One to go

Last package of the day – the Family Fun pack. Treat your family to an Indiana Ice game (4 passes), a trip to the Indianapolis Zoo (2 passes and parking) and get there with a $50 Marathon gas card. You’ve got until noon to get your donation in at the ValPak and REACH magazine Phone Bank at 1-877-71-PEACE.

The house is full

We’ve got a large group from am/pm convenience stores manning the ValPak and REACH magazine Phone Bank. So, we’ll need your help keeping them busy. If you haven’t had a chance to phone in that pledge, we’d love to hear from you!

This next program with Ed (of HANK 97.1fm’s Wank and O’Brien) has got a great prize pack - the Butler Fan Pack. Every caller is eligible for this pack that includes a voucher for 4 tickets to an upcoming Butler Bulldogs basketball game, a signed Butler basketball, a logo blanket and a rug. Good stuff for the Butler fan in your family – and really, who isn’t?

Just in time for Christmas

Until the end of Brizzi’s show at 5pm, we have a great prize package available. How about a Klipsch home theater system, a Weber Grill gift basket and three classic Christmas DVDs. It’s a package valued at about $1,350. If you’re so inclined to support our kids’ programs, this is a great time to get in on a package that will make a fantastic  gift this Christmas! Call our ValPak and REACH magazine Phone Bank at 1-877-71-PEACE or make your secure donation here.

Marathon Oil and an Anthony Gonzalez football

The phones have been hot all afternoon, but they seem to be takin a break. We’d like to hear them ringing. Carl Brizzi’s show has taken the booth and Marathon Oil is matching donations up to $1,000 for the remainder of the hour. Marathon has also donated several gas cards that have been sprinkled throughout Radiothon.

Now’s the time to call, we’ve got an Anthony Gonzalez autographed Colts football available for the first caller to pledge $25/month this year.

Our Chair calls in

Even though he’s on the road with the Indiana Pacers, our 2009 WIBC Radiothon Chair, Quinn Buckner carved out a few minutes to call in and share a little about why he partners with The Salvation Army for this event. Quinn and Pacers Sports & Entertainment have been generous to our organization over the years, especially during the Christmas season. They’ve donated two pairs of tickets each hour to both the 2008 and 2009 WIBC Radiothon events as well as a couple of great prize packages. Last year, during the hour of Quinn’s call-in and in Jim Morris’ call-in, we raised about $6,000 for fellow Hoosiers in need!

Quinn’s offering a great incentive to call and make your pledge now – a $200 gift card to the Home Court gift shop at Conseco Fieldhouse. What a great Christmas gift or even a treat for yourself. So, from now until the end of this program, you’ve got a chance to call our ValPak and REACH magazine Phone Bank at 1-877-71-PEACE and make your donation.

And don’t forget to catch Jim Morris’ call tomorrow morning at about 9:30 to hear about Jim’s support of The Salvation Army and the prize he’s offering to those who call in their support.

How ’bout a Night on the Town?

During Steve Simpson’s show (3-7pm) we’ll be hosting a fantastic prize package for a romantic night on the town. How about 2 tickets to the Indianapolis Symphony, a carriage ride from Yellow Rose Carriage, a $50 Palomino dining card and an overnight stay at the Omni Severin Indianapolis? Sounds like a lovely break from the hustle and bustle of the holidays!

If you’ve been waiting to make that pledge, now might be the chance to win a fabulous prize for a loved one while “doing the most good”! Call our ValPak and REACH magazine Phone Bank at 1-877-71-PEACE or make your donation here.

Dine while they dunk

Need a little incentive to make that call? Got any Pacers fans out there? Of course we do! The prize package available until 3pm is all about bball and includes 4 tickets to the 1/13 Pacers/Suns game on the Legends dining level. Thanks to the folks at EMS, you’ll enjoy dinner, a game and a free parking pass! Do I hear those phones ringing? Call our ValPak and REACH magazine Phone Bank at 1-877-71-PEACE or make a donation here.

Keep those phones a-ringin’

It’s been a busy morning, but our volunteers can handle the action. Right now we’re in a lull, so now’s the time to call! We’ve got a fantastic prize package on the Markey’s tote board until noon – a Klipsch home theater HD 1000 system and 2 Gerdt Furniture recliners…the Ultimate Stay-cation! Call our ValPak/REACH magazine phone bank at 1-877-71-PEACE to make your donation and get in on the drawing.

Prizes drive pledges

Dollars are great, but that’s not the only way to support an event like our WIBC Radiothon. In-kind donations are the key to helping us add urgency to a listener’s desire to support our programs. Hoosiers are generous, but there’s no harm giving them a reason to give and maybe get a little something in return just in time for Christmas.

If your business has items to donate that would make great pledge prizes, we need you. What kinds of things? Here are some ideas from Radiothon’s past – dining and merchandise gift cards, tickets to cultural and sporting events, gift baskets, overnight stays at hotels, getaways, home furnishings, electronics, gift certificates for services like maid service, memberships, home or auto maintenance. Really anything that would cause someone to think “hey, that’s an awesome prize” and pick up the phone and make that pledge.

Not only will you be helping us raise dollars to support our neighbors in need in the coming year, but we’ll give you plenty of recognition on-air during the hour your prize(s) is/are offered. We’ll be posting our prize packages to WIBCRadiothon.org prior to the event on December 11-13. And that site is linked to WIBC’s site. We’re also putting a ton of social media efforts behind Radiothon this year with a facebook fan page, feeds on Twitter and lots of blogging. So, we’ll make certain you get that receipt for your taxes and a ton of goodwill in the community.

Sound good? Give Kristen a call at 224-1019 to coordinate a donation pick-up or you can simply mail smaller items to: WIBC Radiothon, attn: Kristen / 3100 N. Meridian Street / Indianapolis, IN 46208.