ademom74
We just had our auction last night, and we are putting together a list of what we got, and corrected addresses from Dottie's list, to post in about a week. We got about 50 positve responses from 250 national and local businesses.
You have such a phenom response,I am curious to know how many letters did you send, and did you find that you needed to go door-to-door for positive local results.
Also, for those who need lists to get started, there is a topic, 'please help. needed, business and celebrity addresses that donate.' It is in fundraising, and go directly to page 4 of the posting, and you will find Dottie's original list posted by magicmom, and then under it,you will find an extensive, current posting with addresses, and responses by dawn westburg on 3-15-06. Thanks so much Dawn!!!
The other thing to do, is to do a "search" under 'auction' under under 'fundraising.' And scroll through the 'me too's,' and occasionally, you can find some good info posted.
This is how I started in January, and I think I learned a lot about how to solicit for an auction, letter writing guides, etc. I think we got more than $4000 from the contributions that I was able to secure.
Jan,AKA Rachel's mom