Audra McDonald, a board member of Covenant House International, has embarked on a campaign to raise $25,000 or more for the organization in its 2015 Broadway Sleep Out fundraising campaign to serve homeless young people in need. She is offering an array of one-of-a-kind prizes in exchange for donations made between now and Wednesday, August 5, including personalized Tweets, signed CDs, singing telegrams, video messages, and a chance to join her for hot chocolate at Sardi's.
Last fall, Audra McDonald joined the board of Covenant House International, pledging to serve homeless young people in need. As part of that pledge, she has embarked on a campaign to raise $25,000 or more for the organization and its 2015 Broadway Sleep Out fundraising campaign; she is offering an array of one-of-a-kind prizes in exchange for donations made between now and Wednesday, August 5, at noon ET.
In 2014, she raised over $17,000 by offering unique prizes, and this year she is upping the ante with a new suite of special incentives. To encourage people to donate, she's offering personalized Tweets, signed CDs, singing telegrams, video messages, and even a chance to join her for hot chocolate at Sardi's. Covenant House is the largest privately funded agency in the Americas and provides shelter, food, immediate crisis care, and an array of other services to homeless and runaway youth.
The following prizes are in exchange for donations ranging from $50 to $2,250 that are made between now and Wednesday, August 5 at noon EDT:
* For a $50 donation, Audra will recognize you in the "Cool People Hall of Fame" on her Facebook page.
* For a $100 donation, Audra will tweet you her personal thanks. (Share your handle with her on the donation form!)
* For a $250 donation, Audra will send you a signed copy of her 2013 recording Go Back Home, courtesy of Nonesuch.
* For a $500 donation, Audra will send you or someone special of your choosing a video message filmed on the night of her Sleep Out in November.
* For a $1,000 donation, Audra will deliver a singing telegram via phone to you or a loved one when she sleeps out on the evening of November 19.
* For a $2,250 donation, Audra will join you and one guest for hot chocolate at Sardi's in New York before the Covenant House Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Youth on November 19.
To be eligible for prizes, donations must be made on Audra McDonald's fundraising page before the deadline on August 5.
Nearly two million children in the Americas face homelessness every year, of which Covenant House helps more than 57,000 annually, providing shelter, food and immediate crisis care. It is the largest privately funded agency providing these services, and since it was founded in 1972 it has helped more than 1.2 million youths find a way off the streets and into a hopeful future.
Visit covenanthouse.org for more information and to help today.
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