[Nfbc-info] Brainstorming! Fundraising idea part II

Fri Aug 14 05:02:19 UTC 2009

Check with B.J.  He was going to the Straw Hat corporate headquarters with a 
donation letter.  Headquarters is located in Dublin, where B.J. lives. 
Let's see what he can arrange.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Peterson" <its_mike at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Brainstorming! Fundraising idea part II

>    Good idea terra! That's something we can look in to. I might even write 
> to straw hat and ask if they would donate a few free pizza coupons to the 
> virtual pizza eaters and if I can find some other cool prizes we could 
> throw them in the hat the straw hat that is, as well.
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Terra Peterson" <poolprincess at att.net>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Brainstorming! Fundraising idea part II
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> I don't know if this is possible, but I think it would be cool to do a 
> drawing for those who participate in the "virtual pizza". This could give 
> some incentive to help the effort. We could ask for donations for the 
> raffle prize. Maybe even a free pizza. What do you think?
>
> Terra
>
> --- On Fri, 8/14/09, Juliett Cody <julietcody at cox.net> wrote:
>
> From: Juliett Cody <julietcody at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Brainstorming! Fundraising idea part II
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 12:26 AM
>
> Dear Mike, I would be happy to help with a check. Plus I will bring it up 
> to Beach Cities, and CAGDU.
> Thanks,
> JC
> JC
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Peterson" 
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> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Brainstorming! Fundraising idea part II
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>> 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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