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6th Annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Logo
April 23rd to May 2nd 2004

 Angel Grants

The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (MGLFF) has been handed an extraordinary opportunity, and WE NEED YOUR HELP to realize it!

A donor who lives here in our community, and who wishes to remain anonymous at this time, has made an extraordinary offer to the festival, and really, to the gay & lesbian community of Miami. This donor has decided to offer what we have dubbed the Angel Grant in the amount of $50,000 to the Festival - if, and this is a $50,000 IF - the Miami community can raise a matching amount.

MGLFF Angel Grant

The $50,000 Angel Grant can go a long way at this critical time for our organization. It's getting increasingly difficult to fund our beloved community organizations from big sponsors - so it's opportunities like this that will make all the difference to ensure MGLFF meets the full $390,000 operating budget that it needs to put on the 2004 Festival.

WE NEED THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY'S HELP to help us get this money - the Angel Grant only applies to special, 100% tax-deductible gifts to MGLFF, (this is the important part) separate from any membership or ticket dollars you might spend with us. This is why we are appealing not only to your generosity, but your creativity - think outside the box! Does the company you work for having a matching gift program that we could in turn double with the Angel Grant? Do you have friends in banks or law firms that earmark funds for charitable organizations? Call them up and sell them MGLFF! If everyone who ever enjoyed a MGLFF screening or event bugged 5 friends each to give $20, we'd land this entire Angel Grant tomorrow! Send this page's link, http://www.mglff.com/angelgrant.htm to 5 friends and make a plea for $20 from each! This is your Festival - do what you need to make sure it MGLFF has the solid footing it needs for next year. THE TIME IS NOW and IT WON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU!

As of Feb. 14th we had already raised over $30,000 of our goal - thus raising $60,000 for the Festival. We still have the potential to receive $20,000 more from our Angel Grant - if we can raise the last $20,000 from within our own community. Please consider making this donation today - every $1 you give means $2 for the Festival - and your Festival will thank you for it!!!!

Here are some of the special MGLFF Angels who have helped us toward our goal of $50,000:
MGLFF Angel Grant
Won't you please become our next Angel?
Make your donation NOW

$5000
Ken Goss

$2000-$2500
Rusty Belote
Tom Blount

$1000 - $1500
Lynn Bove
Jerry Chasen & Mark Kirby
Diane G. Dolcourt
Larry Hyer
Tariq Karim
Saul Magram
Harry Rimm
Daniel E. Smith
Andrew Tobias


Up to $500
Dan Ayers & Tony Seguino
Bal Harbor Bistro
Carol Beeler
Bruce Bolton
Lee Brady
Rosine Bretton
Douglas Brito & Charles Bell
Allen Cannon
Ross Carson, MD
Dave Charles
Helen C. Costa
Gabino Cuevas & Thomas Yoli
Gary Davenport
Arlene de La Torre
Ginny Dixon
Dot 51
Rick Fenstermacher & Jason Hagopian
Stel Fine
Jose L. Garcia
Chris Gates
Randy Gosney
Joe Granada
In celebration of the union of
  Hope Wine & Mary Prados
Bill Kerlin
Anthony King
Tariq Karim
Bill Kerlin
Michael Krawtiz
 

John Labus
Wayne Lampert & Ricardo Bustamente
Mary B. Leddy
Brian H. Leslie, Esq.
Lauren Locks & Zuri Bello
Beth McNeer
Karen Olin/The Laundry Bar
Winfield Ogden & Douglas MacKay
Ed Pascoe, Pascoe & Company
Dale Penn
Carlos Rebolledo
Salvador Roblete
Sylvie Rokab
Walter Rosengarten
Elizabeth F. Schwartz
Richard Sherman
Marvin Shulman
Alesha N. Smith
Susan Solman
Ed Straub
Bill Sullivan & Paul Hogan
Page Tower & Kathyrn Bufkin
Galia Valdes
Roger Walker-Dack
Todd Warnock & Norman Albao
Julie Weaver
Merle Weiss
Matt & John West

4 WAYS TO HELP

  1. RIGHT HERE ON THE INTERNET - you or your friends & colleagues can use this to link to securely make a donation via credit card 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

    Click Here for our SECURE ONLINE DONATION FORM

  2. MAIL - send in a cheque in any amount made payable to "MGLFF". Make sure to indicted on the memo line that the donation is specifically for the Angel Grant.
    Our mailing address:
        1521 Alton Rd. #147
        Miami Beach, FL 33139 USA
     
  3. PHONE - call us at 305-534-9924 and say "I want to make a pledge to the Angel Grant". MGLFF can take the donation via Visa, Mastercard or AMEX.
     

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