Nine Network Planned Giving Compilation

Akhil Kandkur

This is the compilation of these stories for planned giving and endowment, narrated by Ken Burns and Gwen Ifill.  0:00 Jack Eardley 1:00 Martha Jane Friedrich 2:00 Jacque LaVista 3:00 Ed Mapp 4:00 Jim Stavrakakis 5:00 Mark Welter  Credits go to Nine PBS from YouTube.

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00:00Jack Eardley made his living 50 feet off the ground.

00:05It was fun. It was different.

00:07I mean, you know, you're halfway scared,

00:09but I guess you're probably at that age,

00:12you're too dumb to be scared.

00:14Pole by pole, road by road,

00:16Jack was literally linking people together.

00:19When I first started,

00:21we were just supplying the power for the porch light,

00:24and now it's so much more.

00:27The flow of power really is the flow of information,

00:30and public TV is one of the best sources.

00:34It gives you a chance to learn something

00:36that you've never known before.

00:38It makes a better educated public.

00:41Guys like me laid the groundwork,

00:43and we just want to see it put to good use.

00:46That's why Jack included his public television station in his will.

00:50Consider joining the community of people

00:51who want public television to span generations.

00:56Martha Jane Friedrich values her independence.

01:05I always wanted to be my own boss,

01:07so I started two home businesses,

01:10which enabled me to stay home

01:12and take care of half Virginia.

01:14I was almost 99 years old.

01:16Martha Jane's generosity extends beyond her family.

01:20Life is more than work.

01:25Life is of value,

01:27and I think it's important for me

01:29to give to the other generations that come after me,

01:33and that's why a gift to public television is so important.

01:38And if I can do a small thing to perpetuate this,

01:41then it will continue for generations to come.

01:45That's why Martha Jane included her public television station in her will.

01:50Consider joining the community of people

01:52who want public television to span generations.

02:01Jackie LaVista grew up on a ranch.

02:05I never knew anything else.

02:06From the time I started walking,

02:08I was walking on the ranch.

02:10I remember riding with my dad.

02:12He was larger than life,

02:13I guess that's the best way to say it.

02:15When she left,

02:16her career took her around the world.

02:19I loved flying.

02:20I flew for a while,

02:21and then had the opportunity to go into management.

02:23But she eventually felt the pull of her childhood home.

02:27I was excited to come back,

02:28because my dad was here.

02:30I started remembering how I felt

02:31about helping out on the ranch

02:33and to nurture something and see it grow.

02:35It's a very interesting symbolism for me,

02:38because I think that public television

02:39is very nourishing to the viewer,

02:42and if you give something,

02:43you'll get something in return.

02:46Jackie included her public television station in her will.

02:50Consider joining the community of people

02:52who want public television to span generations.

03:02Ed Mapp grew up going to the movies.

03:04I think back on my childhood

03:06and remember how important movies were for me.

03:11At that time,

03:12it was the only way to see the outside world.

03:16Ed decided to be a professor,

03:17an expert on the impact of the media.

03:20Today, you have television.

03:22People have at least one set in their homes.

03:25Whatever message is coming on that screen

03:28is being extended to the entire family.

03:31Now that's awesome.

03:32It can be affecting our country

03:35and our culture for years to come.

03:38I think that's why public television is so important,

03:42because he does assume that responsibility.

03:46That's why Ed included his public television station

03:48in his will.

03:50Consider joining the community of people

03:52who want public television to span generations.

03:55Jim Starrakakis had two childhood hobbies.

04:05Photography and model airplanes.

04:07I'd hang it from one little thread

04:09and then take pictures of them

04:10with palm trees

04:11that make it look like the South Pacific.

04:13His passion as a kid

04:14became his job in the Air Force.

04:17My job was aerial photography.

04:19I'd go up on combat flights.

04:21Being over there in Korea really opened my eyes.

04:23America is not the only place.

04:25There's a lot of different religions,

04:27different habits, different thoughts.

04:29We're not all the same.

04:32I've always had a curiosity.

04:34And sticking my neck out to learn just a little bit more.

04:37And I think public TV,

04:40it answers your curiosity of life.

04:42It's always something different and new.

04:44And I think you've got to give back a little bit.

04:46That's why Jim included his public television station

04:50in his will.

04:52Consider joining the community of people

04:54who want public television to span generations.

05:02Mark Welter was born into a very proud,

05:05but very poor family.

05:07My father died when I was two years old.

05:09It was right in the heart of the Depression.

05:12You weren't sure where the next meal

05:14was coming from all the time.

05:16We all knew we were poor,

05:18but free public education gave me a chance.

05:22The more I learned,

05:23the more I realized how much I had to learn.

05:26And I became a teacher.

05:27Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

05:29Mark uses public television shows in his classroom.

05:33Public TV has been my partner without question

05:36because it's carrying on what I see as my mission

05:40to educate people.

05:42And part of my motivation is to pay back some of this.

05:46That's why Mark included

05:48his public television station in his will.

05:51Consider joining the community of people

05:53who want public television to span generations.

05:56And part of my actions.

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