Are you a Lit! Lover?

This month we've unveiled a new, easy way for our supporters, lovers of literature in our community, to help keep Get Lit! Programs going. As many of our regular large supporters (businesses, universities, grants, foundations, public funding) feel the pinch of less money and more need, we turn to you, the individuals in our community for help. Get Lit! tries to keep our events affordable or free, always adding more opportunities for our community to enjoy literary programs more easily. Please consider what these programs are worth to you and consider contributing.

To become a Lit! Lover, we ask you to donate $50-$100 by visiting our secure website. Then here's the important thing: tell two friends who may match your donation. Spread the word. Just like how we have someone we've just got to tell about the great book/article/story/poem we just read, consider telling them about what Get Lit! means to you and encourage them to contribute too.

Since 1998, Get Lit! Programs has offered an annual literary festival to the Inland Northwest. Past festival authors have included Salman Rushdie, Kurt Vonnegut, Rita Dove, David Sedaris, Sherman Alexie, Jane Smiley, David Suzuki, Garrison Keilor, Sarah Vowell, and Dave Barry. In 2003, Get Lit! Programs expanded to host Authors Tour, a program which brings published authors into K-12 schools for day-long presentations in the classroom. Writers in Residence, which sponsors writers in K-12 schools for an extended period up to a whole academic year began in 2004. In 2006, Get Lit! became the regional sponsor for Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation contest for high school students. Get Lit! Programs continues to develop community partnerships aimed at engaging community member of all ages with literature.

So if you've ever enjoyed what Get Lit! brings to our community, please consider becoming a Lit! Lover. Donate $1, $5, $50, $500, or $1 million, whatever you can. And be sure to tell at least two friends who may be able to contribute. Every little bit helps and goes directly back into the programs we produce.