>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling. I am director of friends of PBS
Wisconsin. Ken Burns and his collaborators have produced an
amazing collection, an amazing tapestry of films, of
documentaries, and they're still telling new stories today. Most
recently Leonardo da Vinci and coming in time for America's
250th birthday: The American Revolution. And all of this is
made possible by you. Viewers like you, viewers who support
this. So thank you for all of you who are members, and let me
encourage you to become a member now. It's a great time to become
a member. Why? Because this is a challenge break. Donors like
Laura Hagan have made specific donations to encourage donors
like you to become a member now. So this is a challenge break.
That means up to $2,000. Your new gift will be matched 1 to 1
during this break. Give us a call right now or go online, but
you can give us a call at 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Stephanie Elkins. I'm the host of morning classics on
Wisconsin Public Radio. And what Eric just said is really
important. If you've been watching for a while, especially
if you've been enjoying the Ken Burns documentaries, but you've
never become a member. This is a great time. We have a matching
fund for your gift. If you're becoming a member, that just
means you're supporting PBS Wisconsin financially. We'd love
to hear from you at (800) 236-3636. And for your
gift of $15 a month, we'll send you this terrific book. It's
called Our America About 200 Years of Images of the American
Experience. It's just wonderful, really powerful. For a gift of
$25 a month, we'll send you that book. Plus, you can choose from
one of the DVD sets. If you're a musician or love music like me,
you might choose jazz. If you don't want to choose or you'd
like them all for a gift of $100 a month, we'll send you the book
and nine sets of the Ken Burns DVDs to enjoy and share. What's
important is that you call during this challenge break,
particularly if you've never done it before. We'd love to
hear from you at (800) 236-3636. >> Hi, I'm Linda Berman, a
volunteer here at PBS Wisconsin, and I am just so impressed with,
of course, Ken Burns's work and also his eye for selecting these
photographs. This is an amazing book. This is one of our thank
you gifts. If you want to pledge at the $15 a month level, become
a sustainer, which is really easy to do, just simply comes
out of your checking account or on your credit card. Once a
month. Real easy. But one of these images, or actually two
images, one of them is Mark Twain in Seattle, 1895. And this
is the image we kind of have of him, of the way he looks. And
then we have the Supreme Court justices in 1894 from
Washington, D.C. These are just some of these incredible images
that we're sharing with you. Because, you know, Ken Burns is
a storyteller, and this is part of the story. And what we're
saying is we encourage you to become our supporter and sponsor
by pledging your support right now, very easy to do with some
very fantastic thank you gifts, but it starts with your call.
1-800-236-3636. >> It does start with your call
and this is a great time to call Three reasons: your support
really matters, your support makes this all possible.
Secondly, it's a challenge break. Your dollars can go twice
as far. And thirdly, we've got some great ways to say thank
you. The wonderful book that Linda was showing you and the
wonderful DVDs at the $100 a month level, the book and nine
DVD sets of some of Ken Burns's most important, most loved
documentaries. I'm holding my favorite. Civil War happens to b
the first one I saw, not the first one he made. That was
Brooklyn Bridge, which he got an Academy Award nomination for.
But what are my favorites? I think it is Civil War. It real
helped open my eyes to the complexity of that and really
helped my understanding of not only what happened during the
Civil War, but how it continues to shape us as a nation, as
people today. His most recent is also usually one of my favorites
as well, but it is a challenge break. Be patient on the phones.
If they're busy, we will get to you. Give us a call.
1-800-236-3636. >> It is a challenge break. And
that means that if you have never been a member, if you've
never contributed to PBS Wisconsin before, there is a
matching fund put up by members who would like to encourage you
to become a member that just means that you're contributing
financially. And when you do, we've got some terrific ways to
say thank you for a gift of $15 a month or more, we'll send you
the book, Our America. It's got 200 years of amazing, powerful
photos, and that's available again for $15 a month or more.
For $25 a month, we'll send you the book plus one of the DVD
sets, the country music one is fantastic. Baseball is great.
It's hard to choose. If you don't wish to
choose for $100 a month we'll send you the book and all
nine of these DVD sets. You can talk to one of our volunteers
and go through those DVD sets. We would really love to hear
from you during this challenge break, particularly if you've
never given (800) 236-3636. >> And every film,
every story comes from America. Here. This is a picture in
this incredibly amazing book of Kitty Hawk, 1902. That's one of
the Wright brothers. These are part of the images you will see
and share in this incredible book as our way to say thank
you. If you pledge at $15 a month as a sustainer, or if you
prefer, the $100 a month, and you can get the book and the DVD
sets, but also you will always get our "Airwaves" magazine,
which tells you it has day by day listing of what you'll find
on our airwaves. This is essential to know what's coming
up. What are the next Ken Burns? What are the next mysteries?
arts and our music? And this is for you. But, you know, it
starts with your pledge of support at 1-800-236-3636.
>> Every gift makes a difference. And gifts made
during this challenge break go twice as far as you join as a
new member. Please give that call right now. Go online. Use
the QR code that's on your screen and make that call right
now. If, if the phones are a little bit busy, don't worry.
You make your call. Now you go online, we'll get to you and
you'll be eligible for that challenge break. Please do give
at whatever level is right for you. PBS Wisconsin is 70.5 years
old by now, and 70.5 is a magic number. If you want to make a
gift through your IRA. But if you're able to give it a higher
level, please consider joining at one of our Giving Circle
levels. The gift of $100 a month which we can thank you with the
book and the nine DVD sets of Ken Burns documentaries, makes
you eligible for our Director's Circle. It's another way of
recognizing the importance of your contribution. How far your
contribution is going toward supporting this work, towards
bringing you this rich tapestry of programing. It's a challenge
break. Some of Ken Burns programs are challenging in
nature, and we're challenging you. You're being challenged by
a matching gift to make a call right now. And become a member
by calling 1-800-236-3636. >> We are in the middle of a
challenge break. That means your contribution will be matched
dollar for dollar if it's brand new. We'd love to hear from you
at (800) 236-3636. You can also go online to pbswisconsin.org
PBS wisconsin.org. That's right. And we'll make sure that you get
eligible for that challenge. We have some wonderful ways of
saying thank you. As Eric mentioned at the $15 level,
we've got this wonderful book. It's called Our America. Ken
Burns did the editing 200 Years of Images of the American
Experience. Powerful, meaningful images. At the $25 level. We'll
send you the book, plus any one of nine DVD sets. If you like
music. We have jazz. We have country music. If you're a
baseball fan, we'll send you the baseball documentary. There are
nine to choose from, and if you would like all nine, we'll send
you the book plus all nine of these sets of DVDs for your gift
of $100 a month or more. We would love to hear from you now
during this challenge break at (800) 236-3636.
>> And we want to recognize a very special donor, Laura Hagan,
who has supported our challenge fund. So new members can join
in. She is one of the many who've stepped up to meet this
dollar for dollar match. This is so important for all of us here
to continue quality programing that we can count on your
support so that we can purchase these programs. They don't come
free and they have to be purchased. So your support
really matters. So we're encouraging you now to join us
as a sponsor like Laura Hagan and join us right now. Give us a
call and pledge your support, especially during this challenge
break. So you're up to the challenge. Give us a call at
1-800-236-3636, because we know we can meet that goal.
>> We're looking at the past. We're also looking ahead to the
future. Your gift supports the ongoing programing that we're
able to bring to you. We're looking ahead to the 250th
birthday of these United States. This history of ours is rich.
It's filled with contradictions. It's sometimes difficult to
understand. As Ken Burns says, it's complicated. And one thing
that isn't complicated is your gift of support. Becoming a
member right now, 1 to 1 match. Very simple. Make that gift
right now. Give us a call. Go online 1-800-236-3636 and your
gift will be matched during this challenge break. We're coming to
the end of the challenge break, so it's a great time to call.
Let us say thank you with some wonderful gifts that will
inspire you, that will help unlock more history for you.
Ken Burns feels like he finally has the skills to tell the story
of the American Revolution. So that program is
coming up and your gift now will help us bring that
to you. Give us a call 1-800-236-3636.
>> There are some great reasons to become a member right now if
you've never been one. First we have the challenge break. We'll
match your gift if you've never given before. Second, it feels
wonderful to support what you believe in. And third, we have
some wonderful thank you gifts for you. For a gift of $15 a
month, we'll send you the book called Our America. It's a book
of photographs spanning 200 years of the American
experience. And for a gift of $25 a month, we'll send you the
book and your choice of nine different DVD sets you can pick
whether you want the Vietnam War or jazz or baseball. You can
talk to one of our volunteers and select the one that you'd
like. Or for your gift of $100 a month, which, by the way, will
get you into our Director's circle, we'll send you the book
and all nine. (800) 236-3636. >> Laura Hagan has been
our wonderful contributor to be part of this
challenge break, she is contributing to stepped up and
stepped up and stepped up. And we're encouraging you to join
her so that we have this matching fund to get new members
as our sponsors. And we celebrate you just like Ken
Burns is celebrating America, we celebrate you as our sponsors,
and a way to encourage you to join is knowing that we have
this very special app called Passport, in which you can view
the programs you may have missed, or an episode, or get
ahead on some. But it all starts with your call, which is so
important at 1-800-236-3636. And we thank you so much.
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