[NFBNJ] Sample Letter to Solicit Door Prizes and Auction Items for NFBNJ State Convention

Mon Sep 24 09:32:15 UTC 2018

Hello Everyone,

   This letter was sent our on August 31 and we just wanted to give you a
gentle reminder.  Please contact Annemarie Cook or Ellen Sullivan (addresses
and telephone numbers below) if you have and questions or need help. Thanks
so much for all your hard work!  Take care, Annemarie and Ellen

Greetings Everyone, 

We are looking forward to your participation in the: 

National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey 42nd Annual State Convention 

November 1st through 4th, 2018 

Theme: Live the Life You Want; Blind with Vision 

Hosts: State Board and the Sports & Recreation Division of NFBNJ 

Honoring Longtime Member Brian Mackey 

We are asking that all Chapters and Divisions assist with the collection of
door prizes and auction baskets -these help to make the mood festive and
also helps the Affiliate raise funds. Additionally, we plan to make some of
the items available to divisions and chapters to raise additional monies for
local use. 

To this end, we are attaching a sample letter format that you as well as
your chapter or division will want to customize before distributing.
Depending on how well you know the potential donor, you may want to make it
a bit more informal-you decide what works best for you! This is a template
that you can modify to meet your needs! 

We are asking that for Auction Baskets, you provide us with a detail list of

what they contain. Please keep Annemarie Cooke (H: 609 859 4084 mail to:
aec732 at gmail.com <mailto:aec732 at gmail.com>  and Ellen Sullivan (H:
302-658-2268 to: mail to : <mailto:ems553 at comcast.net> ems553 at comcast.net )
informed of what you are bringing as this will help us in planning the Door
Prize and Auction 

events. Both of us are happy to work with you if you need any assistance in
personalizing the letters. 

If you plan on bringing the baskets/door prizes with you to 

convention, please e-mail us with information NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 

20 so that labels can be made in Braille and large print. 

Thanks so much for your support; please do call if you have 

any questions. Please do work with your chapter/division Presidents as this 

is a team effort! 

Be well, NFBNJ family members! 

Annemarie Cooke and Ellen Sullivan 

The State Convention is being held at: 

Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel 

515 US Highway 1 South 

Iselin, New Jersey 08830 

Access Link accessible 

Cross street: Gill Lane 

LETTER:

September 28, 2018

Dear Friend:

The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey will be hosting its 42ND
Annual State Convention, "Live the Life You Want; Blind with Vision"
November 1st - 4th, 2018 at the Renaissance Hotel in Woodbridge, NJ. We're
looking for items to use for door prizes and fund-raisers at the event. Can
you help us out with a gift we can use for this event? We will list all who
donated door prize or auction item donations in our agenda so that all
participants will know of your generosity.

As you may know, the National Federation of the Blind is a non-profit,
private sector resource of knowledge, support and encouragement for people
who are blind (Federal 501(c)(3) ID #22-2716500). Look at our website:
<http://www.nfbnj.org/> www.nfbnj.org

We offer training and advocacy to blind people and parents of blind
children, and work to remove legal, economic and societal barriers so that
blind people can participate fully in employment, education, recreation and
all other aspects of community life. Our annual convention is one way we
work toward achieving these goals.

Hundreds of blind people, parents of blind children, service providers,
technology producers/distributors, inventors of products designed to enhance
accessibility and independence, and representatives from rehabilitation
services, agencies, private agencies for the blind and the New Jersey
Talking Book and Braille Center attend our annual convention. At our
convention, we also award scholarships to deserving young blind scholars. 

Door prizes and surprises make this event even more exciting. Because we are
financed only by contributions from our members, friends and well-wishers,
we hope you'll be able to help us with a gift we can use as a door prize or
fund-raiser item. Your tax-deductible contribution(s) checks should be made
payable to National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey.

Please mail to:

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS for the NFBNJ

If more convenient, call YOUR TELPHONE # or email us at 

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS and we'll arrange for the item to be picked up. We look
forward to hearing from you soon. And thank you for any support you can
provide.

Sincerely,

YOUR NAME

National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey

YOUR ADDRESS

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