Performing Arts Center Needs $316,000 to Secure Matching Grant, Calls Upon
Supporters to Help Push Fundraising Drive 'Over the Top'
ENGLEWOOD, N.J., June 19 -- Through a tremendous
outpouring of support from its patrons and the local community, bergenPAC
announced today that it has raised $700,000 as part of a Capital Endowment
Campaign to ensure its long-term financial stability. As it nears its goal
of securing $1 million by June 30, the performing arts center has called
upon its friends and supporters to help push its fundraising campaign "over
the top."
"Backed by the incredible support of our friends and patrons, we've
seen a huge leap in fundraising. We're now in striking distance of our goal
and the next week will be crucial as we work to preserve the long-term
future of bergenPAC," said Frank Huttle III, bergenPAC Chairman of the
Board.
To complete phase two of its three-year growth plan, bergenPAC needs to
raise $1 million by June 30, which will trigger a matching grant from The
Russell Berrie Foundation -- which doubles the value of every gift to the
endowment before June 1. The success of the Capital Endowment Campaign
would set a strong financial foundation that would ensure bergenPAC's
long-term stability and support its mission of bringing cultural enrichment
to Bergen County and making art education and live performing arts
accessible to the entire community.
Bolstered by the support of the performing art center's friends and
patrons, bergenPAC's Capital Endowment Campaign has raised $700,000 over
the course of several weeks:
Goal: 1,000,000
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Added Huttle, "Despite a soft economy, we're now very close to
completing phase two of our growth plan. We're calling upon the support of
the community to help us close the gap to create this endowment that
ensures bergenPAC will continue to be a thriving center of the arts for
years to come."
About bergenPAC:
Known as The John Harms Center for 27 years, this cultural hub in
Englewood, has been reborn as the Bergen Performing Arts Center or
bergenPAC. This 1,367-seat theater is a landmark, and in its fourth season
as bergenPAC it remains one of the finest acoustic halls in the United
States. The legendary Tony Bennett and Canadian crooner k.d. lang recorded
their 2003 Grammy award-winning CD live on bergenPAC's own stage through a
broadband fiber-optic connection with Bennett Studios. bergenPAC is the
home of a media production system that is unparalleled, upholding its
reputation as a venue for outstanding music, dance, and theater. As a
non-profit corporation, bergenPAC has thrived thanks to the aid and
generosity of sponsors, donors and patrons.
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