A central white sign reading "Ekko Needs Your Help!" is surrounded by a collage of photos featuring people performing music and acting against various indoor and outdoor backgrounds.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Your recurring donation to Ekko Performing Arts Society will be charged on <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{Renewal date}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">Renewal date. Amount: <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{Renewal amount}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">Renewal amount Payment method: <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{Payment method}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">Payment method Thank you for your continued support. Finance Ekko Ekko Performing Arts Society

To our Ekko Fam, Neighbours, and Fellow Arts Supporters; We&rsquo;re reaching out with humility today because Ekko needs some help from our community. Since becoming a non-profit in April 2025, Ekko Performing Arts Society has been working to build something meaningful in the heart of Downtown Dartmouth: a place where people of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and experience levels can learn, create, perform, and be part of a community. We&rsquo;ve aimed to keep things accessible and affordable for everyone to partake in one of the many programs here at Ekko. Today, more than 250 people participate at Ekko through private lessons, choirs, classes, community groups, workshops, performances, and other programs. Through support from our community, we&#39;ve been able to:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Create an Access tier for students to attend lessons at a more accessible rate that is currently helping 15% of students.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Invest over $12,500 of funds into subsidized lessons since April 2025.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Reduce costs for attendees by over $2,000 at this summer&#39;s musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by offering Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) options.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ensure at least 10% of tickets for public concerts and events are PWYC.</li></ul>These are just a few of the highlights of the impact we&rsquo;ve been making.&nbsp; It is now with humility and optimism that we turn to our community for support as our operations, despite everything mentioned above, are in jeopardy.&nbsp; Over the past several months, we have been faced with a number of significant and unexpected expenses, such as higher than anticipated costs for electricity during the winter months in our new building, an annual increase in property taxes for 2026 of 30%, as well as an increase in general operating costs.Additionally, as a new non-profit, access to traditional grant funding continues to be a challenge for us. Many funding programs require a non-profit to operate for three or more years, meaning Ekko simply does not yet qualify despite our previous years as a social enterprise. Like many non-profit organizations, we&rsquo;ve also faced a number of barriers when it comes to restricted visibility within the community, the Nova Scotian Arts cuts, as well as not qualifying for the municipality&rsquo;s property tax break for non-profit organizations (we lease not own our building). We are hoping to raise $25,000 in donations, sponsorships, funding, and community support before December 31st, 2026. If you are in a position to support us financially, we would be incredibly grateful. If donating is not possible right now, sharing this message with your friends, family, workplace, or wider community can also help us reach someone who may be able to support our work. We understand that this is not a long-term solution, and thus we will continue to build and maintain more sustainable programming, build and nurture a donor and sponsor base, and find new board members who have experience in law, accounting, and grant writing/fundraising. This space has become a safe space for many of us here, students and staff included and we want to see Ekko thrive and continue to be a place where ANYONE can come and learn. Thank you for being part of our community and for taking the time to read this. Adam, Reagan, &amp; the Ekko Board

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our cause. This donation greatly helps us stay accessible and affordable. If you would like to contribute further to our cause, contact us to become a volunteer, apply for the board, or spread the word about the amazing things we&#39;re doing here! You are the reason we can do what we do, and we&#39;re SO thankful. Adam, Reagan, &amp; The Ekko Boardekko@ekkomusic.ca

To our Ekko Fam, Neighbours, and Fellow Arts Supporters; We’re reaching out with humility today because Ekko needs some help from our community. Since becoming a non-profit in April 2025, Ekko Performing Arts Society has been working to build something meaningful in the heart of Downtown Dartmouth: a place where people of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and experience levels can learn, create, perform, and be part of a community. We’ve aimed to keep things accessible and affordable for everyone to partake in one of the many programs here at Ekko. Today, more than 250 people participate at Ekko through private lessons, choirs, classes, community groups, workshops, performances, and other programs. Through support from our community, we've been able to:<ul><li>Create an Access tier for students to attend lessons at a more accessible rate that is currently helping 15% of students.</li><li>Invest over $12,500 of funds into subsidized lessons since April 2025.</li><li>Reduce costs for attendees by over $2,000 at this summer's musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by offering Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) options.</li><li>Ensure at least 10% of tickets for public concerts and events are PWYC.</li></ul>These are just a few of the highlights of the impact we’ve been making.  It is now with humility and optimism that we turn to our community for support as our operations, despite everything mentioned above, are in jeopardy.  Over the past several months, we have been faced with a number of significant and unexpected expenses, such as higher than anticipated costs for electricity during the winter months in our new building, an annual increase in property taxes for 2026 of 30%, as well as an increase in general operating costs.Additionally, as a new non-profit, access to traditional grant funding continues to be a challenge for us. Many funding programs require a non-profit to operate for three or more years, meaning Ekko simply does not yet qualify despite our previous years as a social enterprise. Like many non-profit organizations, we’ve also faced a number of barriers when it comes to restricted visibility within the community, the Nova Scotian Arts cuts, as well as not qualifying for the municipality’s property tax break for non-profit organizations (we lease not own our building). We are hoping to raise $25,000 in donations, sponsorships, funding, and community support before December 31st, 2026. If you are in a position to support us financially, we would be incredibly grateful. If donating is not possible right now, sharing this message with your friends, family, workplace, or wider community can also help us reach someone who may be able to support our work. We understand that this is not a long-term solution, and thus we will continue to build and maintain more sustainable programming, build and nurture a donor and sponsor base, and find new board members who have experience in law, accounting, and grant writing/fundraising. This space has become a safe space for many of us here, students and staff included and we want to see Ekko thrive and continue to be a place where ANYONE can come and learn. Thank you for being part of our community and for taking the time to read this. Adam, Reagan, &amp; the Ekko Board

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