[Cabs-talk] Brainstorming! Fundraising idea part II

[Darian Smith]

Hello mary,
 I am not sure if this may work,  or if funding is a main reason for
you not being able to attend, but I wonder if you might be  able to
see if the  chapter youmay be a member of  might be able to sponcer
you?
  best,
 Darian


On 8/13/09, Mary Miiller <mlm6 at fpu.edu> wrote:
> hello
> I personally would love to support the funraiser any possible but I am one
> of those people who would like to see the money raised through the virtual
> fund be used to sponcer those can't aford to come to convention  so they
> will be able to come. I have never been to convention do to the fact that I
> can't aford it. I am not sure if I can make convention this year or not but
> it would be nice to know that there is money to sponcer people like me to go
> to convention so people can't use the excuse of money
>
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> Original E-mail
> From: Michael Peterson <its_mike at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: 08/13/2009 04:17 AM
> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>, California Association of
> Blind Students Mailing List <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Cabs-talk] Brainstorming! Fundraising idea part II
>
>
> Hi all I have begun working on the "giant pizza feast which will be held on
> the first day of fall September  21 2009 More details soon but heres part II
> Many of you want to help grow our convention and can't attend the pizza
> event  because you are to far away or because of other obligations or maybe
> just because your counting callories!
> Would those who can't make it be willing to support a simultaneous virtual
> effort?
> I will tell you how the check or money order is to be written out if this
> sounds good and it will be to the sponsoring NFBC chapter.
> You can donate just like you would buy pizza $3 $5 whatever by check or
> money order because if you pay through paypal they might have a limit
> minimum.  When I was working with the American cancer society it was $10.
> I'm not asking for virtual pizza purchases yet just want feed back would you
> be willing to help that way rather than having to buy a coupon book you
> might never use, also is there interest in coupon books at $15 $20 a piece
> with straw hat if we can get that fund drive happening?
> I would like to finish this drive by the beginning to say the 14th of
> october.
> Once the bus going to the convention is covered if additional funds are left
> over we could perhaps donate them to the affiliate to be used to help
> sponsor members who need help  attending the convention.
> Or would you feel more compelled to donate to the virtual fund if we solely
> used this portion to sponsor people so they could afford to come thus
> helping boost our attendance.
> We really need the highest attendance possible and as many blind people as
> possible walking across the golden gate bridge.  It's a statement for
> braille literacy and it's a statement letting everyone know the NFBC is
> alive and well in California that blind people care about their future and
> want to be involved in shapeing it!
> We need in my opinion 300 or more to attend if possible because with all the
> California budget cuts it will show those who need to know blind people are
> concerned!
> If they see a larger group they will know that we have lots more at home who
> couldn't be there.
> While we might not be impacted further with SSI SSD other programs could be
> impacted because money is tighter.
> We also need to have our voice affectively heard with vocational
> rehabilitation and the Kendell reader just to name a few projects and while
> numbers physical numbers aren't everything they do help.
>
> Other efforts you can make on and individual basis, invite a friend or two
> share a room if you need to not just to save you money but to make it
> possible for others to come also share any ideas you may have how we can get
> more blind people to attend.
> Mike Peterson
>
>
> Mike Peterson
>
>
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