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14 Giving Guide 2019 Worcester Business Journal www.wbjournal.com Audio Journal Inc. 1. Support new leadership and growth under Executive Director- Elect, Mary K. Frandsen. 2. Extend reach in North County through partnership with Fitchburg State University. 3. Increase locally-produced programming. 4. Establish & equip additional recording studio. 5. Partner with WPI to create smart phone app. 6. Incorporate technology to more effectively serve our listeners. 7. Increase input from listeners and volunteers. 8. Recruit new board members, volunteers and listeners. Audio Journal's first Golf Tournament will be held in Spring 2020. Live Audio Journal performances. Dependable volunteer readers receive training in broadcasting, engineering and audio editing. Volunteers also help deliver our radios, assist with any specific personal skills, and/or act as ambassadors. Board members keep the operation funded and true to its mission. Employers support a positive culture by providing employees the opportunity to impact our communities through volunteering at Audio Journal. Make a one-time donation or recurring gifts online at www. audiojournal.org. Support events through corporate sponsorships, ticket sales and in-kind donations. Respond to annual appeal letters (late fall). Participate in "Giving Tuesday" (after Thanksgiving). Shop Amazon Smile (select Audio Journal as your charity). Text "BLIND" to 44321, to donate using your smart phone. Vincent dePaul Lombardi, Executive Director Edward J. Connor, Jr. Archstone Financial Services MISSION STATEMENT SERVICE AREA: Audio Journal serves the 90+ towns that make up Central Massachusetts through our on-air broadcasts, and beyond that area via online tools, podcasts, Simple Radio apps and telephone access. To inform and empower individuals in Central Massachusetts who are blind, in order to help them overcome barriers that hinder their access to information, culture, employment opportunities and companionship. Memorial Foundation for the Blind ...............................43.5% Local Foundations ..........25.5% Individuals ......................6.75% TOP FUNDING SOURCES: Edward J. Connor, Jr., Archstone Financial Services – Board President Tony J. Economou, ReMax Advantage 1 – Board Vice-President Maribeth Fisher, Seven Hills ASPiRE! David Flick, retired, BOSE Corp. Arthur Lindberg, NE Low Vision & Blindness – Board Treasurer Liz Myska, Attorney at Law, National Paralegal Institute Jack Peacock, COMMplements, Inc. – Board Secretary Catherine Thornton, Uxbridge Lions, ESL Instructor Caroline J. Toomey-Gitto, MCPHS School of Optometry, Low Vision Specialist Audio Journal Inc. 799 West Boylston Street Worcester, MA 01606 Phone: 508-797-1117 www.audiojournal.org Full-time employees: 3 Annual revenues: $222,181 Year founded: 1987 BOARD OF DIRECTORS GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FUTURE GOALS FUNDRAISING EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES "…I realized that it is incumbent upon me to give back and to more demonstratively educate others about people with vision issues." – Maribeth Fisher, Audio Journal Board Member