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| 3179.1 | not necessarily planning on riding it, but | EDSCLU::NICHOLS | | Fri Jan 24 1997 17:29 | 3 |
| When is it? Whats the approximate route?
--roger
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| 3179.2 | | DANGER::ASKETH | Beware of Greeks bearing gifts... | Sun Jan 26 1997 23:06 | 14 |
| >When is it? Whats the approximate route?
It is always the first weekend in August.
It goes through 29 towns - Sturbridge, Charlton, Oxford, Sutton, Douglas, Ux-
bridge, Mendon, Bellingham, Franklin, Norfolk, Foxborough, Mansfield, Easton,
West Bridgewater, Bridgewater, Middleborough, Carver, Wareham, Bourne, Sandwich,
Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and
PROVINCETOWN!
Sturbridge to Bourne on Saturday (112 miles) and Bourne to P'town on Sunday
(82 miles).
B
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| 3179.3 | | TLE::LUCIA | http://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.html | Mon Jan 27 1997 12:29 | 1 |
| The ride part is easy. It's raising $1K that's hard...
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| 3179.4 | | DANGER::ASKETH | Beware of Greeks bearing gifts... | Tue Jan 28 1997 11:06 | 6 |
| >The ride part is easy. It's raising $1K that's hard...
Luckily I've always done well on the fund raising side - brought in $3k last
year!
B
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| 3179.5 | How much did you beg? | TLE::LUCIA | http://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.html | Tue Jan 28 1997 15:02 | 11 |
| I feel guilty asking for money from my coworkers, family and friends. You must
have rich coworkers, family and friends! I threw a 30th birthday party for
myself and invited 30 people. Rather than get me a present, I asked for
sponsors for the Tour De Cure (Diabetes) -- I got $350, which was nice, but only
about 1/3 of the $1K for Pan Mass.
$1K almost requires a corporate donation or something. Actually, most of that
$350 would be matched by digital (oh wait, we don't have a matching gift program
any more.)
Tim
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| 3179.6 | fundraising | DANGER::ASKETH | Beware of Greeks bearing gifts... | Tue Jan 28 1997 17:33 | 32 |
| >I feel guilty asking for money from my coworkers, family and friends. You must
>have rich coworkers, family and friends!
When you've had the family history I've had and truly believe in the cause (5
out of 8 immediate family members have had either breast cancer or Hodgkin's, I
am the only one of 4 siblings to have NOT gotten Hodgkin's) and you let people
know that, it makes a big difference. I know I certainly put a lot more effort
into fund raising for the PMC than I did for an MS ride I did years ago. 80% of
the PMC riders have been affected by cancer in one way or another. I had pro-
bably about 110 sponsors last year, ranging in donations from $4 to $300. I had
one $300, 3 $100, and the rest were $50 or under. Most of my sponsors are co-
workers (too bad DEC doesn't match any more!). Most are also repeat sponsors.
I've gone from $1830 to $1980 to $2900 or something like that. Guess I just ask
A LOT of people and most people will give something. I send out a note, over
email and snail mail, to probably 100-150 people. I also send out a writeup
after the ride to all these folks. It's a very emotional event for me and I
think that rubs off on a lot of people too. I had a couple people this year
tell me after they read the writeup that if they knew up front that that's what
it was about they would've given me more money. I'm not pushy about it - I'll
only ask once and believe that every $1 helps.
Anyway, that's my philosophy on fundraising I guess...thankfully it works for me
and I'm able to support a great cause.
>I threw a 30th birthday party for
>myself and invited 30 people. Rather than get me a present, I asked for
>sponsors for the Tour De Cure (Diabetes) -- I got $350, which was nice, but only
>about 1/3 of the $1K for Pan Mass.
That's a great idea!!
Barb
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| 3179.7 | | TLE::LUCIA | http://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.html | Wed Jan 29 1997 11:25 | 11 |
| Well you are lucky Barb and I pray you never have to battle it yourself. It
certainly would open up some pockets, however.
I have a problem with soliciting coworkers in general. I don't mind sign-up
sheets on doors, but I don't like e-mail or people walking door to door asking
for money. PMC is truly a good cause and one that I have supported by
sponsoring friends. I can't really conceive of raising $1K personally. I
suppose if I were tenacious enough I could do it, but I would definitely feel
like I was imposing on folks.
Tim
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| 3179.8 | | SMURF::LARRY | | Wed Jan 29 1997 11:40 | 12 |
| Just to add my 2 cents on this ...
I usually do one charity ride a year (an MS ride).
I also feel uncomfortable doing it but end up doing it anyway.
However its also against DEC policy to solicit at work for charity.
One time a person mailed my a copy of the online policy to remind me
of it!
Its a policy worth taking the risk to break however.
Its sort of an art knowing who to ask at work. There is quite a few
who do charity events and solicit where I work so its give and take.
Most people really have no problem contributing.
-Larry
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