Milford Community Telethon!

The mission of Milford TV is to provide a safe and inclusive environment that promotes alternative education, technological skills, which builds character, and fosters the notion of the importance of community, respecting and serving others, while executing their first amendment right. By providing the Milford community with training, tools, and a safe environment to produce in, we hope to provide an outlet/platform for community partners and members to expand their organization’s reach and mission.

In recent months the town of Milford, our state, and our country have sadly had to take serious precautions to ensure the safety of all their residents. In this process individuals, businesses, non-profits, and community organizations alike have suffered if not lost their business entirely. Many have had cancelled events, fundraisers and had to change how they operate in order to stay afloat.

The Friends of the Milford Town Library have sadly had to cancel many of the fundraisers and programs they host at the Milford Town Library due to the state mandates and stay at home orders. Just as many community organizations have had to rethink operations, The Friends have had to cancel all programming and projects due to lack of funding. The Friends gain much of their proceeds from book sales and donations which pay for the programs put on at the Library, as well as the garden project, which has also been put on hold.

The Milford Youth Center has had to adjust from after school programs and summer camp, to online programming and summer rentals. With their scheduled fundraiser cancelled, months of missed revenue from cancelled rentals and summer camp, and their Program Coordinator position at the Youth Center, which provides our community the ability to provide necessary and crucial services, is at risk and needs funding to keep necessary town employees employed.

Lastly, the Milford Humanitarian Coalition has started up their Summer Lunch Program for the students and families of Milford who are suffering from schools being closed. The program takes about $2,000 a week to run and with the program beginning 3 months early this year, the program is quickly running out of funding and summer has yet to begin for the kids of Milford.

For this reason, we are requesting support from local businesses to help the Friends of the Milford Town Library, the Milford Youth Center, and the Milford Humanitarian Coalition with our upcoming Telethon on Friday, July 10, 2020 from 3:00-8:00 PM LIVE on Milford TV. In a collaborative effort to help the local community organizations in Milford, Milford TV offered to join forces and put on a telethon to draw the necessary attention to the Friends of the Library, Youth Center, and Humanitarian Coalition’s endeavors to raise the necessary funding to retain community programs and employment.

As businesses re-open and we regain some semblance of normalcy, we would like to extend an opportunity to not only support your favorite community organization, but provide your business a promotional spot announcing that you are still part of their community! We would love for YOUR BUSINESS to be one of the community sponsors to help kick off the fundraising! As a thank you, all sponsors will be recognized throughout the telethon broadcast! Donations of $200, $300, or $500 you will receive a 15sec, 30sec, or 60sec promotional video created by Milford TV. This promo video is to promote your business, however, is not a platform for direct sales. Sponsors are also welcome to come onto the live virtual broadcast to present the sponsorship, if you would like! We would like to thank our three current sponsors:

$500 sponsor: CrossFit Never Doubt
$500 sponsor: East Main Pizza
$300 sponsor: Tamagni Wealth Advisors
$300 sponsor: Ferrone FIT | Project FIT Nutrition

All funds raised will go into Milford TV’s General fund and will be distributed equally between the three community organizations involved. Donations can be made by cash, check to Milford TV, or PayPal at paypal.me/MilfordTV.

Milford TV anticipates without community support, the impact this pandemic will have on our community organizations’ programming will be devastating.

As always, we appreciate your past support and we thank you for your time and consideration for this opportunity. We are asking to have all sponsorships finalized by Monday, July 6th, 2020. If there are any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us!