• Roughly 65% of the department’s annual budget comes from private gifts.

• Your gift makes an immediate impact and is greatly appreciated by students.

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Three ways to give to the Annual Fund:

1. To make a gift by mail: Download Form
2. To make a gift by phone: (800) 319-2199
3. To make a gift online: Click on one of the images or titles below

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	All American Band Fund for Excellence: This fund supports scholarships, performance clothing and ensemble music.
	Band Instrument Fund: This fund allows the department to purchase new high quality instruments as needed.
	Wind Ensemble Performance Fund: This fund supports special concerts as well as appearances by internationally famous guest soloists and composers.
	Symphony Orchestra Performance Fund: This fund supports special concerts like the PSO Halloween Concert as well as appearances by famous guest soloists.
	Jazz Band Improvisation Fund: This fund supports unusual and unique opportunities in jazz studies.
	Big Bass Drum: This fund supports the continual maintenance that is required each year to keep the history of one of our biggest icons alive.
	Band Scholarship Fund: This fund allows the department to support scholarships for band and orchestra students.

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Current Campaigns

Purdue Band Travel Challenge:

To further broaden travel opportunities for Purdue Bands, Bob and Kathy Kowalski are offering a special gift opportunity that will increase travel funds for Bands as well as allow new members into the President's Council, the University's leadership giving society. We ask that you make a three-year pledge of at least $500 in 2013, $750 in 2014, and $1000 in 2015. The Kowalski's will provide matching gifts of $500 in 2013 and $250 in 2014 when you make your pledge payments. The combination of your gift and the Kowalski's matching funds will qualify you for membership in the President's Council in each of the three years.

President's Council Special Member only invitations to:

• Pregame events, brunch or tailgate, for home football games
• Football games
• Football bowl events
• President's Council Fall Annual Dinner on campus
• Back to Class sessions on campus in the fall
• President's Council Annual Dinner in Naples, FL
• Best of Back to Class, Naples, FL
• Purdue on the Road events
• President's Council member only biennial cruise

Click here to make a pledge commitment and support student travel today!

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For questions about donations to Purdue Bands & Orchestras, please contact Director of Alumni and Donor Relations Courtney Eash at cneash@purdue.edu

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