[Nfbmo] FW: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Vehicle DonationProgram

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

seems as the pink floyd song says they missed the starting gun.
even though heritage for the blind is a shell deal, they have been 
advertising for at least five years.
it's hard to think someone would give away a vehicle when the norm is to get 
something for it when buying a new one.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
To: "'nfbmo list'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:05 AM
Subject: [Nfbmo] FW: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Vehicle 
DonationProgram


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> From: State-affiliate-leadership-list
> [mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> David Andrews
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:01 PM
> To: state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Vehicle Donation Program
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> From Joanne Wilson:
>
> Dear NFB Affiliate Presidents,
>
> The National Federation of the Blind always steps up to get the job done.
> Many affiliates are actively working to assist in finding new financial
> support for our national movement and we have just launched a new program
> that should allow each of our affiliates to make a difference. The 
> National
> Federation of the Blind has launched a vehicle donation program. The 
> vehicle
> donation program allows us to accept car donations anywhere in the United
> States. Our national office and our affiliates have been turning car
> donations away because we have not had an effective program for managing
> these donations and turning them into cash for the organization. We have 
> now
> solved this problem and we need your help to take advantage of this
> opportunity.
>
> After extensive research, the Federation has made an agreement with 
> Vehicles
> for Charity to process our car donations. Besides cars, we also accept 
> vans,
> RVs, motorcycles, dirt bikes, boats, trucks, and tractors.  However, it is
> up to us to capture the donors by promoting the fact that we can accept
> vehicle donations and finding creative ways to get the word out. TO begin, 
> I
> am asking you to take some immediate steps to help with this effort:
>
> 1. Spread the word in your affiliate that the NFB is now accepting
> vehicle donations. Encourage members to send all referrals to the page on
> our website www.nfb.org/vehicledonations or to our toll free vehicle
> donation number 855-659-9314.
> 2. We will be creating some standard text for every affiliate to place
> on the front page of the affiliate's website. Please see that this gets
> posted without delay.
> 3. Consider placing information in your newsletters and other
> publications.
> 4. Promote this in your social media channels.
> 5. Consider if there might be a member in your affiliate who is looking
> for a new opportunity to contribute to the movement and whether or not 
> this
> program might be a good fit for their skill set. We need Federationists 
> who
> can find creative ways to get the word out and who will uncover
> opportunities to promote this in your state.
> 6. Share with me ideas you have about how we can get the word out about
> this program.
>
>
> As we move into spring we will be building this program out in more detail
> and providing more supporting materials. If you assign a member to help
> promote this program, please send their name and contact information to me
> so we can send them communications. We will be planning a conference call
> soon to answer questions that people might have about the program and 
> share
> ideas for spreading the word.
>
> We are starting with the tried and true Federation local outreach to get 
> the
> word out. As we build success with this venture, we will have the capacity
> to consider other forms of promotion such as advertising. Consider this
> notion. If fifty one of our affiliates (unfortunately we cannot operate 
> the
> program in Puerto Rico) generates ten referrals with an average donation
> value of $500 we are talking about better than $250,000. That is easily
> within our capacity in 2013. Maryland has already generated one this week
> and all we did was answer the phone and have the ability to say yes we can
> take your donation rather than turning it away. Imagine what we can do 
> with
> some Federation creativity and enthusiasm.
> and if each of our affiliates generates 100 car donations per year, we 
> will
> have a tremendous base to build on.
>
> Let's start calling in the cars!
>
> Yours in the Federation,
> Joanne
>
> Joanne Wilson
> Director, Affiliate Development
> Office of the President
> National Federation of the Blind
> 200 E. Wells Street at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, MD 21230
> Phone: 410-659-9314 x2335
> Email: jwilson at nfb.org
>
>
>


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