KVSH to Host Island Non-profits on GiveBIG Day

GiveBIG Day comes but once a year and it’s happening again Tuesday, May 5th. You know, this is the one-day online event when you can donate to your favorite non-profits and whatever you give will be “stretched” by The Seattle Foundation.

This year Voice of Vashon’s KVSH 101.9FM will be the Island broadcast hub for Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG Day.  Vashon’s participating non-profits will join VoV live on the air from KVSH’s broadcast booth at Snapdragon Bakery and Café. Tune in from 8am to 4pm to hear about your favorite non-profit and, while you’re at it, please donate to VoV at VoiceOfVashon.org/GiveBIG.

VoV Station Manager Susan McCabe says “Voice of Vashon runs two radio stations, an Emergency Alert System, a public access TV channel, a streaming and program archive website and a free smart phone app 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We do all that on 7-thousand hours of raw volunteer grit and energy each year. Plus a budget of $76 thousand dollars - that’s less than 10% of mainland public radio stations.”

Voice of Vashon is the non-profit that supports all the others.  No matter how small or how short of cash your favorite cause is, VoV makes sure everyone knows about it on KVSH 101.9FM, on the VoV phone app, on Channel 21 TV and on the VoV website.

Rick Wallace, VoV Vice President and volunteer who coordinated the FM antenna installation, says “Last year Islanders donated $16,000 dollars to Voice of Vashon on GiveBIG Day, inspired by the Raise the Tower campaign to build our community’s FM radio station. The tower is up and KVSH 101.9FM went live in October. This year’s challenge is keep it going, along with all the other radio, TV and Web services we provide to the Island.”

This year, the GiveBIG Day stretch will be way bigger for Voice of Vashon. Two donors have issued challenges totaling $5,000. “So for every dollar you donate on GiveBIG Day to help keep Voice of Vashon strong, our challenge donors will double it. Each of your donation dollars is really worth two dollars and that doubles the Seattle Foundation stretch.  It only happens one day a year so give BIG to VoV!” says Voice of Vashon Board President Jean Bosch.

GiveBIG Day is a really big day on Vashon and it’s happening all day Tuesday, May 5.  This is the day you get to donate to all your favorite island non-profits. Tune in KVSH 101.9FM and give BIG to Voice of Vashon at VoiceOfVashon.org/GiveBIG.