Lexington Children’s Theatre awarded $25,000 contribution from Chase CommunityMorris was also recently elected to the Lancaster City Council.
Giving Facebook Competition
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Contact: Maggie Morris
Phone: 859.254.4546 ext. 230 or
859.339.8885
Email: MMorris@lctonstage.org
Chase Trust announced today the winners of its first annual Chase Community
Giving competition through Facebook. Lexington Children’s Theatre (LCT) earned a
spot in the top 100 of most voted for charities, thus securing a $25,000
contribution to be put towards its annual operating budget. LCT was the only
organization in Kentucky to earn the distinction. LCT was one of 500,000
organizations nationwide, which competed for a spot in the top 100 most voted
for organizations during a three week period. LCT credits its grassroots
campaign to solicit votes executed by its staff, Board of Directors, and
children involved with its programming and productions.
“Communications through LCT’s weekly e-newsletter, e-mails to
subscribers, status updates through LCT’s fan page, and personal requests sent
by staff, Board, and patrons through Facebook messaging to vote, were part of
the effort to enlist support from others,” said Maggie Morris, Development
Director. Morris estimates that through efforts put out by the campaign, LCT was
able to secure thousands of votes during the campaign. Morris said that the
staff and Board of Directors were pleased with the outreach that the competition
provided. “We were able to educate a vast amount of people through a very
effective tool, social media networking, during the course of this competition,”
she said. “It will prove successful beyond the cash prize for LCT.”
“We were extremely enthused and inspired by the amount of support
the Lexington community and beyond lent us during this voting period; it was
refreshing to see how many individuals value our services and programming for
children throughout the state of Kentucky,” said Larry Snipes, Producing
Director. “We saw votes come in from all spans of the globe. Thanks to all who
participated,” he added.
Founded in 1938, Lexington Children's Theatre (LCT) is a fully professional, non-profit organization dedicated to the intellectual and cultural enrichment of young people. As the State Children's Theatre of Kentucky, LCT is in its 71st Season of bringing live professional theatre and theatre arts education to Kentucky’s youth. Annually, LCT serves over 130,000 children throughout the state.
LCT will now have the opportunity to compete for a $1 million dollar grand prize during a second round of voting beginning January 15, 2010. To learn more about LCT or the Chase Community Giving competition, please visit www.lctonstage.org or contact Maggie Morris, Development Director, at MMorris@lctonstage.org or 859.254.4546 ext. 230
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