawings throughout the drive.
Do You Support VPR?
Cake In A Mug
Long-time VPR volunteer Thea Platt told us how she uses her VPR artist mugs to make a quick and easy chocolate cake in her microwave! Read more and see Cake-In-A-Mug photos here, at the VPR Blog.
Do you want to make your own Cake, but you don't have a mug? Make a pledge to receive yours as a thank you gift and check out all the works of art in the VPR Artist Mug Gallery!
Membership Drive 101
Check out our Membership 101 page to learn how membership drives work.
Listener Testimonials
Listen to what your friends and neighbors have said about the programming on VPR and VPR Classical and what Vermont Public Radio means to them.
Tom Bodett of Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Tom Bodett isn't just a voice on VPR, he's a listener, too. Listen to Tom tell you why he supports VPR, and why he thinks public radio is like a friendly dog.
Who is that I hear on-air?
Some of the voices you hear on-air during the pledge drive: Mitch Wertlieb, Walter Parker, Joe Goetz, Jane Lindholm, Neal Charnoff, George Thomas, Ric Cengeri, Peter Biello, Tim Johnson, Mary Williams, Retta Huttlinger, John Van Hoesen, Liz Fullerton, Patti Daniels, Dave McGown, Brendan Kinney, Jonathan Butler, Betty Smith, Victoria St. John, Franny Bastian, and Robin Turnau.
Check out the entire VPR staff and put a face to the voice you hear on-air.
Business Partners
From the restaurants that feed volunteers and staff to companies that donate drawing prizes, membership drives would be a lot less fun without the support and generosity of our business partners. We consider them part of the VPR family and hope you'll support and thank them for making what we do possible.
Artist Mug Gallery
Since 1992 VPR has commissioned over 50 local artists to design the art for our Membership Drive Mugs. Peruse the VPR Artist Mug Gallery, enjoy the work of these local artists and public radio supporters, and become an Artist Mug Collector today!
Alec Baldwin: Don't Give?!
Listen as Alec Baldwin imagines reassigning Nina Totenberg, Terry Gross, and Ira Glass as well as "Pledge Drives For Millionaires." Enjoy these spots again... and while you listen, please click over and make a pledge. Thanks!
How are we doing?
Membership drives are a necessity for public radio. We do our best to make them fun and keep them short. We'd love your feedback... tell us what you like and what you think we could do better.
Thank You!
Thank you for supporting your public radio station. Your support pays for the programming you love, including VPR Classical, VPR News, Vermont Edition, Eye on the Sky, VPR's Commentary Series, the music you love, and all the programs you enjoy. Thanks for your support!