[Bookstoprisoners] Alternative Gifts?

[Jay Schubert]

I agree that we should do it again.  Dollar for hour, it's by far the most
effective fund raising we do.

- Jay

On 10/2/07, Suzanne Linder <suzanne.linder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> $25 to sponsor the Unity March is fine with me.
>
> I don't think anything needs to be done on the Alternative Gifts until
> after the conference is done.  I just wanted to make sure people were
> planning on doing it before I put it in the United Way brochure.
>
> Suzanne
>
> On 10/2/07, Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Great bunch of ideas, Deb on the alternative gifting. Thanks Suzanne
> > for the heads up. I certainly would like to do the cards again and to
> > help out in other ways,...but  just not in the next two weeks while i
> > am getting the housing all together for the conference and preparing
> > for the weekend of Terry Davis, a volunteer investigator for the
> > Mychal Bell case) speaking about Jena, LA.
> >
> >
> > If we could agree to co-sponsor the Unity March on October 13 (for
> > $25) 12 - 3,  I would carry a Books to Prisoners sign in the last mile
> > of the Unity March and we could get our name on the publicity and I
> > would mention us at the Appreciation Dinner at the Girls and Boys Club
> > in North Champaign where Terry Davis (from Chicago) will be speaking
> > briefly about Jena, La. This is a neighborhood where we could use more
> > visibility!
> >
> > Barbara
> >
> > On 10/1/07, Sand and Sea Sells Used Books Etc.
> > <sandncsells at ameritech.net > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The United Way is a good thing.  I'd get the info in and personally, I
> > think
> > > we should do the Alternative Gifting.  Compared to the book sale it is
> > a
> > > piece-of-cake fundraising.  If Barbara would write the cards (her
> > > handwriting is sooo beautiful) I would be willing to track and
> > record/update
> > > to our donor list.  The only thing left is to get the emails to all
> > the
> > > lists(including IMC) and a letter to our previous donors. I think we
> > stll
> > > have quite a few cards left from last year. They are in the file
> > cabinet and
> > > I can count them later this week. My feeling is that we need to do an
> > > earlier PUSH, via email lists, snail mail, and maybe some PSA'a and
> > radio
> > > spots again to advertise. Our emails should go out the week before
> > > Thanksgiving at the latest.
> > >
> > > BTW- If we get the conference information to Lori Serb at WEFT we may
> > be
> > > able to get an hour or so during one of her shows to talk about the
> > upcoming
> > > conference and B2P.  We discussed it after the last show and she was
> > very
> > > receptive. We could also bring up the Alternative Gifting.  Suzanne,
> > would
> > > you and/or Jay be willing to go on the air with one other person?
> > >
> > > Deb
> > >
> > >
> > > Deb Sanderson
> > > Owner/Buyer
> > > Sand and Sea Sells Used Books Etc.
> > > www.sandncsells.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Suzanne Linder
> > > To: BTP
> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:47 PM
> > > Subject: [Bookstoprisoners] Alternative Gifts?
> > >
> > > Hello BTPers--
> > >
> > > I know it seems early to be thinking about this, but how are folks
> > planning
> > > on doing our alternative gift fund raiser again this year?  The United
> > Way
> > > is publishing a Holiday brochure of volunteer opportunities and now is
> > the
> > > time to get our information in.  If we do decide to do the alternative
> > gifts
> > > again, this will be an excellent place to advertise it.  We were in
> > the
> > > summer brochure and that is how our newest volunteer, Scott, found us.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?  I need to submit information for the brochure by the end of
> > the
> > > week.
> > >
> > > Suzanne
> > >
> > >
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