  Factotum Member Username: Factotum Post Number: 3 Registered: 08-2007 |
The city has thrown yet another obstacle at the folk working hard to preserve what amounts to the old Navin Field grandstand (the infield portion of what most of us know as Tiger Stadium). The following "how to help" posting first appeared under the heading, "Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy Update." THE CRITICAL PART OF THE MESSAGE HAS TO DO WITH THE SEPTEMBER 8 DEADLINE. Any and all donations will help. If ten people each give a quarter, the Conservancy has an additional $25 in the fund. If those same ten people give $25 each, the fund goes up by $250. Nothing will be more self-defeating than having caring donors hold back because they feel they can't give enough to "count." There is no such thing! Remember that schoolchildren with piggybanks once saved Old Ironsides -- and Lee Iacocca did much the same thing with his grassroots funding of the Statue of Liberty restoration. ---------------- What’s new with the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy? Urgent Need for Immediate Funding Although we have received sufficient pledges to meet our initial obligations to the City of Detroit, we have an urgent need for immediate additional funding in order to meet deadlines imposed by the City. Our next deadline is this: OTSC must raise $169,000 by September 8. The City intends to demolish the entire stadium unless we meet this deadline. We need your help now to preserve the Tiger Stadium field and a significant portion of the stadium structure itself: the original 1912 Navin Field grandstand, the upper deck above it that was added in 1923 and the broadcast booth. More than 75% of public donations that OTSC has already received have been deposited in an escrow account to satisfy our August 8 obligation to the city. We need your continued support to meet our future goals. Please donate today at www.SaveTigerStadium.org or write a check payable to The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, Inc.; PO Box 141193; Detroit, MI 48214. This is a grass roots effort and we need your support. Every donation, large or small, brings us closer to achieving our goal. Help us make history and donate today! The Conservancy is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations made to the Conservancy are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed under the law and a receipt will be sent to you to acknowledge your donation. Additionally, all previous donations made in 2008 to the OTSC are also tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed under the law. Upcoming Fundraiser For those in the Detroit area…Come watch the Tigers take on the Indians on August 27 at Gusoline Alley. Recommended donation of $10 per patron, all proceeds to benefit the OTSC! Live music will be performed by Niko Frangos from the Red Hot Sugar Daddies & Mark Paul from the Salt Miners. Drink specials include $2 PBRs, $2 Warsteiners, and $2.25 well drinks. Gusoline Alley is located at 309 S. Center St. in Royal Oak. The fun gets started at 6 p.m. iGive, We all Give! Make OTSC your preferred beneficiary at iGive.com, which contributes a small percentage your purchases from a list of 700+ online merchants, including well-known retailers such as BestBuy, Dell, Orbitz and Staples. Our designated "Join Page" is at: http://www.iGive.com/TigerStad iumConservancy. Detroit Historical Society The Detroit Historical Society will be featuring Tiger Stadium in its upcoming exhibition "Fabulous 5: Detroit's Entertainment Venues." Each unique venue is an icon of Detroit's "pop culture," having created generations of enjoyable experiences for those who visited them. The exhibit opens to the public Saturday, September 13 at the Detroit Historical Museum and will run through February 2009. The other venues to be highlighted include the Michigan State Fairgrounds, Orchestra Hall, Masonic Temple and the Fox Theater. Their histories are as varied as their architectural facades, but they all share a spot in our hearts! Signing Off Please feel free to forward this on to your friends. Anyone who would like to be included in our next email distribution should send a blank message to TigerStadiumConservancy@gmail. com. Thanks for reading, and for all of your support. Together, we can preserve a piece of baseball history! The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy PO Box 141193; Detroit, MI 48214 TigerStadiumConservancy@gmail. com www.savetigerstadium.org www.savetigerstadium.wordpress .com Join the Save Tiger Stadium Facebook community: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid =17082694267 | ||
Harpernottingham Member Username: Harpernottingham Post Number: 421 Registered: 04-2006 |
Mark Paul can't make it Wednesday, but Niko will be there. Tiger Stadium Fundraiser Set for Aug. 27 Come watch the Tigers take on the Cleveland Indians Wednesday, August 27, at Gusoline Alley in downtown Royal Oak — and help preserve a portion of historic Tiger Stadium. The fun gets started at 6 p.m. DRINK SPECIALS $2 PBRs $2 Warsteiners $2.25 well drinks Great live music will be provided at the fundraiser by Niko Frangos (from Gino Fanelli's Red Hot Sugar Daddies) and other special guests. Gusoline Alley is located at 309 S. Center St. in downtown Royal Oak, between Third and Fourth. A $10 donation per patron is recommended. All proceeds benefit the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy (OTSC). From 1912 to 1999, the corner of Michigan and Trumbull was the home of the Detroit Tigers. Today, the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy is hard at work trying to preserve part of the old ballpark and to do something that's never before been done in the United States with a major-league field. But if a portion of the stadium is to remain, we need your help. The City of Detroit has given the OTSC until November 1 to show it has a comprehensive financial plan for its goal to preserve part of the park and to operate a Michigan sports museum on-site. The OTSC is hard at work raising funds, and needs to raise an additional $119,000 before September 8 to retain the option of preserving the field and the most historic portions of Tiger Stadium. Additional monies will need to be raised during the fall for pre-development expenses. If you can't make it to the fundraiser, you can make a tax-deductible donation at www.savetigerstadium.org/donat e.htm. Please feel free to share this with interested friends and family. # # # |
