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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Carl, I am attaching the Toolkit. Normally, I would not send it on the list, but I am doing so now because there may be others who don't have it or have misplaced it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please let me know to whom you delegate this job, including email and city at least. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ramona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Cash-and-Caring [mailto:cash-and-caring-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>NFB NY Office via Cash-and-Caring<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 09, 2015 11:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> Fund-raising assistance for Chapters and Affiliates <cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> NFB NY Office <office@nfbny.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cash-and-caring] Please use this listserve!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Ramona,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>We look to participate in this effort. However, given my load, I plan to delegate this to someone else in the Affiliate as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Please send me the Toolkit so I can pass it along to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Carl<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org" title="cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org">Ramona Walhof via Cash-and-Caring</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Tuesday, September 08, 2015 11:37 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org" title="cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org">cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:walhoframona@gmail.com" title="walhoframona@gmail.com">Ramona Walhof</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> [Cash-and-caring] Please use this listserve!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The group that met as the Cash and Caring Network this summer at the convention said firmly that it wanted a listserve for communication. I have not done much with it because my computer was not working well. But that is behind me, I hope, so let's move ahead. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Committee members, be prepared to help answer questions and work with new people. Thank you very much! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We would like to have at least one member from each affiliate on this network. If several chapters in a state want to have participants, that is fine. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>If anyone has not received the Toolkit, please let me know, and I will email it to you. It includes, among other things, examples of severl fundraising activities that have raised several thousand dollars with one event. It also shows how to use state conventions to raise money, not just from our members, but also from the public. Our conventions are usually well-run events which impress people, and they should have a fundraising component. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Chapters and state affiliates need money, but that money will not accomplish much if we don't have more in the national treasury. Therefore, we want to raise enough that chapters can share with states and the national treasury. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>What do we want on the list? Questions, of course, are appropriate, and answers are essential, but we don't need a lot of repetition in answers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Please share your successful fundraising experiences. Tell us what you did, what made it good, and how much you raised. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We want to help chapters and states increase the size and income of fundraisers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Bob Sellers of Washington State and Parmie Similton from Alabama are going to help with this list. Thanks to both of you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>So let's learn from each other. I am looking forward to it! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Ramona Walhof, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Cash and Caring Committee <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>Cash-and-Caring mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cash-and-Caring@nfbnet.org">Cash-and-Caring@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/cash-and-caring_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/cash-and-caring_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Cash-and-Caring:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/cash-and-caring_nfbnet.org/office%40nfbny.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/cash-and-caring_nfbnet.org/office%40nfbny.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>