Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service of Tompkins County

WEEK 7 (May 17th, & 20th):
Fundraising for Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service (607 area code; 10 counties).

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INTRODUCING: “SOCIAL PERSISTENCING DJ-THONS”

Dear Ithaca, Tompkins County, and our neighboring communities:

We the DJs... your friendly neighborhood party-starters, fun-makers, and help-you-relieve-stress-through-shaking-your-booty-ers... miss you.  This is obviously a stressful time for us all, and while the true heroes among us (medical workers, first responders, and more) are performing herculean feats on a daily basis, most people have been sitting home and wishing they could be helping more.  So let’s!

The Ithaca DJ Festival will be hosting an ongoing series of live-streaming DJ-thons to raise money for various local initiatives who are in need during this challenging time.  Each DJ-thon will be 6 hours long and feature 3 local DJs each spinning 2 hours of music to get you grooving.  These events will be family friendly for the most part (but we won’t be censoring lyrics, fyi).   

We will post the DJ schedule, including fundraising goals and ways to donate at ithacadjfestival.com.

Every bit helps.  Looking forward to seeing you on the virtual dancefloor!

Love love love to you all.

-IDJF

VIC Radio is partnering with the Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service in Tompkins County for the 33rd Annual 50 Hour Marathon.  From April 5th-7th, 4 DJs will stay up for 50 hours in the hopes of getting sponsors and donations each hour for the Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service!

The Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service already does so much for the Ithaca community.  They offer free confidential counseling over the phone, offer an after-trauma services program, and many educational programs.  However, this organization wishes to support a new education program.  They hope that this program will be aimed to help teens understand mental health and wellness, while also informing them of where they can receive support.

Your donation can help this education program form.  You will be funding an amazing organization that has been saving lives for 50 years.  So, you would be contributing to this organization's effort to save lives.  

We, the VIC Radio community, are asking for donations from anyone who is willing to help the Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service of Tompkins County.  Any donation will help make an impact.  Please support this organization and VIC Radio.  Thanks in advance for your contribution.

If you would like to sponsor an hour of the Marathon, contact [email redacted].   For 40 dollars you can have three on-air mentions as well as gain acknowledgement of your organization on our website.  For 25 dollars you can sponsor a half hour and receive two on-air announcements.  

For more information about VIC's 50 Hour Marathon, check out 50hours.org.