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Old July 24th 05, 11:23 AM
Yowie
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"Singh" wrote in message
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No, not Idiot Insurance.

Louei and I have been bouncing about the idea of doing a benefit for a
struggling shelter, Tenth Chance, the people who gave us our dear little
(well, not so little now) Brandy. These poor people have a mountain of vet
bills over 3 grand, so now the vet won't give service to newly surrendered
cats until they get the bill chewn up. Not to mention food and litter,
etc.
They don't have their own building, just volunteer foster-people like our
dear friend Marilyn and others who are knee-deep in cats; and Alexis still
has not found a home, so Marilyn keeps the poor little playful girl in her
own bedroom, away from the other cats.

How on earth do you arrange a benefit? Other shelters here like Ten Lives
have got more resources, they have two buildings dedicated to cats and a
network of both foster-homes and businesses who make huge contributions.
All
we can do is maybe get the place where we do karaoke to do something, but
the bar is kind of a dive; good food though, but I don't know if it's
enough
to get some serious cash raised. If any of you out there have ever done
such
a thing, whether it be for cats or Girl Scouts or whatever, please
enlighten
me, because these folks need help, and I'm stumped.


Very boring, true, but the standard way non-profit organisations raise funds
around here is to sell fund-raising chocolates. A freddo frogs (38g of
Cadbury chocolate in a frog shape) are sold for $1 each, and come in fund
raising boxes of about $30. There is *always* one of these fund raising
boxes sitting in the tea-room fridge at work, its just different boxes from
different employees who belong to different organisations.

Most people don't mind shelling out one dollar, its a nice snack size
without the "guilt" of buying a whole block, it goes to a good cause, and
even better, there's a supply of chocolate in the building when the three
o'clock munchies hit and/or its "that time of the month".

Does Cadbury, or any other chocolate / candy manufacturer do the same where
you are?

Yowie