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Our Make a Difference Campaign
In late February/early March a Tsunami wave hit an often silent and mostly unseen workforce behind live events.
More than 10 million Americans whose jobs are supported by the events industry are grappling with the collapse of an entire eco-system. Our industry came to a screeching halt before any other. While we respected and supported the need to protect the American people and immediately cease gatherings, we implore you to understand that while restaurants could still open their doors and travelers could still fly, events just stopped, with no warning and no time to prepare.
On average, 85% of our industry workers have been furloughed since early March. It’s not about retention for us now, it’s about survival. It’s about revenue losses so severe that we can’t recover in 8 weeks or even 6 months. It’s about businesses facing the potential of closing their doors if they haven’t done so already. It’s about the 1099 gig worker and the single meeting planner that are essential to live events. It’s about the production companies who employee thousands and engage the services of every one of those gig workers. It’s about the concession worker, photographer, ticket seller, florist, caterer, technician, engineer, designer, carpenter, groundskeeper, facility crew and every person who works in every venue across the Country. We’re the faces behind the meetings, the games, the concerts, the weddings and parties that connect you with your loved ones. We’re the faces behind the events that most will never even see. And right now, we need to be seen and we need to be heard.
We’re creators, we’re fixers, we’re problem solvers. But the one thing we can’t do by ourselves is bring financial relief to our people or stability to our businesses. For this, we need a few champions by our side, and we need those champions to speak up for the faces behind events. We need you to be our Champion so we can help the event industry survive. The goal with our funds is to support organizations that meet the needs of the broad range of industry professionals currently in crisis.
We have a 501(c)6 application in progress. Donations directly to this fund are not tax deductible.
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