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2928 West 13th St. Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 phone: 440-964-3396 Search This Site: March/April: Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Welcome Spring!! By the time you receive this issue of the Arts Center News, we will hopefully be experiencing warmer temperatures, more daylight and lots more sunshine (I'm writing this mid-January). Spring ushers in a sense of renewal and more energy. It also is the time the Arts Center kicks off its annual membership/ fund drive for the upcoming fiscal year. The AAC's membership/fund drive for our current fiscal year (2007-2008) fell a little short of our goal. Our volunteers worked diligently to bring this drive to a successful end, but due to the loss of some of our larger donors and several of our smaller ones as well as economic conditions in general, this was not possible this year. Our annual effort comprises about 20% of the Arts Center's yearly budget of around $625,000.00. The balance of the Center's budget is made up of earned income, grants and gifts. Needless to say, the membership drive is extremely important to the overall programming and well being the Center's existence. If each and every individual receiving the Arts Center News - circulation around 5,000 - would contribute just $25.00 to the Arts Center annually, we could successfully reach our annual fund drive goal. Obviously, we are very appreciative of donations at any level!We are asking you to PLEASE consider contributing to the Ashtabula Arts Center - we need you!! You will be receiving a letter in the near future repeating this plea. We try not to hound our patrons over and over again about this need, so we ask that you respond as soon as is feasible for you personally. We know this is a particularly tough time for all of us with our personal costs on the rise. We hope you value the Arts Center and your experiences with us enough to become an invested member of our AAC family. THANK YOU!!