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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Everett,<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'>My chapter or affiliate have never done the car crusher, but years ago, a youth group I participated in did. It was pretty successful. Lots of people showed up and a lot of people (mostly guys) wanted to take a chance smashing the car with a sledge hammer. Don’t remember how much money was raised, but it was well attended.<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'>Bridgit<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><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> Cash-and-Caring [mailto:cash-and-caring-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Everett Gavel via Cash-and-Caring<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 21, 2016 5:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Fund-raising assistance for Chapters and Affiliates' <cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Everett Gavel <everett@everettgavel.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Cash-and-caring] Ideas & Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Janice, and All,<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'>It’s human nature, sadly. It’s the 80/20 rule. More often than not, you have the few that do most of the work, as others ‘support’ it while doing as little as they can, such as cheering, clapping, voting for it, etc. maybe even attending it. But to help setup, tear down, market, administrate, and more? Nope, nein, nyet, nada, no way. When you find a type-A personality, a go-getter, go get ‘em! <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'>As for ideas that work, I have a few questions on ideas… <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'>Anyone yet rented a dunk tank? Did you make or lose money? <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'>How about golfing events? In Northeast Ohio, some organization, I think it was the local rehab hospital maybe, has been having mid-winter golf scrambles for years as a fundraiser. They use orange balls in the white snow. It’s talked about and looked forward to by golfers in the region all year long. It’s just plain fun, as that’s the way they’ve marketed 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'>Anyone ever done a car crusher sort of event? I remember reading about one idea I’ve not yet gotten around to trying. It could work especially well I’d think, if you have a college campus nearby to do it on or near. What you do is purchase a car, a beater from a junkyard. You probably will have to pop out the glass first, but they could do that at the junkyard. I don’t remember all the safety regulations. But it’s been done, and likely will be done again. What you do is have a tow truck or whomever, place the car on some property you’ve worked it out with, and sell, say, $5 chances to take 3 good swings at the junker with a sledge hammer. Most people find destruction more exciting than construction, y’know? What I’ve read about this one in past years, it’s been successful and memorable when done. I’d actually forgotten this one for the last few years until just now. But I’m gonna do this one, one day. You’d have to give work gloves and goggles to any participant before they took control of the sledgehammer, of course. It just occurred to me that you could even offer small cash prizes, like $20, to the first person to knock off a bumper, or a door, or to pop open the trunk. With that last one, you could even put something not easily destroyable in the trunk, and rather like a pinyata, whoever popped the trunk would then win that prize? What would you call that event? Well, something to do with Junk in Your Trunk, of course. :) <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'>Lastly, in a similar vein, has anyone ever put on a demolition derby? I don’t know how feasible this one would be. I’ve just always wanted to enter one. Supposedly you don’t need a license to drive in one, you just need the car to enter, and to sign the waiver I suppose. I’ve been told in both Ohio and Colorado that no, you don’t need a license to enter one. Anyway, again, I don’t know how financially feasible this might be. But if you get several blind people entering, it’s an easy gig for some positive PR. :) <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'>That being said, I guess you could just work it out to get a few blind people to pay a few hundred bucks each to get a car for each to enter, and have fun with it. It could be someone else’s event, but you could get some PR pretty easily I’d think. <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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Strive On!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Everett<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> Cash-and-Caring [<a href="mailto:cash-and-caring-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:cash-and-caring-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Janice Toothman via Cash-and-Caring<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 21, 2016 8:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> Fund-raising assistance for Chapters and Affiliates <<a href="mailto:cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org">cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Janice Toothman <<a href="mailto:janice.toothman@verizon.net">janice.toothman@verizon.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cash-and-caring] IABS IDOL<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>Bridget,<br><br>I want to say that I share your frustration. It is often hard when a few in the Chapter/Affiliate do most of the work and the majority remain apathetic or unmotivated. <br><br>It is difficult enough coming up with ideas that will be successful and that our members will feel excited about enough to be involved with getting the project done. I think we have to keep trying because the work of the Federation is vital. It is also a way to empower individuals that may not have felt that had a say in their own future. If they can recognize that participating in fundraising,helps them build skills and confidence that will make them a more independent and effective blind person.<br><br>Janice<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>