[nfbwatlk] FW: [nabs-l] Looking for ideas

[Jacob Struiksma]

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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Looking for ideas

Hi Ashley,
   Welcome to the NABS list. We will be glad to give you advice any time you
need it.
   Both of those are good fundraiser ideas. Make sure that you are not the
only one doing the selling. Get other people from your state student
division to help you out. Also, I have found that it is very hard to do
fundraising at NFB events since everybody else is doing the same thing. You
have to make sure that whatever you are selling is unique, or otherwise you
will not be able to sell it. As you know, many divisions of the NFB sell
candy, food, hats, and tee-shirts at convention, therefore, it is very hard
to raise lot of money at national events. However, concentrate on local
events. Do not just do fundraisers at NFB events. Make sure that you go out
into the community in your city, school, and community to do fundraising. Go
to local parades, festivals, and anywhere else where you can sell food or
anything else. Some chapters have done car washes to raise money. Some
chapters have gone to local book stores to wrap books or presents during
holidays. Some chapters go to parades and sell ears of corn and other
delicious stuff. Again, do not limit yourselves to the blind community.
   I hope these ideas help.
   Nijat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Alexander" <cumbiambera2005 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Looking for ideas


hey guys this is Ashley from Texas. I just subscribed to the mailing
list a few days ago, by recommendation of someone at Washington
seminar. Well anyway, just thought I'd drop in and introduce myself,
but also wanted to add some input here to Juan's message. As some of
you may remember from Washington seminar, I've been selling candy for
the past few weeks, and that's been going ok, but I'm running out of
money, and you know how us students are poor! :)
So anyway, just wanted to let people know that I too am looking for
ideas on how best to go about fundraising. My next thought was that I
could possibly do some baking like I did last year, making cookies or
something to that effect, and maybe that would give me some good
money. I'm proud to say that with the candy sells, i was able to make
at least 50 dollars, so I'm very pleased at how those went, but I'm
also looking forward to new ideas, as it is, the more money we make,
the more successful we will be, and the more opportunities we will
have. So again, any ideas and input would be greatly appreciated!
We here in Texas are looking forward to hearing the great ideas here
on the nabs list!
Thanks In Advance,
Ashley


On 2/12/09, Juan Carlos Munoz <blinddrummer1989 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey NABS
>
> This is Juan Munoz from Texas, and I'm writing in because I need some
> fundraising ideas. The Texas Association of Blind Students will be holding
> it's annual spring conference next month in Austin, and if you go to 
> school
> in Texas, I encourage you to go. I basically was wondering if any of you
> would be willing to share your ideas for raising any amount of money, how
> successful the project was, etc. You can e-mail me offline or you can let
> everyone else in on your secret. I really appreciate your help, and look
> forward to implementing some of these ideas for TABS.
>
>
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