HOW YOU CAN HELP

Please contact EAR if you wish to participate or contribute in any of the following ways:

- VOLUNTEER with EAR!!!

- donate! money, time, property, stocks/bonds

- spread the word about EAR - tell your friends, colleagues, family about our organization

- have an EAR party - hold a fundraiser or membership drive in your own home/community

- contribute to EAR as part of your legacy - ask friends and loved ones to donate to EAR in lieu of flowers or make a  planned gift in your will

- if you are a health care professional, volunteer to give a lecture or workshop in relation to the art community

- if you know potential donors, introduce us to them!

- organizations are welcome to designate a portion of their event profits to EAR. An example of this is Emmedia here in Calgary that devoted 2009 as the “Year of EAR” and lets paying audience members at events/screenings etc. know that a portion of their ticket price goes to EAR.

EAR is presently focused on building our emergency relief fund through private and corporate donation as well as our annual fund raising shows (Creature, 2008 and Spawn, 2009). While a nominal amount is required to pay society expenses, the bulk of our donations, both private and corporate, contribute to building the significant relief reservoir that is the foundation for fulfilling EAR’s Mandate — that is to give the practical support towards the health and well being of those in our visual arts community. While some monies have been given out to date in aid to professional artists, this process is still in its infancy with a formal application process for assistance presently under development.

E-mail us at elephantartistrelief@gmail.com