JOY goes into fundraising overdrive
The annual JOY 94.9 membership drive kicks off today with a 10-day radiothon packed full of events to follow.
Each year the community radio staion holds the 10-day festival to celebrate the station鈥檚 achievements and to encourage people to join or renew as members.
This year鈥檚 theme is Choose JOY with participants told to think 鈥�80s power pop, big hair, leg warmers, leopardskin outfits and plenty of fluro colours.
It begins with tonight鈥檚 launch party at the Glasshouse Hotel which will include circus and burlesque performers as well as local entertainers, DJs and special guests Paris Wells, Dolly Diamond and Luke Gallagher.
The festival will then run from June 11-20.
Station manager Danae Gibson told Southern Star it took a major effort from many hard-working volunteers to get the radiothon off the ground every year.
鈥淲e start planning as soon as the Midsumma Festival finishes,鈥� she said.
鈥淚t takes about three months and the efforts of our 250 volunteers to manage things like staffing phones and doing mail-outs.鈥�
Among the other highlights planned over the 10 days is the Breakfast Club event, where community members are encouraged to come and tour the station鈥檚 Bourke St headquarters, have breakfast with its volunteers and hopefully sign up to be a JOY member.
Organisers have set the target of 2000 new memberships during the 10 days this year.
鈥淎ll our usual guests will be part of it, and it鈥檚 mostly about people having a fun time, not just raising awareness of memberships and how we operate,鈥� Gibson said.
鈥淭he radiothon accounts for between a third and a half of our yearly budget so it鈥檚 a crucial part of our fundraising efforts.鈥�
info: To check out event information
or to join the ranks of JOY members visit www.joy.org.au
