[Nfbmo] FW: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] VehicleDonationProgram

Fred Olver goodfolks at charter.net
Tue Mar 19 14:51:03 UTC 2013


Brian, they get a break on their taxes because it is considered a donation.

Fred Olver
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From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] FW: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] 
VehicleDonationProgram


> 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
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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