gardearts.org Adds Online Giving to Patron Internet Options

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 28, 2007
Media Contact:
Amy Moum, 860-444-4406;
amy@gardearts.org

(New London, CT) The Garde Arts Center, Southeastern Connecticut’s non-profit regional performing arts center in downtown New London, is now offering an on-line giving program on its website www.gardearts.org.

Dec 28, 2007 9:25 AM - According to Executive Director Steve Sigel, “This is an initiative to improve the patron-donor web experience by offering the convenience of secure online, tax-deductible giving for Garde patrons and donors through Acceptiva, a managed online donation company for non-profit organizations.”

The online giving program will supplement mail and phone solicitations as part of the Garde’s annual fundraising campaign to help support the programs, services, and facilities of the cultural institution. To meet its annual operating expenses, the Garde must raise $600,000 each year in support from government, corporation, and foundation contributions, and from individual donors.

For more information, contact Jeanne Sigel, Development Director, at 860-444-4430 or jsigel@gardearts.org.
The Garde Arts Center, Inc. (GAC) is a non-profit cultural organization created in 1985, as Southeastern Connecticut’s premiere showplace for the performing arts and education.

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Now in its eighty-first season, the Garde Arts Center is Southeastern Connecticut’s non-profit center for the performing arts. The Garde owns and operates the historic Garde Theatre where it presents musicals, opera, orchestras, contemporary music, dance, and family events. The Garde produces the annual New London Film Festival, and provides after-school programs and matinee performances to more than 10,000 young people. Under the leadership of Steve Sigel, Executive Director, since 1988, the Garde has become a major catalyst for the cultural and economic revitalization of New London.

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