The New Poetry Center
As imagination bodies forth / The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen / Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing / A local habitation and a name.
-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Nights Dream
The Hillman Odeum, where outdoor readings will take place
The adminstrative office above the main floor
We Appreciate Your Support
Helen S. Schaefer Building – A Local Habitation and a Name
The Poetry Center, beautifully and permanently housed in the Helen S. Schaefer Building, needs to raise just over $500,000 to complete our Capital Campaign. Visionary patrons and supporters have contributed nearly $4.4 million toward our $4.9 million goal. Several significant naming opportunities are still available. If you would like to discuss a gift to the building fund please contact Gail Browne, Executive Director, (520) 626-5580 or gbrowne@u.arizona.eduFriends of the Poetry Center Fund to Support Literary Programs
Poetry Center programs are funded almost entirely by grants and foundation support, and through generous contributions by friends like you. If you would like to support our outreach programs please select a giving level and donate online at The University of Arizona Foundation website. Please be sure to designate the Poetry Center as your gift recipient.
You may send your contribution to Friends of the Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen Street, Tucson, AZ 85721-0150. Checks should be made payable to UA Foundation/Friends of the Poetry Center.
You may also contribute by credit card; for more information, please please contact Gail Browne at (520) 626-5880 or gbrowne@u.arizona.edu.
Reading Series Sponsor $2500
Receives all benefits listed below, plus sponsor
acknowledgement in Poetry Center news releases, brochures, flyers and web site, plus a private weekend in the Poetry Center Guest Cottage.
Tax-deductible portion is $2295
Patron $1000
Receives all benefits listed below, plus a pre-reading dinner with a featured writer from the Reading Series and a reception with the undergraduate English and Creative Writing Club.
Tax-deductible portion is $945
Benefactor $500
Receives all benefits listed below, plus a commemorative compact disc featuring highlights from 40 years of the Poetry Center Reading Series.
Tax-deductible portion is $465
Sustainer $300
Receives all benefits listed below, plus invitation to the annual Friends of the Poetry Center appreciation luncheon with a featured guest poet plus a copy of Jeremy Ingalls’ Selected Poems
published by Kore Press.
Tax-deductible portion is $275
Friend $100
Receives all benefits listed below, plus two coupons for 20% off Poetry Center classes and symposia; a 15% coupon from UA BookStores; a copy of Sonora Review, the oldest student-run literary journal in the nation and Poetry Center postcards.
Tax-deductible portion is $95
Student/Artist $35
Receives Poetry Center Newsletter and commemorative bookmark.
Fully tax-deductible charitable contribution
