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The Annual Valley Indy Great Give Webcast is scheduled to happen during The Great Give Tuesday, May 2 and Wednesday, May 3!
Scroll down to see the schedule, which is still being finalized.
This year the live video feed will stream on The Valley Indy’s Facebook page.
That means readers and viewers will be able to “talk” to us throughout The Great Give by leaving comments under the live videos on Facebook.
What’s The Great Give?
The Great Give is a 36-hour online fundraiser. More than 400 nonprofit groups in the Valley and greater New Haven are participating, including the Valley Indy.
The Valley Indy relies on foundation grants and reader donations to stay alive in a dying industry.
The Great Give is the one time of the year we ask you to show your support with a donation.
Click this link to donate to The Valley Indy either before or during The Great Give.
What’s The Valley Indy Great Give Webcast?
We don’t just beg for money during The Great Give.
We invite other Valley nonprofits onto our live stream out of our office in Ansonia. We talk about all the good those nonprofits do in the Valley — and how you can help.
Those interviews are conducted live and streamed on the Internet.
The live stream will take place primarily on The Valley Indy Facebook page, using “Facebook Live.” The videos will also be uploaded after they are recorded to ValleyIndy.org.
Click the play button on the YouTube video below to listen to reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry blab on an on about why you should consider making a $100 donation to The Valley Indy during The Great Give.
The Great Give starts 8 a.m. May 2 and ends 8 p.m. May 3.
Here’s the Valley Indy Great Give Webcast schedule, along with “prizes” being offered by various sponsors and foundations. “Prizes,” if achieved, get more money for the participating nonprofit groups.
In addition, we’ll be doing some random raffles to give away a few limited edition Valley Independent Sentinel coffee mugs.
Remember, the programming will be carried live on The Valley Indy’s Facebook page.
If your browser does not like hyperlinks copy and paste this URL:
http://Facebook.com/ValleyIndependentSentinel
— — — — —TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017— — — — —
7:30 a.m. WE’LL DO IT LIVE. Fingers crossed.
8 a.m. The Great Give officially starts! Donate early and often.
9 a.m. Seymour First Selectman W. Kurt Miller. We’ll ask him about the proposed Seymour budget! He’s guaranteed to mention the town’s debt service, and he’ll probably complain about The Valley Indy’s poor coverage of Seymour.
10 a.m. Adam’s House founder and President Allison Wysota (and guest). Adam’s House is based in Shelton.
11 a.m. Treasured Time’s Suzanne Rothman Major and Jenn Moffat!
12 p.m.*** WHATTAYA SAY
We open the phone lines!
203 446 2335.
Talk about anything.
Also, it’s a GOOD TIME to donate to The Valley Indy, because:
Lunch Hour Prize – $500 will be awarded to the organization with the most gifts (donations) from individual donors between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
2 p.m. The Valley United Way!
3 p.m. Remy Kocurek from the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop and Food Pantry in Derby.
This is also a good time to donate to The Valley Indy, because generous folks are offering:
The Daily Double Prize – $250 added to a gift of $250 (or more) made between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Gift chosen at random.
4 p.m. Gary Parker, Housatonic Boy Scouts!
5 p.m. Spooner House!
Oh boy, you have to donate at 5 p.m., mainly because Valley Indy Editor Eugene Driscoll will be missing his son’s soccer game.
Also, there are two super awesome prizes in play for The Valley Indy:
Happy Hour Prize – $500 will be awarded to whoever has the most donations from individuals between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
NextGen Power Hour Match – All donations by donors born between 1974 and 1989 between 5 and 6 p.m. will be partly matched. (Come on, Valley thirty and forty somethings! We all listened to Snoop Dogg and Nirvana! Rage Against The Machine with a donation! The 90s rocked!)
6:30 p.m. Armed with a cell phone and some luck, we hope to broadcast live from a Center Stage PRINCESS PARTY! Let it go, people!
7 p.m. We’ll fit in some local news by live streaming a public hearing at Ansonia City Hall, where the public is being asked to weigh in on a plan to sell the ATP/Palmer buildings and put a new police station at 65 Main St.
8 p.m. A LIVE “Valley Sports Rewind!”
Host Mike Cannici will be interviewing Derby High School track and field coach Nick DiLuggo with two additional special guests!
9 p.m. Derby’s David Lenart, host of “2 Dudes Talking Disney,” gives us insider tips about traveling to Disney World! Also, we’ll probably argue about “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”
10 p.m. CHRIS BOWEN RETURNS! Our unofficial columnist, who recently purchased a home in Seymour, makes his annual appearance on The Valley Indy Great Give Live Stream. We plan to debate the merits of the Paul Newman film “Slapshot,” and to figure out why Ethan Fry hasn’t seen the movie (hint — he’s a Soviet-era spy).
11 p.m. LIVE CALL IN! Why oh why are you watching The Valley Indy’s low-rent live stream on Facebook at 11 p.m. on a Tuesday? Call 203 446 2335 and tell us!
Got the munchies? Good, because now’s a good time to give The Valley Indy some reporting money!
Midnight Snack Prize – $500 added to a gift made closest to 12 a.m.
— — — — —WEDNESDAY MAY 3, 2017— — — — —
12 a.m. Officially a long day.
1 a.m. Night Owl Prize – $500 will be awarded to the organization with the most gifts from individual donors between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.
2 a.m. to 4 a.m. Insomnia Prize – $500 will be given to whoever gets the most donations between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.
5 a.m. to 6 a.m. Sunrise Prize – $500 will be given to whoever gets the most donations from individuals between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m.
6 a.m. Seize the Day Prize – $500 awarded to the organization with the greatest number of gifts from individual donors between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m.
7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Early Bird: $250 to the Valley organization with the most new donors between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m.
8 a.m. Seymour Deputy Fire Marshal Timm Willis!
10:30 a.m. Diane Stroman, others, from TEAM, Inc. in Derby!
11 a.m. Break out your fanciest credit card, because the donor who gives between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. will be randomly chosen to give $250 to the organization of his/her choice!
12 p.m. A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR!
Jason Carlucci, of The Dew Drop Inn in Derby, talks about building a successful business in Derby and the charities that matter most to him.
If we can get someone to donate $300 during Jay’s 30-minute appearance, we’ll allow him to share an embarrassing Valley Indy-related Dew Drop tale from back in the day.
Look, writers sometimes hang out in bars.
It happens.
2 p.m. Linda Coppola, principal of the St. Mary – St. Michael School, and Father Tiano of St. Mary’s Church in Derby.
3 p.m. The Daily Double Prize – $250 added to a gift of $250 (or more) made between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Gift chosen at random.
4:30 p.m Ex-Valley Reporters’ Roundtable! A chat with journalists who previously covered the Valley. Scheduled to appear: former Valley Indy/Rep-Am scribe Jodie Mozdzer Gil, former CT Post/current Register reporter Kate Ramunni, former CT Post/current Stratford Star reporter Melvin Mason, and former Evening Sentinel reporter Joe Musante!
5 p.m. Happy Hour Prize – $500 awarded to the organization with the greatest number of gifts from individual donors between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
6 p.m. An interview with Amanda Prescott, an Ansonia High School student making a name for herself in the special effects makeup world (think gore gags and The Walking Dead zombies).
Ansonia High School’s Amanda Prescott won the Raniratt’s International Makeup Contest. Congratulations!
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8 p.m. The Great Give ends! Hopefully The Valley Indy will have raised $15,000 toward 2018. Click here to donate!
