WYSU sets goal to raise $106K during 40th anniversary drive

the vindicator

Listener-supported WYSU 88.5 FM, Youngstown State University’s public radio service, is having its 40th anniversary fall fund drive this week, with a goal of raising $106,000.

Everyone who pledges support to WYSU (either as a new member, a renewing member, or with an additional gift) through Friday will be entered into a drawing to win a pair of tickets on the WYSU-sponsored Go Ahead Tours 11-day “Enchanting Ireland” excursion.

The station will also be offering daily prize packages, a new member prize basket and a Pennsylvania member prize package. Each package includes a new HD radio.

Additionally, thanks to a grant from The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, every pledge of support made to WYSU-FM this fall, whether by mail, phone, or Internet, will result in Second Harvest Food Bank distributing $30 worth of food to families in the Valley.

WYSU’s biannual fund drives are always critical to the station’s success. However, according to WYSU director Gary Sexton, this fall’s drive takes on added significance.

“This is a fund drive emphasizing the value, the necessity even, of partnerships. While we continue an extremely fruitful partnership with Mill Creek Metroparks, we begin a new one with the Second Harvest Food Bank,” said Sexton.

Contributions can be made by phone at (330) 941-1481, or through a secure online server at www.wysu.org.