>> THIS IS THE GUIDEBOOK
TO THE NATIONAL PARKS.
AND THIS WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING IS
KEN BURNS' NATIONAL PARKS:
AMERICA'S BEST IDEA.
AND WE'RE ASKING YOU
DURING A BRIEF BREAK
IN THE SHOW TO BECOME A MEMBER
HERE AT PBS WISCONSIN.
AND THIS IS A GREAT TIME
TO DO IT BECAUSE
THIS IS A CHALLENGE BREAK.
THE FIRST $2,000 PLEDGED
DURING THIS BREAK
WILL BE MATCHED
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET
40 NEW MEMBERS
DURING THIS BREAK, AND WE HOPE
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER,
YOU WILL BECOME A MEMBER
DURING THIS BREAK, AND
DURING THIS CHALLENGE BREAK,
THE IMPACT OF YOUR GIFT
IS MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
SO YOUR PLEDGE TO PBS WISCONSIN
PACKS TWICE THE PUNCH IT WOULD
AT ANY OTHER TIME.
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO SHOW
YOUR SUPPORT FOR PBS WISCONSIN.
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO
CONTINUE BUILDING OUR BUDGET
SO WE CAN KEEP FINDING PROGRAMS
JUST LIKE THIS ONE.
AND THE CHALLENGE BREAK IS A
GREAT WAY TO IMPACT YOUR GIFT.
SO PLEASE GIVE US A CALL
AT 1-800-236-3636.
IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY A MEMBER,
BECOME A MEMBER.
AND IF YOU ARE A MEMBER,
THIS COULD BE A GREAT TIME
FOR YOU TO RENEW.
CALL RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS IS A GREAT TIME
TO SUPPORT PBS WISCONSIN.
AND IF NATIONAL PARKS
ARE ON YOUR TRAVEL LIST,
WHAT A GREAT WAY
TO LET US SAY THANK YOU
BY RECEIVING SOME OF THESE
WONDERFUL THANK YOU GIFTS.
YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL,
YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE,
AND YOU CAN USE A QR CODE,
WHICH ERIC'S GONNA
TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT
AS YOUR WAYS OF JOINING
THIS EVENING.
SO AT $10 PER MONTH AS A
SUSTAINER, LET US THANK YOU
WITH THE GUIDEBOOK THAT
MALCOLM WAS TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S A WONDERFUL GUIDE
TO THE NATIONAL PARKS.
LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY
AND INFORMATION IN THERE.
AT $15 PER MONTH AS A SUSTAINER,
LET US THANK YOU
WITH THE SIX-DISC SET
OF THE NATIONAL PARKS PROGRAM
THAT YOU'RE WATCHING, THAT COMES
IN SIX DVDS
OR SIX BLU-RAY DISCS.
IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
AND THEN AT $20 PER MONTH
AS A SUSTAINER,
WE'D LOVE TO THANK YOU
WITH ALL OF THESE ITEMS.
THE NATIONAL PARK GUIDEBOOK,
THE SIX-DISC SET,
EITHER DVD OR BLU-RAY,
AND A REALLY WONDERFUL
PBS WISCONSIN TRAVEL BOTTLE.
SO PLEASE GIVE US A CALL
AT 1-800-236-3636
OR VISIT PBSWISCONSIN.ORG
TO PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT.
AND ERIC'S GONNA TELL YOU
ABOUT ANOTHER WAY THAT
YOU CAN GIVE TODAY.
>> HI, I'M ERIC GREILING.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF
FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN.
AND THIS IS A CHALLENGE BREAK,
AND WE WANT YOU TO GIVE,
AND MEMBERS OF PBS WISCONSIN
WANT YOU TO GIVE.
THEY'RE GONNA MATCH
YOUR GIFT ONE-TO-ONE
IF YOU JOIN, CALL, GO ONLINE,
BECOME A MEMBER TODAY.
AND ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING
WAYS TO BECOME A MEMBER IS
TO BECOME A SUSTAINER.
BEING A SUSTAINER JUST MEANS
YOU'RE MAKING
AN AUTOMATIC MONTHLY PAYMENT
TO PBS WISCONSIN.
YOUR MEMBERSHIP
IS ALWAYS CURRENT.
IT'S ALWAYS GOING UNTIL
YOU ASK US TO STOP.
THE BENEFITS FOR US ARE
WE GET TO PLAN AHEAD.
WE GET TO COUNT ON YOUR GIFT.
WE GET TO KEEP BRINGING YOU
THESE GREAT PROGRAMS.
THE BENEFITS FOR YOU ARE,
YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOING YOUR PART
TO BRING THESE PROGRAMS
TO YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY,
YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE,
AND ENCOURAGING THIS KIND
OF GREAT PROGRAMMING.
YOUR MEMBERSHIP
IS ALWAYS CURRENT.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA GET
YOUR AIRWAVES MAGAZINE.
SO BECOME A SUSTAINER TODAY.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
GO ONLINE OR GIVE US A CALL
AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> THE NATIONAL PARKS,
THE CIVIL WAR, THE ROOSEVELTS,
THE WAR, THE VIETNAM WAR.
THESE ARE ALL PROGRAMS
KEN BURNS HAS CREATED FOR YOU.
AND HE'S DONE IT HERE AT PBS.
AND KEN HIMSELF WILL TELL YOU,
THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE HE COULD
PRODUCE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.
THESE ARE PROGRAMS OF
EXTRAORDINARY SIGNIFICANCE
TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO ALL OF US.
BUT THE WAY HE MAKES
THESE PROGRAMS,
THE DEPTH, THE CONTEXT,
THE PERSPECTIVE HE BRINGS,
THAT'S WHAT SEPARATES THEM
FROM ANY OTHER PROGRAMS
THAT YOU COULD EVER SEE
ABOUT THESE VERY SAME SUBJECTS.
AND ONLY AT PBS DOES HE HAVE
THE FREEDOM TO DO THE WORK
IN THE DEPTH OVER THE COURSE
OF TIME, YES,
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES,
BUT ALSO WITH THE STORIES
THAT PROVIDE THE CONTEXT
ABOUT HOW THINGS HAPPEN,
WHY THEY HAPPEN,
WHO MADE THEM HAPPEN, AND THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE STORIES.
AND CERTAINLY ALL OF THAT
COMES TO BEAR HERE
IN AMERICA'S GREATEST IDEA.
THE NATIONAL PARKS, RIGHT HERE
ON PBS WISCONSIN.
GIVE NOW DURING THIS
CHALLENGE BREAK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS
FROM KEN BURNS, THE WONDERFUL
NATIONAL PARKS PROGRAM,
YOU'RE WATCHING
TO OUR LOCAL WORK
AT PBS WISCONSIN
ARE MADE POSSIBLE
BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT.
SO WE INVITE YOU
TO PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT
OR RENEW YOUR SUPPORT
OR INCREASE YOUR SUPPORT.
AND WHEN YOU DO,
WE'D LOVE TO THANK YOU
WITH SOME REALLY NEAT GIFTS
ALL RELATED TO THIS
NATIONAL PARKS PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU JOIN AS A SUSTAINER
AT $10 PER MONTH,
LET US THANK YOU WITH THE
NATIONAL PARKS GUIDEBOOK
FULL OF LOTS OF INFORMATION.
IF YOU'RE PLANNING A TRIP
OR IF YOU WANNA TAKE A TRIP
FROM YOUR OWN HOME BY JUST
WATCHING THE PROGRAMS
AND READING THE GUIDEBOOK,
THAT'S WONDERFUL TOO.
AT THE $15 PER MONTH
SUSTAINER LEVEL, IT'S SIX DISCS,
EITHER DVD OR BLU-RAY SETS
OF THE NATIONAL PARKS PROGRAM
THAT YOU'RE WATCHING.
AND AT $20 PER MONTH AS A
SUSTAINER, LET US THANK YOU
WITH THE SIX-DISC SET OF
NATIONAL PARKS, EITHER IN DVD
OR BLU-RAY, ALONG WITH THE
PBS WISCONSIN WATER BOTTLE
AND THE WONDERFUL
NATIONAL PARKS GUIDEBOOK.
AND AGAIN, WITH EVERY MEMBERSHIP
YOU CAN RECEIVE AIRWAVES,
THE MONTHLY PROGRAM GUIDE
AND PASSPORT.
GIVE US A CALL AT
1-800-236-3636.
>> WE LOVE THAT YOU
TURNED ON YOUR TELEVISION
AND FOUND THIS PROGRAM, OR
MAYBE YOU CIRCLED THIS PROGRAM
IN AIRWAVES AND MADE AN
APPOINTMENT TO WATCH IT.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
WE'RE HERE FOR THAT.
WE LOVE TO BE DISCOVERED.
I LOVE TO FIND NEW SHOWS ON PBS
AND PBS WISCONSIN,
BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK
AND WATCH A PROGRAM AGAIN,
IF YOU WANT TO WATCH PART
OF TONIGHT'S PROGRAM AGAIN,
MAYBE YOU MISSED SOMETHING,
MAYBE YOU WANNA SEE IT AGAIN.
MAYBE YOU WANNA WATCH ONE
OF THE KEN BURNS TITLES
THAT MALCOLM MENTIONED.
PASSPORT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU
AT ALL OF THE GIFT LEVELS
THAT AMY JUST MENTIONED.
PASSPORT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
PASSPORT IS A DEEP CATALOG,
A DEEP VAULT OF LOTS
OF DIFFERENT TITLES.
ALL OF THESE KEN BURNS TITLES
AND LOTS AND LOTS
OF DRAMA TITLES,
SOME WE'VE HAD ON THE AIR,
SOME THAT ARE ONLY
AVAILABLE ON PASSPORT.
YOU CAN DISCOVER THEM ALL.
YOU CAN GO BACK
AND WATCH THEM AGAIN
BY GIVING US CALL,
JOINING, TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THIS CHALLENGE BREAK,
GIVE US A CALL,
1-800-263-3636.
>> OUR PROGRAMMING HERE AT
PBS WISCONSIN IS PRICELESS,
BUT YOU CAN PUT A NUMBER TO IT.
YOU CAN JOIN PBS WISCONSIN AT
A LEVEL THAT FITS YOUR BUDGET.
AND IF YOU'RE ABLE TO,
I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO CONSIDER JOINING
AT THE DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE LEVEL
OF $1,000 A YEAR.
OUR FAMILY IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH
TO BE IN THE POSITION
TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE SO
GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
PBS WISCONSIN IN THAT WAY.
SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GIVE AT
$1,000 A YEAR, OR CONSIDER
SUSTAINING AT $100 A MONTH.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO PROVIDE
TREMENDOUS SUPPORT
TO PBS WISCONSIN.
AND IT MAY HELP PAY FOR
PROGRAMMING THAT A NEIGHBOR
OR A FAMILY MEMBER
CAN'T AFFORD TO CONTRIBUTE TO.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CONSIDER THE DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE,
WHATEVER LEVEL YOU'RE ABLE
TO GIVE AT.
THIS IS A CHALLENGE BREAK,
SO THAT THE DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE
LEVEL GIFT WILL DOUBLE
FROM $1,000 TO $2,000.
PLEASE MAKE A GIFT AT
WHATEVER LEVEL YOU'RE ABLE TO.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
LIKE MALCOLM JUST SAID,
YOUR SUPPORT OF PBS WISCONSIN
MAKES THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE
WATCHING THIS EVENING
POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.
SO IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS LOOKS
LIKE A PROGRAM THAT YOU'D LOVE
TO SHARE WITH OTHERS,
YOU CAN PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT
AND RECEIVE A GIFT,
AND WE CAN SEND IT
DIRECTLY TO THE RECIPIENT.
SO WHEN YOU CALL
TO PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT,
JUST HAVE THAT ADDRESS
OF A RECIPIENT AVAILABLE
AND WE'LL SEND THE GIFT
RIGHT ALONG TO THEM.
IF YOU PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT AT
$10 PER MONTH AS A SUSTAINER,
WE'LL SEND YOU THE NATIONAL
PARKS GUIDEBOOK AS A THANK YOU.
AND AT $15 PER MONTH
AS A SUSTAINER, WE'LL SEND YOU
THE SIX-DVD SET OR
SIX-BLU-RAY SET
OF NATIONAL PARKS.
AT $20 PER MONTH
AS A SUSTAINING MEMBER,
LET US THANK YOU
WITH THE SIX-DISC SET,
EITHER DVD OR BLU-RAY,
THE NATIONAL PARKS GUIDEBOOK,
AND A REALLY WONDERFUL
PBS WISCONSIN TRAVEL BOTTLE.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN JOIN
BY EITHER GIVING US A CALL
AT 1-800-236-3636, BY JOINING
ONLINE AT PBSWISCONSIN.ORG,
OR IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY THAT
ERIC IS ABOUT TO DEMONSTRATE
TO US THIS EVENING,
YOU CAN JOIN WITH A QR CODE.
>> SO YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED
THAT QR CODE IN THE CORNER
OF YOUR SCREEN THERE, THE BOX
IN THE LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER.
THERE'S SO MANY GREAT WAYS
TO WATCH PBS WISCONSIN,
WHETHER IT'S OVER THE AIR
OR VIA CABLE OR ON YOUR PHONE
OR YOUR TABLET OR YOUR COMPUTER,
USING A ROKU OR A FIRE STICK.
WE'RE ALSO FINDING WAYS
THAT YOU CAN GIVE.
SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE HANDY
AND YOU WANT TO LOOK
FOR A NEW WAY TO GIVE,
ALL YOU REALLY NEED TO DO
IS OPEN UP YOUR CAMERA
AND HOLD IT UP TO THAT QR CODE.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE
YELLOW BOX, AND TOUCH THAT BOX.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GO STRAIGHT
TO THE GIVING PAGE AND YOU'LL
SEE THE THANK-YOU GIFTS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT THERE.
AND YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH
AND ENTER YOUR INFORMATION.
YOU CAN STILL GIVE US A CALL,
BUT YOU CAN DO IT THIS WAY TOO.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT EASY
FOR YOU.
WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU A
GREAT CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THIS CHALLENGE BREAK
TO DOUBLE YOUR GIVING, TO BECOME
A MEMBER OF PBS WISCONSIN TODAY.
YOU CAN ALSO GO ONLINE.
YOU CAN STILL GIVE US A CALL
AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> THAT QR CODE IS A GREAT WAY
TO TRANSFORM THE WAY YOU GIVE.
AND WITH YOUR PHONE,
YOU CAN BE TRANSPORTED TO ALL
THE PLACES THAT YOU SEE
IN THIS GREAT PROGRAM BECAUSE
YOU CAN STREAM THIS CONTENT
AT PBS WISCONSIN OR PASSPORT.
YOU KNOW, EDUCATION IS IN OUR
DNA HERE AT PBS WISCONSIN.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS
ABOUT EDUCATING AND INSPIRING
OUR AUDIENCES.
AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE
OF OUR STATE.
SO PBS WISCONSIN
IS DEEPLY INVESTED IN
CREATING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
WITH TEACHERS TO ENHANCE
THEIR EFFECTIVENESS
OF TEACHING STUDENTS.
BUT THEY'RE MATERIALS
YOU CAN USE AT HOME,
WHETHER YOU'RE A PARENT,
WHETHER YOU'RE A HOMESCHOOLER,
IF YOU'VE GOT A CHILD
IN A CHARTER SCHOOL
OR IN PUBLIC SCHOOL,
THERE ARE PBS WISCONSIN TOOLS
FOR YOU TO DIVE DEEPLY
INTO THE CONTENT,
INCLUDING INTERACTIVE HISTORY
GUIDES THAT MAKE LEARNING
MORE EFFECTIVE AND MORE FUN.
WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO ENHANCE AND TAKE CARE OF
THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES
TO BRING YOU MORE
AND MORE SERVICE ALL THE TIME.
IT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO
FOR YOU HERE AT PBS WISCONSIN.
>> WE HAVE JUST
A FEW MORE MOMENTS
BEFORE WE'RE GONNA
RETURN YOU TO THIS PROGRAM.
BUT REMEMBER, IT IS A TIME
FOR A CHALLENGE.
SO, WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME
FOR YOU TO GIVE AND TO MAKE
YOUR SUPPORT OF PBS WISCONSIN
GO THAT MUCH FURTHER.
AND SO AGAIN, REAL QUICKLY,
JUST REVIEWING THE
THANK-YOU GIFTS.
AT $10 PER MONTH AS A SUSTAINER,
WE'D LOVE TO THANK YOU
WITH THE NATIONAL PARKS OF
THE UNITED STATES GUIDEBOOK.
AT $15 PER MONTH, WE HAVE
THE SIX DVD OR BLU-RAY SET.
SO, THAT'S SIX DISCS
OF THE NATIONAL PARKS,
EITHER ON DVD OR SIX DISCS
ON BLU-RAY.
AND THEN AT $20 PER MONTH,
WE HAVE THE GUIDEBOOK
ALONG WITH THE SIX-DISC SET,
EITHER ON DVD OR BLU-RAY,
ALONG WITH A PBS WISCONSIN
WATER BOTTLE.
SO A WONDERFUL PACKAGE EITHER
FOR YOURSELF
OR TO GIVE AS A GIFT
WHEN YOU GIVE US A CALL THIS
EVENING, JOIN US ON OUR WEBSITE,
OR USE THE QR CODE IN THE CORNER
OF YOUR SCREEN.
>> WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO
MAKE THAT GIFT RIGHT NOW,
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
CHALLENGE BREAK, TO BECOME
A MEMBER, TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
FOR PUBLIC MEDIA.
WE'D LOVE TO SAY THANK YOU
AND LET YOU CONTINUE TO ENJOY
VISITING NATIONAL PARKS,
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE DVDS
OR ON PASSPORT.
SHARE THIS WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
THE NATIONAL PARKS
ARE AMERICA'S BEST IDEA.
THEY'RE A NATIONAL TREASURE.
THEY'RE WONDERFUL TO VISIT.
WE THINK PUBLIC MEDIA
IS A PRETTY GOOD IDEA TOO.
WE WANNA KEEP BRINGING YOU
PUBLIC MEDIA.
WE NEED YOU TO HELP US DO THAT.
YOU ARE SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART
OF THIS WORK, THIS JOURNEY.
THE ABILITY TO VISIT THESE
WONDERFUL SITES, TO INSPIRE,
TO SHOW THEM THEIR SUPPORT,
AND REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF EVERYTHING THAT
WE CAN OFFER YOU.
YOU CAN GIVE YOUR SUPPORT,
GO ONLINE, GIVE US A CALL,
1-800-236-3636 IS THE BEST WAY
TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO RETURN
TO AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS
WITH KEN BURNS.
BEFORE WE DO, THERE'S STILL
TIME TO MAKE YOUR GIFT
DURING THIS CHALLENGE BREAK.
IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE OR IF
YOU'RE MAKING YOUR GIFT ONLINE,
IT IS STILL PART
OF THE CHALLENGE BREAK.
WE'VE GOT JUST A FEW SECONDS
DURING THIS BREAK TO DOUBLE
THE IMPACT OF YOUR GIFT,
AND THINK ABOUT DOUBLING THE
IMPACT OF PBS WISCONSIN
BECAUSE BY EXTENDING OUR BUDGET,
YOU EXTEND OUR ABILITY TO INVEST
IN RESOURCES THAT BRING
INSPIRING, EDUCATIONAL,
INSIGHTFUL PROGRAMMING TO YOU,
YOUR FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY
EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR SUPPORT.