Our Pledge to Trustees: In creating and airing this show, we will follow Helen Parkhurst ABC Radio Show’s procedure, philosophy and intent as much as possible the Primary adjustment being Silver City is not New York City and it is not 1951. We recognize it is not enough to just do the live show, all along, we will also be writing a book to be published after two or three seasons. This book will document our experience to be shared with parents and teacher just as Helen Parkhurst did in 1951 with the publication of her, ‘Exploring The Child’s World’.
Need for Funds: To do this well takes more than volunteer hours. Staff needs to be paid to keep the intensity and quality of the work going. Thus, our need to raise 100K for the first two years to put on the show and to Archive raw materials for the writing of our book at the end of the 3rd season.
Founding Trustees: We need a few trustees to provide seed money to launch our show for the first season and to broadcast a 2nd season. Our show emulates Helen Parkhurst’s ABC radio of 1947-51. We need to raise 100K our to do quality broadcasts for two seasons and work towards a book publication. A minimum of a $5,000 is requested to be considered one of our founding trustees. After reaching our goal the campaign will be closed and no more founding trustees will be listed. Founding Trustees will be honored in preface of our book. The money donated will be collected by Rising Tide International, a 501 c3 non profit that will pass it through to the project headed by me for which Rising Tide takes a 5% pass through fee.
Dear Trustees: As strange as it may seem it is not just the money that matters to us. To have people of vision and high ideals support our work, it affirms in our own eyes, the importance at this time of rebirthing Parkhurst’s original radio show and publishing a similar book. Our plan is, as we go along, is discuss and select the most interesting themes and children quotes of each broadcast and later use them to write the book.
When Is The Seed Money Needed: We recognize it is difficult to lend support to something that has not yet started, but still perhaps you can see the worth of supporting it right from the beginning even without seeing any results, so by all means lend your support now. But we can manage to Live Broadcast the four Saturdays in September without monetary support right now. After those initial broadcasts, we will post an interim progress report below along with our current support totals. * Normally, we send our trustees progress report every quarter. In these reports we share some of the occurrences that are likely to be in the book.
September Interim Progress Report: __________________________________________________________
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Budget Levels of The Child’s World Support:
1st $10,000: Will pay Daveed and Shahed for their Saturday work. That is $30 hr for 2 hrs. Also we will provide for refreshments in the studio lounge for parents and children before and after the show.
2nd $10,000: We will push forward with the writing. In particular, on a monthly basis the Archiving of investing themes and pertinent children quotes that could likely be used in the book. Most of this money will be paid to the transcriber/editors who again will be paid $30 hr. for their work.
3rd $10,000: Refurbishing the radio station lounge to be more useful and pleasant for parents and children during the Saturdays sessions. This will include several large tables for games, puzzles and the like; also including some new furniture and an updated painting of all rooms.
4th/5th $10,000: For the broadcast of the 2nd season of ‘The Child’s World‘, including the adding of one more Saturday broadcast staff member, probably a Co-moderator. These funds will be escrowed.
6th/7th $10,000*: Begin work on the republication of Parkhurst’s book now with commentaries adding in our 21st century experience. Her book is now in public domain and availability of copies is scarce or completely unavailable.
8th/9th $10,000*: Initialize the podcasts of portions of Parkhurst’s Book ‘Exploring The Child’s World’ but now also with commentaries. This is an outreach program for parents, teachers and the show’s listening audience.
10th $10,000* Continue to expand our outreach program to rural and hispanic children through the use of a portable broadcasting system for the radio station.
* The order in which these are completed or begun will be varied depending upon the particular critical needs of the time.
Note: Also note, the work done by Gerry Scott in broadcasting and writing is all voluntary and no money is paid in compensation to him.
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