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mzavoli at roadrunner.com
mzavoli at roadrunner.com
Tue Feb 10 21:07:43 UTC 2015
Hello Readers and Malley Supporters,
I thank Eric for linking our website to the Malley's fundraising link. This makes it much easier when we ask people to buy fram Malley's Chocolates website. Attaching business cards to the fliers and forms with a simple message about what we do will also be effective.
Let's memorize this link:
http://nfbohio.org/>
or just say:
nfbohio.org.
My excitement about this campaign is getting growing day by day because I know that I am not alone. You are all valuable in this endeavor and anything you can do to help our great Ohio affiliate will reverberate in the results that our programs offer on the lives of the blind--blind children and adults.
Let's bring in the big bucks and make our Easter campaign bigger than our imagination can reveal!
Please call me if you need help placing your order: (216) 939-0502.
Thank you all!
Milena Zavoli
Put a spring in your step! Support the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio and treat yourself to Malley's Chocolates. They're irresistibly delicious! Free Shipping on all orders of $60 or more to one address
http://www.malleys.com/national-federation-of-the-blind-of-ohio
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> 1. Fw: Fundraising efforts RESENT (Carol Akers)
> 2. A Report from the "Drive for 75" Campaign Committee (Smith, JW)
> 3. Re: Fundraising efforts (Shelbi Hindel)
> 4. Another Malley Order (mzavoli at roadrunner.com)
> 5. Re: Another Malley Order (Eric Duffy)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 16:39:22 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Carol Akers <purplecakers at yahoo.com>
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
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> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Fw: Fundraising efforts RESENT
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> Good morning all Ohio Federationists!I am concerned that perhaps my email did not go out early this morning so I am resending it to you all.Fundraising is important to all of us. ?We want to continue to have our conventions, and would like to be able to do more to grow our organization, but everything takes money. ?If we work together as a team, we can accomplish more and if we are consistently generating funds from more than one source, we will do better. ?The Malley's chocolate fundraiser has been good, and we are in the process of another one, ?but it ?may not be for everyone,so it is important to keep our avenues of revenue open whenever possible. ?Read on. And I would love some input and respoonses.
> On Monday, February 9, 2015 2:16 AM, Carol Akers <purplecakers at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Good late night to all. ?I know it is late, but I have been doing some thinking and wanted to share.The NFB of Ohio has a Fundraising committee,true, which ?comes up with ideas, suggestions and plans for events to raise money whether it is sales of M & M's at convention, ?candy sales for holidays, spaghetti suppers, raffles or drawings, and the list goes on and on. ?Sometimes it is hard to keep asking the same circle of people,our ?family, friends, neighbors, church members to buy, buy, buy to support our cause, especially when it may be things that they wouldn't normally plan to purchase. ?The well ?of resources may eventually dry up.?? I am not sure who all is on the Fundraising committee or if they are all signed up for the Scrip fundraiser that we have as an ongoing fundraiser, but ?I ?hope and trust that ?they are and are all ?actively participating in the program. ?For anyone who is not familiar with Scrip, it has an unlimited potential for us if people use it.??Who out there ate out this weekend? ?Who went shopping or to a movie or picked anything up at a drugstore chain? ?Did anyone order something from ?I tunes or Amazon???Each one of those purchases could have earned the NFB of Ohio some money!Has anyone ever bought a gift card or been given one as a gift? ?Did you realize that the store who sells that gift card to people makes a profit from each one they sell? ?Do you have trouble planning ahead? ?We have a solution for that. ?Many retailers have what is called Scrip Now, meaning I want or need it now. ?Order your e card, pay for it and there it is for use. ?AMC theaters, CVS, I Tunes, Amazon, Pandora, Nook, Applebees, Olive Garden, Dominos Pizza, Pizza Hut, ?Walmart and Sams club, QVC, Petco, Target, Ihop, Kohls, Macy's, Texas Roadhouse, Starbucks, Panera, - just to name a few-- but all have the Now feature and there are more. ? Many cards are re loadable, buy the physical card once and re load it online. ?Most retailers are available with the exception of McDonalds and Kroger. ?A friend of mine had an urgent need to replace a bedroom TV that died. ?We did a bit of searching online and found a great deal at Walmart.com. ?Even greater was the fact that we could get a scrip now Walmart card. ?Within minutes the TV was ordered, paid for and would ?be delivered to the local store for pick up within days. ?And the NFB Ohio made money off of the purchase.Currently we have a small base of our members who order with any routine and yet we are making some good money and we are spending money that we would normally spend and asking others to do the same. ?You do not have to be a computer whiz to do this, so don't be intimidated by the thought. ?There is help to set it up. ?If everyone took a few minutes and took note of where they shop, eat or buy gas and then decided to do it though our Scrip fundraiser, we could see the amount double each month. ?It would not be hard to do. ?I know Eric has posted a challenge ?and an incentive to chapters for getting members to sign up and order, Who has taken him up on it? ?Who will be brave and do it? ?Who will be the next five people to sign up and order gift cards for the purchases you already plan to make anyway? ?I have decided to save up for a bigger purchase, so I will be buying gift cards toward the purchase, a few at a time, along with cards to use on Amazon and double dip by going to the Amazon Smiles site that also donates to the NFB a portion of my purchases. Let's share this with our friends and family also. Need info to share with them? ?We can get that too.Let's see what we can do with this!Thank you for reading
> Carol
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:22:01 -0500
> From: "Smith, JW" <smithj at ohio.edu>
> To: "NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> (ohio-talk at nfbnet.org)" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] A Report from the "Drive for 75" Campaign
> Committee
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> Dear NFB of Ohio Family, Friends and Colleagues,
>
> We had a good campaign conference call on Monday, February 2nd, but before I give you the campaign specifics to this point, I'd like to reiterate three things. Number one, I requested and volunteered to lead this effort because as I thought it would be, and it is, a labor of love for me and it is just one way for me to try and repay this affiliate for all the wonderful opportunities you have granted me. Let me be very clear, this is something I want to do and I'm having so much fun doing it and working with my wonderful committee. Number two, when I proposed this campaign to President Duffy I told him that I would do all that I can to try to raise as much of the money from outside sources as possible. I made this clear because I know that our chapters and members feel a heavy burden in terms of fundraising now so I don't want this campaign to negatively impact the energy and commitment in our local chapters or throughout our membership. Chapters and chapter members should feel free to make contributions and in fact, many of you have. But I don't want you to feel obligated or coerced to do so. So far I have been pleased with how the funds are coming in and I want to keep it that way. Number three, as I've said in earlier reports to you, my goal is to raise the money along with my committee and let the board and the leaders of this affiliate decide how to spend it. After May 31st I will give a final report as to how much was raised or as close as possible and of course I will be available to the board should they seek my opinions or recommendations about the distribution of those funds. I am all about fairness and transparency so no one should feel like they won't know how much has been raised etc.
>
> Now that I've got that off my chest, and hopefully will not have to address it anymore, here is where we are with the campaign. Sheri Albers reports the following from the Cincinnati area:
>
> "We held our first Dine-to-Donate event at IHOP in Milford, OH on Thursday January 22nd. We handed out literature and raised awareness for our campaign. Attendance was not what we would have wanted, but we have another event scheduled for the end of February, and will work harder to get the word out. We are contacting other restaurants in the area, closer to downtown, to hold other events at as well. We have planned an "Evening with Dr. Feelgood" held in the courtyard of Arnolds Bar and Grill, in downtown Cincinnati. This will be an entertaining event with our own Dr JW Smith! There will be a cover charge, split-the-pot raffle and door prizes. This will take place in the month of April. We are also working on a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, details to follow."
>
> It is my hope to do a Church concert in the Cincinnati area over the next few months so be on the lookout for that. Here is what Mike Anderson says about upcoming events in the Dayton area:
>
> "Here is an update to our Fundraising plan for the Drive for 75 in Dayton, OH
> February Agenda is the start of our candle sale and popcorn drive. There will be a split between our chapter and the Drive for 75.
> March Agenda is set for a Restaurant fundraiser at Bob Evans on Saturday, March 14. Drive for 75 will receive 15% of all sales from our invited guests for the whole day. Proposed events for April and May are a Comedy Fundraiser at Funnybone Comedy Club, a fundraiser at a local Tim Horton's coffee shop, A fish fry and possibly a bingo dinner event."
>
> It is my plan to head to Dayton this month to hang out with my friend President Payne and it is my hope to both spend some money in the Dayton area and try to bring some back for our campaign as well.
>
> Our Cleveland friends are about the business of raising funds for the campaign as well and at this writing I have not gotten the report from Cheryl Fields concerning their proposed activities yet but when I do I'll be sure to share it with you if she doesn't do it herself. It is my plan to do another Church concert in the Toledo area in April or May and I'm still holding out hope that we will be able to have an event in conjunction with the Ohio State University Delta Gamma sorority in Columbus in March or April. As you can see, we are making progress and I'm looking for those sizable donations that could really significantly impact our final total. I will keep you informed about upcoming events so that if you choose to support them or attend them you will indeed be welcome. Stay warm and hugs all around for Valentine's day.
>
> Jw
>
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 17:29:58 -0500
> From: "Shelbi Hindel" <shelbiah1 at gmail.com>
> To: "'Carol Akers'" <purplecakers at yahoo.com>, "'NFB of Ohio
> Announcement and Discussion List'" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Fundraising efforts
> Message-ID: <004b01d044b7$f0f052d0$d2d0f870$@gmail.com>
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> I wanted to let folks know that we had just six people order Scrip cards in February from our fundraiser NFB Scrip Ohio. I mailed out 3 packages, and hand delivered the other 3. This month we earned $80 after deducting shipping costs. Sorry I don't have figures for the ScripNow orders so if you have participated in that portion of the fundraiser you are not included in the above figure but you are greatly appreciated.
> You can have cards mailed two ways. If you choose to pay $5 per month they are sent so that you must sign for them. If you do not choose that method they are sent first class mail and NFB Ohio pays the postage.
> Remember that if a chapter has 5 people sign up and use the presto pay function the registration fee for the 2015 state convention will be waived for the entire chapter. Presto Pay is a program very similar to Pay Pal.
>
> As always, happy shopping,
> Shelbi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carol Akers via Ohio-talk
> Sent: February 9, 2015 2:17 AM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List; capchapohio-bounces at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Fundraising efforts
>
> Good late night to all. I know it is late, but I have been doing some thinking and wanted to share.The NFB of Ohio has a Fundraising committee,true, which comes up with ideas, suggestions and plans for events to raise money whether it is sales of M & M's at convention, candy sales for holidays, spaghetti suppers, raffles or drawings, and the list goes on and on. Sometimes it is hard to keep asking the same circle of people,our family, friends, neighbors, church members to buy, buy, buy to support our cause, especially when it may be things that they wouldn't normally plan to purchase. The well of resources may eventually dry up. I am not sure who all is on the Fundraising committee or if they are all signed up for the Scrip fundraiser that we have as an ongoing fundraiser, but I hope and trust that they are and are all actively participating in the program. For anyone who is not familiar with Scrip, it has an unlimited potential for us if people use it. Who out there ate out this weekend? Who went shopping or to a movie or picked anything up at a drugstore chain? Did anyone order something from I tunes or Amazon? Each one of those purchases could have earned the NFB of Ohio some money!Has anyone ever bought a gift card or been given one as a gift? Did you realize that the store who sells that gift card to people makes a profit from each one they sell? Do you have trouble planning ahead? We have a solution for that. Many retailers have what is called Scrip Now, meaning I want or need it now. Order your e card, pay for it and there it is for use. AMC theaters, CVS, I Tunes, Amazon, Pandora, Nook, Applebees, Olive Garden, Dominos Pizza, Pizza Hut, Walmart and Sams club, QVC, Petco, Target, Ihop, Kohls, Macy's, Texas Roadhouse, Starbucks, Panera, - just to name a few-- but all have the Now feature and there are more. Many cards are re loadable, buy the physical card once and re load it online. Most retailers are available with the exception of McDonalds and Kroger. A friend of mine had an urgent need to replace a bedroom TV that died. We did a bit of searching online and found a great deal at Walmart.com. Even greater was the fact that we could get a scrip now Walmart card. Within minutes the TV was ordered, paid for and would be delivered to the local store for pick up within days. And the NFB Ohio made money off of the purchase.Currently we have a small base of our members who order with any routine and yet we are making some good money and we are spending money that we would normally spend and asking others to do the same. You do not have to be a computer whiz to do this, so don't be intimidated by the thought. There is help to set it up. If everyone took a few minutes and took note of where they shop, eat or buy gas and then decided to do it though our Scrip fundraiser, we could see the amount double each month. It would not be hard to do. I know Eric has posted a challenge and an incentive to chapters for getting members to sign up and order, Who has taken him up on it? Who will be brave and do it? Who will be the next five people to sign up and order gift cards for the purchases you already plan to make anyway? I have decided to save up for a bigger purchase, so I will be buying gift cards toward the purchase, a few at a time, along with cards to use on Amazon and double dip by going to the Amazon Smiles site that also donates to the NFB a portion of my purchases. Let's share this with our friends and family also. Need info to share with them? We can get that too.Let's see what we can do with this!Carol _______________________________________________
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:29:28 -0500
> From: <mzavoli at roadrunner.com>
> To: ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Another Malley Order
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> Hello Readers,
>
> A second order was just placed with Malley's Chocolates. This time, congratulations goes out to Kyle Conley, who has just purchased 69.50 from Malley's Chocolates website.
>
> http://www.malleys.com/national-federation-of-the-blind-of-ohio
>
> Now, with my order and his, we have a combined totoal of $129.65. Already our fundraising efforts are picking up and the amount is gathering momentum. Will you join us next?
>
> Let's keep the momentum going. Let's be like that little engine that could and build that giant locomotive--not made of steel, but of the hopes and dreams for a better life for everyone through our fundraising program with Malley's Chocolates.
>
> Milena Zavoli
> Put a spring in your step! Support the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio and treat yourself to Malley's Chocolates. They're irresistibly delicious! Free Shipping on all orders of $60 or more to one address
> http://www.malleys.com/national-federation-of-the-blind-of-ohio
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:51:10 -0500
> From: Eric Duffy <peduffy63 at gmail.com>
> To: mzavoli at roadrunner.com, NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion
> List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Another Malley Order
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> This is great.
>
> The link for ordering Malley?s is now on nfbohio.org <http://nfbohio.org/>
>
>
> Let?s make this more successful than our Christmas sale was. We really need the money. We are going to do some needed and exciting work in the legislature this year. We are going to do things that have never been done in Ohio before. We need money for this and much more.
>
> We will soon have business cards to attach to the Malley?s flyers. spread the word and make this our best sale ever.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Eric
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