This is a contest between 3 teams of JSO musicians and anyone who was invited to join their team by a team member. (can be anyone 18 and over)
Musicians may choose to join one of three teams: (those who play more than one instrument may choose one team only)
Participation in the team contest is voluntary but encouraged.
Teams are:
Team Winds, Brass, Percussion harp, keyboard and others
Team Violins All JSO members in the first and 2nd violin section
Team Lower Strings All JSO members in the viola, cello and string bass sections
Contest Goal:
Be the team that has the most points for gifts made by NEW donors that gave to Colorado Gives Day from Nov. 1-Dec. 9.
A new donor is:
Someone who has never given to JSO during a past Colorado Gives event
Or, A JSO donor who made a gift NOT through the Colorado Gives link, but rather gave offline via cash, check, or with a ticket purchase. JSO Donors who gave online previously for a past Colorado Gives season are excluded for points
Current monthly giving donors are excluded for points (we have 9 recurring donors presently)
(we will of course accept any and all donations)
Scoring:
1 point for signing up to be on a team.
1 point to the team member for every donation made by a new donor from someone who donated through the team's fundraiser page
2 points to the team member for every NEW RECURRING donation made by a donor. (this can be a previous JSO donor, but just signed up for a NEW monthly gift. This gets double points because: The first gift of a New Monthly donation made to JSO during CO Gives season will be matched 100% for every new recurring gift. The match is up to $100 per donor.
Examples: a current one time JSO donor signs up to give $10 a month. First Bank will match that gift of $10. JSO receives a total of $130 per year ($120 from the donor plus $10 match for the first gift.)A new donor signs up to give $125 per month. First Bank will match that gift up to $100. JSO receives a total of $1600-$1500 from the donor and $100 match for the first gift.
JSO raised just over $20,000 from 107 donors from Nov 1-Dec 10, 2024.
This year's goal is $15,000
The winning team gets bragging rights