After our museum was closed for more than 140 days last year, we have been working on re-opening and welcoming visitors back to the museum. We focus our fundraising this time of year on Give to the Max Day, a state-wide day of giving held the third Thursday in November. We work on a variety of platforms for this - Constant Contact, Facebook, Instagram, our website, our page on GiveMN's website, email blasts, newspaper articles, and direct mail. This is the biggest fundraiser of the year for us, and gets us through the slower winter months. We have generally had a board match challenge on a 1:1 basis. This year we are doing a 2:1 match; current and former board members will match $2 for every $1 raised, up to $15,000.
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