Hey Cindy,
I want to let you know that I've been thinking about the whole "$1000" donation thing. And let me tell you that you've made me think about donation in a different light!
And I'll tell you why...
I belong to a non-profit, volunteer Rescue Squad. We receive no money monthly/yearly/etc. from our township. The only thing we receive from them is gas. All our donations come from whoever donates, which is usually the people of my town. We rely soley on donations. If we didn't have those, we wouldn't have ambulances, supplies, etc...hence, no squad.
Anyway, back to what I was saying LOL...we are presently selling raffle tickets. The tickets are $50.00 a piece. And you don't know how many people (including myself) thought that $50.00 was so high for a ticket. I'm selling them, and my reasoning was: "We're only selling 1000 tickets, and look at our prizes. $18,000 Harley Davidson, $3000 Plasma TV, etc." I was going about it all wrong! And thanks to you, I've figured a different way of explaining.
People need to understand that they are
really making a donation to support our squad, and possibly winning something is just a perk! Kinda sorta like the Yorkie Rescue...you donate money to the rescue, and as a perk (if you want a dog) you get a precious furbaby!
So, for those of you who can afford to donate $1000 to Yorkie Rescue, go do it!
And as a great perk...you get a beautiful 9 month old little Yorkie!
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=6447085