PROGRAM UPDATE HOW TO RECOGNIZE A VENDOR BY JENNIFER SEYBOLD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BEFORE YOU GIVE MONEY TO A VENDOR via cash, Venmo, or credit card, verify the person is a current and authorized Denver VOICE vendor. (If they take a credit card, the account will have their personal name and will not have Denver VOICE or anything with VOICE in the name.) HERE’S WHAT TO LOOK FOR: • Denver VOICE vendors wear a badge while they’re working. (Below is a mockup of the VOICE badge. We have added a circle around the date on the badge mockup.) If the vendor’s badge date is not dated 2022, or if the badge looks like it has been altered, do not purchase the VOICE from that vendor and please call the Denver VOICE office: (720) 320-2155 • Vendors will never ask for tax-deductible donations on behalf of the Denver VOICE – your donation on the street is for that vendor to keep. • Vendors will never have tables or booths set-up. If they have a sign, telling you the money goes to the Denver VOICE, they either are in violation of their vendor agreement or they are not a current vendor. • Vendors do not sell any product other than the monthly publication, and they do not take donations for anything other than those you give in exchange for your copy of the VOICE. • While vendors are permitted to give away old VOICE issues free of charge, they should only be vending the current issue of the paper in exchange for a donation. • Each VOICE issue should have the vendor’s name and badge number on the upper left side of the issue. (Check that the vendor’s name and badge number matches that of the vendor you’re getting your paper from.) • Payments should be made in cash or directly through the Venmo app by assigning your gift to your vendor using their name and/or badge number in the notes. The Denver VOICE and our vendors take great pride in the work we do, and we appreciate community supporters like you! If you see someone saying they’re a Denver VOICE vendor, but they do not have a current badge or is they are doing any of the things listed here, please do NOT purchase a paper from them. Please do take note of the name on the badge and call the Denver VOICE with the name of that individual and the location where you saw them: (720) 320-2155. ■ GRAPHIC BY JENNIFER SEYBOLD 4 DENVER VOICE May 2022
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