Surpassing my own goals

I have a note to myself scribbled in my notebook during a meeting with Juice FM on November 7th. It says "front page of newsletter", and it was a simple goal, secondary to the fundraising goal we set that for the Juice FM Holiday Jam we held in Spirit Square in December. That little newsletter note stemmed from a conversation about how this little radio station in this little town never made headlines in the company. There were definitely good news stories coming out of the Juice FM office, but through the Juice FM Holiday Jam, I wanted to get Klein and Creston on the front page of that newsletter.

We set a fundraising goal at that meeting of $5,000, which quickly doubled to $10,000, and we blew that number away, raising over $20,000 for our local hospital that night. So I should have expected that newsletter goal would get blown away as well.... but when I ran into Klein the other night, I had almost forgotten that little note in my book. It turns out, we exceeded that goal as well! Not only did we get Klein and Juice FM on the front page of the newsletter, Klein told me he has now been nominated for the Allan Waters Young Broadcaster Award!

This award is given to a person in the programming department in radio, who is under 30 years old, and has made "a significant, documented contribution to the community they serve, the radio industry or their craft". I would say that an evening netting over $20,000 for our hospital is definitely a significant contribution to this community, and while Klein was the one who turned his idea into reality, credit should also be given to the amazing people of Creston, whose generosity and spirit are beyond compare. 

I cannot help but feel pride in his nomination, and not because I think I deserve the credit, the Juice FM Holiday Jam was Klein's brainchild, I feel fortunate they wanted me to come and put some of those pieces together with them! I am so proud because we set this teeny little goal and we went sooooo far beyond it! 

Congratulations Klein! I cannot wait for the Juice FM Holiday Jam 2019!!

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