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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Just curious, but why limit our fundraising to just blind people? If we reach a broader demo, we potentially raise more money. And many blind people would still be interested in autographed items. If a celebrity you admire, you may be eager to own something they have signed, whether you can see it or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bridgit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> 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> Friday, January 06, 2017 3:57 PM<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] FW: Review<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Our office received a printed catalog from this company today. Almost all their auction items are visually oriented and probably of interest only to fans of the particular celebrities whose autographs are featured. The catalog also features testimonials from large, well-known non-profits, so they are probably a reliable company, but the success of an auction would depend on the appeal of this type of item.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Claudia Bienenfeld<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Office assistant, NFBNYS<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">Jerad S. Nylin 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'> Friday, January 06, 2017 4:19 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">'Fund-raising assistance for Chapters and Affiliates'</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:jerad.nfbi@gmail.com" title="jerad.nfbi@gmail.com">Jerad S. Nylin</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'> Re: [Cash-and-caring] FW: Review<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Good afternoon, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I received this email a few weeks ago, and it seemed like it was fishy. I did call the number, and received a call back, but it went to voicemail, and I did not call him back. He told me to email him with our information, but as a newly elected affiliate president, I did not think we were doing any fundraising like this, or at least to my knowledge we weren’t. . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F497D'>Jerad S. Nylin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F497D'>President: National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F497D'>Email:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F497D'> <b> <a href="mailto:jerad.nfbi@gmail.com">jerad.nfbi@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F497D'>Cellphone:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F497D'> <b>(319)535-3723 <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F497D'>Website: <a href="http://www.nfbi.org">www.nfbi.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><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'> 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>Chang, Patti via Cash-and-Caring<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 06, 2017 2:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> Fund-raising assistance for Chapters and Affiliates<br><b>Cc:</b> Chang, Patti<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cash-and-caring] FW: Review<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Has anyone used this kind of fundraising assistance?</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>My name is Michael, and I’m the fundraising manager at Charity Fundraising. I came across some information about an auction fundraiser your organization has coming up, so I’m reaching out to give you a little information about how I can help. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Since 2006, Charity Fundraising has helped over 5,000 organizations just like yours increase their fundraising revenue by tremendous margins with ZERO-RISK to the non-profit. Last year, in 2015 we raised over $5 million for our charity partners! </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Charity Fundraising offers...</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Over 250 autographed celebrity, music, sports and political memorabilia items:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> such as autographed guitars of The Rolling Stones and Taylor Swift to movie posters signed by the cast of "The Godfather", "Star Wars", "James Bond 007" and many more! We ship all your auction items to your event venue completely free of charge and ready for display. If after your event you have any items that don’t sell, we’ll cover the cost for all return shipping of the items. All items come with our exclusive Certificates of Authenticity, unconditionally guaranteeing authenticity for life.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Over 400 VIP experiences and vacation packages:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> such as trips to the Grammy Awards, tickets to the Super Bowl, vacation packages to Paris, London, Hawaii and many more!</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Our charity fundraising program provides an extraordinary <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>ZERO-RISK, ALL-REWARD</span></strong> opportunity to increase your organization’s fundraising revenue. I invite you to review some of the fundraising testimonials we have received from some of our non-profit charity partners at <a href="http://www.cfr1.org/fundraising-testimonials/">http://www.cfr1.org/fundraising-testimonials/</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I’d love for you to visit our Web site at <a href="http://www.cfr1.org/">http://www.cfr1.org/</a> for more information.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Please feel free to call me at (201) 492-4294 or email me at <a href="mailto:Michael@cfr1.org”%3eMichael@cfr1.org%3c/a%3e%20so%20we%20can%20discuss%20fundraising%20together!%3c/p%3e%3cp%3eBest%20Regards,%3c/p%3e%3cp%3e--%3cbr%20/%3eMichael%20-%20%3ca%20href=">mailto:Michael@cfr1.org”%3eMichael@cfr1.org%3c/a%3e%20so%20we%20can%20discuss%20fundraising%20together!%3c/p%3e%3cp%3eBest%20Regards,%3c/p%3e%3cp%3e--%3cbr%20/%3eMichael%20-%20%3ca%20href=</a><br>Charity Fundraising <br>(Phone) 201-492-4294 <br>Website: <a href="http://www.cfr1.org/">http://www.cfr1.org/</a> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Charity Fundraising has served over 5,000 charities, schools and non-profits, providing fundraising ideas and charity auction items to help them exceed all fundraising goals. Featured Fundraising Partners Include: Make-A-Wish Foundation, American Cancer Society, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The American Red Cross, The Junior League and numerous other non-profits.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><br> <br><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D26849.CFCB6380" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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></div></div></div></body></html>