Join BUZZ Live! to kick off the Community Foundation of the New River Valley’s annual GiveLocalNRV Giving Day!
On the stage of the historic Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg, Va., BUZZ Live will feature the nonprofit leaders and musical guests who are all competing to raise vital funds to support their missions through the annual GiveLocalNRV Giving Day.
The show will also be broadcast to this Facebook channel and YouTube.
Hosted by BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill, the 2-hour show starts June 25 at 12 noon and features Blacksburg Refugee Partnership, Brain Injury Solutions, Calfee Community Center, Cardinal News, the Community Foundation of the New River Valley, Giles Community Garden, Handmade Music School, Literacy NRV, Lyric Council, Junior Appalachian Musicians, Montgomery Museum of Art & History, New River Conservancy, Plenty!, Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, Springhouse and YMCA of Virginia Tech.
Win an episode of BUZZ Live!
Giving Day participants: submit a video about your work for a chance to win a BUZZ Live episode! Additionally video submissions may be featured during this special Giving Day event.
What is BUZZ Live? During a BUZZ Live show – which BUZZ live-streams to their Facebook and YouTube channels and later broadcast on Blue Ridge PBS – BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill chats with the inspiring people who serve, and are served by, nonprofit organizations…and features a musical guest affiliated with a nonprofit.
What do you need to do? Send us a short video (no more than 30 seconds) with your elevator pitch about your work that includes:
1) who you are,
2) what you do, and
3) what you’re raising money for during GiveLocalNRV.
You are welcome to be creative and entertaining as you’d like with the video, but make sure the audio is good and shoot in landscape (holding the phone or camera horizontally.) Also, feel free to use the video you create in other places such as social media or your website!
Deadline to be considered: submit the video to Lindsey at
bGluZHNleWdsZWFzb24gfCBjbmZydiAhIG9yZw== no later than 4 p.m. on June 20 to be considered for this prize! Late submissions will not be accepted.
This special Giving Day prize can be won in additional to winning up to two other prizes and one grant.
Also check out other Arts events in Blacksburg, Music events in Blacksburg.
