Pledge-O-Rama Preview

UMFM, the home of The Hockey Show, is currently in its week-long pledge drive known as Pledge-O-Rama. Pledge-O-Rama is important to the station because it helps us raise funds for capital improvements that often are priced beyond our normal operating budget. Some of the improvements we've done over the years include paying for the remote broadcast units, upgrades to station audio equipment, and covering the costs of a new transmission tower as we move from analog to digital and remain current for another twenty-five years. Needless to say this is a big week for the station!

If you enjoy our crazy program or any of the other programs on UMFM, The Hockey Show wants you to donate. As of right now, we're sitting at $30,033.46 of our $34,000 goal, so we're not far off with a couple of days to go. You can make a donation in a few different ways, so let's get to this.

1. You can always call us at 204-474-6610.
2. Email us at pledge@umfm.com and we'll get back to you.
3. Use the online donation form.
4. Visit us if you're in the University of Manitoba area.

What do you get for donating? There's some great shwag up for grabs!

• UMFM's Friends With Benefits Card: good for discounts and offers at a more than 40 local businesses!
• UMFM Tote Bag: a classic heavy duty canvas bag!
• UMFM Beer Stein: we're proudly calling this mug the Dietmar in honor of our favorite German listener!
• UMFM T-shirts: the artwork was done by excellent local designer Roberta Landreth, and there are two designs you can choose from (of grab both)!
• UMFM Toque: our new style is made by Carhartt, the premier manufacturer of warm, dependable outdoor gear!
• UMFM sweatshirt: the same designs on the t-shirts can be found with sleeves and fleece!
• UMFM earplugs: everyone gets a pair for donating, and we'll even toss in some stickers and temporary tattoos!

So how many clams will this stuff set you back?

• $25 – UMFM’s Friends With Benefits Card, UMFM Earplugs, Stickers and a UMFM Tote Bag
• $50: UMFM’s Friends With Benefits Card, UMFM Earplugs, Stickers, UMFM Tote Bag, UMFM Beer Stein
• $75 – UMFM’s Friends With Benefits Card, UMFM Earplugs, Stickers, UMFM Tote Bag, 2017 UMFM Pledge T-Shirt
• $101.50 – UMFM’s Friends With Benefits Card, UMFM Earplugs, Stickers, UMFM Tote Bag, UMFM Beer Stein, your choice of UMFM Pledge T-Shirt or a UMFM Toque
• $150 – UMFM’s Friends With Benefits Card, UMFM Earplugs, Stickers, UMFM Tote Bag, UMFM Beer Stein, UMFM Pledge T-Shirt, UMFM Toque and 1 entry into our special Golden Ticket draws – there are 8 of them!
• $250 –  2 UMFM Friends With Benefits Cards, 2 sets of UMFM Earplugs, 2 UMFM Tote Bags, 2 UMFM Beer Steins, 2 UMFM Pledge T-Shirts, 2 UMFM Toques, a new UMFM Sweatshirt and entry into our special Golden Ticket draws – there are 8 of them!

But here's where the fun part happens. The Hockey Show wants you to get all that stuff above at the level you're able to make a donation. We're going to add some more fun on top of whatever incentives you want, though, as we have a pile of stuff to give away. All it will take is a donation at the $50 level or more, and we'll enter your name in the draws we'll be making!

Our guest tomorrow is the amazing artist Rob Ullman. Rob worked with minor-league baseball's Richmond Flying Squirrels to come up with their eleven t-shirt designs this past summer, and that's a huge honour for the Virginia-based artist. He also does a pile of other sports artwork, he's the staff cartoonist at Dejan Kovacevic's Pittsburgh-based website, and he's contributed to a number of other websites with his comics. I am proud and honoured to call him a friend, and I'm happy to announce that we'll be giving away a pile of his artwork!

We have a pile of hockey prints to give away. There are six (6) Mark Scheifele prints, one (1) Sidney Crosby print, one (1) Claude Giroux print, one (1) Pekka Rinne print, and one (1) Jonathan Toews print. Everyone who donates at the $50 level or higher will have one of these prints added to their UMFM prizes while supplies last. If there are more than ten people who donate - which would be awesome as that's $500 or better into UMFM's coffers - we'll draw to see who receives a print.

Maybe you want something more original with a little more depth? We'll give away two (2) copies of both editions of Rob's hockey comic books entitled Old-Timey Hockey Tales! Each of the two-volume comic book packages comes with an Atom-Bomb Bikini sticker and a Rob-designed "51 Years" sticker commemorating the five Pittsburgh Stanley Cups in 51 years! Each of the comic books illustrates some hockey history such as the Miracle on Manchester, Gratoony the Loony, the '78 Leafs and their invisible names, and the story of Bill Barilko. Needless to say, these are great additions to a hockey fan's bookshelf!

Maybe you're more into Rob's pin-up work and want something like that? We have a prize pack that we'll draw for consisting of one (1) copy of the Nordiques-themed cover of Blue Lines Volume 2 and an original Rob Ullman Nordiques hockey card! As per Rob, the book contains "digest-sized collections of my hockey-themed pin-up commissions and Stanley Cup playoff drawings" and is numbered 17/300 as it is a limited publishing run. The Nordiques hockey card is an original drawing of what appears to be Eric Lindros in a Nordiques uniform, and is labeled 6/27/12 on the reverse!

Of course, Rob also does larger cardstock art, and this is one of those options. Rob has sent an inked Terry Sawchuk original design, and it's a beauty. Terry, as you may be aware, was born in Winnipeg, and made a name for himself in the NHL with Detroit, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Boston in his illustrious career before he passed away on May 31, 1970. Sawchuk was born in the north end of Winnipeg, and raised in Elmwood where he not only played hockey, but also suited up for the Elmwood Giants baseball club where he won the league's batting title in 1948! If you're a fan of the Red Wings or you want a great discussion piece for your wall at home, this is the piece! We'll make a draw for this as well!

Finally, we have one last original piece of art that we'll draw for tomorrow evening, and that's for a Winnipeg Jets pin-up girl that Rob had made up specifically for this event!

This piece of art would be a great addition to any Jets fan-cave, and it looks outstanding! We'll include this in the draws as well!

Again, we're excited to have Rob on the show tomorrow, and we're pushing hard towards the $34,000 goal for UMFM. We're less than $4000 away from the goal, and we really could use any and all support you can provide. Anything over $50 not only gets you the great UMFM gear, but entered into the draws for this great art from Rob Ullman, so please give what you can to help the radio station!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!