Volunteer
You can help Interlochen Public Radio by volunteering to answer phones and process donations during one of our on air pledge drives. It s a fun way to support the station and meet fellow IPR listeners.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Jennifer Richards at jennifer.richards@interlochen.org.
Thanks for your support!
Interlochen Public Radio
Views like this of Platte Lake, Lake Michigan, and the Sleeping Bear Dunes are the reason the National Park Service has slowly been acquiring land for a scenic road in Benzie County.
If you look at Benzie County on Google Maps, you’ll notice a dark green strip of land about five miles long between Platte Lake and Crystal Lake.
That’s where a long-proposed scenic road would run – between U.S. Highway 31 and M-22 – taking people from Beulah into Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
The land is mostly dense hardwood forest and it s extremely hilly.
“This is almost a 90-degree descent here we’re going to go down here, so we may want to keep our hands free,” says Andy Norman, a retiree of Michigan State University Extension who lives nearby.
Other Ways to Give
There are many ways to support Interlochen Public Radio. Gifts you make today include donations of cash, securities, real estate or other assets. Future gifts are typically made in conjunction with your estate plan, such as including IPR in your will, naming Interlochen Public Radio as a beneficiary on a life insurance or retirement plan, or establishing a trust or similar tax-advantaged life-income gift.
Remember Interlochen Public Radio in your Will or Estate Plan
We offer a number of ways for you to leave a lasting legacy for future generations of IPR listeners, including:
Bequests through your will or living trust.
Your leadership gift to Interlochen Public Radio continues a legacy of artistic and journalistic excellence from the stages and studios of Interlochen and paves the way for IPR’s future.
In 1963, Joe Maddy, founder of Interlochen Center for the Arts, fulfilled a dream by creating a public radio station to broadcast classical music from the stages of Interlochen and around the world, free of commercials. This vision was ahead of its time, and in 1971, IPR became a charter member of National Public Radio.
In the decades since, listener support has helped IPR grow into an award-winning station, offering round-the-clock access to unbiased, balanced news and information on IPR News, and captivating music, arts and culture on Classical IPR. Your leadership gift can help IPR grow into something even greater than Joe Maddy ever imagined.
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Interlochen Public Radio is owned and governed by the Interlochen Center for the Arts and its Board of Trustees, with advice from our Community Advisory Council.
The public is invited to attend all meetings of the Community Advisory Council, and those meetings of the Interlochen Board of Trustees when public broadcasting is on the agenda for discussion. Open meeting notices are posted here or you may contact IPR to request that notice be sent to you. Meetings are online unless otherwise noted and any member of the public who wants to join can email Peter Payette for a user link.