THE BIG GIVE is Back!

The Big Give is back! Sponsored by The Columbus Foundation (TCF), The Big Give is a 24-hour opportunity to support your favorite non-profit organizations. And OPA is asking you to help us continue our efforts to support poets and the art of poetry across the state.

This year’s event is bigger than ever with a pool of matching funds totaling more than $1.3 million. And unlike years past, all credit card fees are covered by TCF, which means 100% of donated funds will go to OPA.

Thanks to previous The Big Give events and OPA supporters, we’ve been able to use money raised to improve programming and events and produce special publications. As our members know, OPA is managed entirely by volunteers and has no paid staff. So, all donations go into things like readings, anthologies, such as Common Threads and the 2017 ekphrastic collection, A Rustling and Waking Within, contests, and workshops.

We’ll be posting more information prior to the event so keep watching! Meanwhile, here’s a rundown of the process.

It’s easy and lasts only for a day:

· Beginning at 10 AM EST on Tuesday, October 10, visit the TCF website at columbusfoundation.org.

· Click on “The Big Give” banner.

· Use your credit card to make a donation to Ohio Poetry Association. (Minimum donations begin at $20.)

· Donations can be made up until noon, EST on Wednesday, October 11. OPA will receive its donations and share of the bonus pool on November 30^th.

We are very grateful to the donors and the staff at The Columbus Foundation for their continued support of Ohio Poetry Association. And thanks to all of you who plan to donate during this year’s The Big Give event!

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