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6. The Friends of the South Bend Entertainment District (FSBED) <br />We recommend the establishment of an auxilliary organization: The <br />Friends of South Bend Entertainment District. It is vital to the <br />Entertainment District Program. We cannot conceive of any part of the <br />Program Plan working without an organized volunteer corps. <br />"Without volunteers, arts organizations <br />are only a good idea." <br />The task assignments for such an organization will be many. Here is a <br />partial listing: <br />a. Serving on the Board of Directors <br />b. Serving on Board Committees <br />c. Fund Raising <br />d. Box Office /Gift Shop <br />e. Usher Corps <br />f. Docents for school children and other groups <br />g. Providing refreshments for Entertainment District functions <br />h. Advocacy before city, county, state and federal government on behalf of <br />the Entertainment District <br />i. Cheerleading throughout the area on behalf of the Entertainment District <br />We should note that existing arts organizations such as the Broadway <br />Theatre League, the Symphony and the Southold Dance Company already <br />have volunteer organizations. Careful discussion is in order as to how best <br />to incorporate their programs in a Friends organization. <br />7. Endowment Fund <br />Arts programming can no longer survive in the United State on a year to <br />year basis (hand to mouth.) Stabilization of funding is absolutely essential; <br />a fact recognized by many major corporations and foundations who are <br />increasingly willing to fund endowments. Endowments are also very <br />attractive to individual contributors who want to see their contribution <br />growing yearly in its support of a program dear to their hearts. <br />-28- <br />