Comments on: Showing Off Your Non-Profit: A Word About Tours http://www.asmallchange.net/showing-off-your-non-profit-a-word-about-donor-tours/ Making sense of fundraising for non-profits. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:14:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sandy Rees http://www.asmallchange.net/showing-off-your-non-profit-a-word-about-donor-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Sandy Rees Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:14:59 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=35#comment-250 I think facility tours are a GREAT way to educate people about the work your organization is doing. I remember once having a major donor come through for a tour. He got so excited that he turned to my Executive Director and said "What do you need?" She mentioned the next thing on our capital needs list and he said "Would $15,000 help?". That was triple his usual gift! It was the power of the visual. The power of seeing first hand what was happening. And it was simple for us to provide that to him. I think facility tours are a GREAT way to educate people about the work your organization is doing. I remember once having a major donor come through for a tour. He got so excited that he turned to my Executive Director and said “What do you need?” She mentioned the next thing on our capital needs list and he said “Would $15,000 help?”. That was triple his usual gift!

It was the power of the visual. The power of seeing first hand what was happening. And it was simple for us to provide that to him.

]]> By: Eddie Boston-Mammah http://www.asmallchange.net/showing-off-your-non-profit-a-word-about-donor-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Eddie Boston-Mammah Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:03:15 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=35#comment-113 Dear Sir, I am the Director for ABC4All SIERRA LEONE (A Better Ccoomunity For All). This Organisation is a Branch in Sierra Leone whiles our Head Office is ABC4All in Masachussette in the U.S.A. The existence Organisation is to create a better Community and environment as we would be very grateful to have your organisation to work with us towards the Success and Rehabilitation for a better Sierra Leone. Presently, we are faced with heavy Financial constrains to support these less fortunate children to attend Schools. And since school re-opened in September, 2007, we are face with payment of School fees, purchasing stationaries, Uniforms, Shoes and even the adequate day meal is a problem. Our Organiation is a member of change.org. A new community for social change and idealist.org. We therefore seeking for Funds through your goodself to assist these less-fortunate innocent children as they are our future leaders of tomorrow. ABC4All SIERRA LEONE is presently taking care of over (200) Two hundred WAR & ORPHANS Children who lost their parents in the 11 years of rebel war in Sierra Leone. Our Oganisation is mainly responsible for these children on the area of Education, Health Care, Food Aids, Clothing, Shelter,Sensitization of HIV/AIDS Program including various rehabitlitation within the (10) Ten Districts that ABC4All SIERRA LEONE is operating. In this regard, we are hereby inviting your Organisation to work with ABC4All SIERRA LEONE as Partnership, coming to our aid and seeing to the Welfare of these Children to table and ensure their better living condition as they are our future leaders. We do hope you will give our request a deep consideration as we would always need your greatest co-operation with ABC4All SIERRA LEONE, whiles looking forward to your Organisation participation towards our WARCHILD & ORPHANS Children and Community Development in Sierra Leone. Kindly call OR Contact us immediately for any further clarifications. SAVE A CHILD NOW AND GOD WILL RICHLY BLESS YOU!! Yours sincerely, Eddie Boston-Mammah Director ABC4All SIERRA LEONE 41K Ascension Town Road, Freetown SIERRA LEONE. WEST AFRICA. Tel:+232-77550075 Dear Sir,

I am the Director for ABC4All SIERRA LEONE (A Better Ccoomunity For All). This Organisation is a Branch in Sierra Leone whiles our Head Office is ABC4All in Masachussette in the U.S.A.

The existence Organisation is to create a better Community and environment as we would be very grateful to have your organisation to work with us towards the Success and Rehabilitation for a better Sierra Leone.

Presently, we are faced with heavy Financial constrains to support these less fortunate children to attend Schools. And since school re-opened in September, 2007, we are face with payment of School fees, purchasing stationaries, Uniforms, Shoes and even the adequate day meal is a problem. Our Organiation is a member of change.org. A new community for social change and idealist.org. We therefore seeking for Funds through your goodself to assist these less-fortunate innocent children as they are our future leaders of tomorrow.

ABC4All SIERRA LEONE is presently taking care of over (200) Two hundred WAR & ORPHANS Children who lost their parents in the 11 years of rebel war in Sierra Leone. Our Oganisation is mainly responsible for these children on the area of Education, Health Care, Food Aids, Clothing, Shelter,Sensitization of HIV/AIDS Program including various rehabitlitation within the (10) Ten Districts that ABC4All SIERRA LEONE is operating.

In this regard, we are hereby inviting your Organisation to work with ABC4All SIERRA LEONE as Partnership, coming to our aid and seeing to the Welfare of these Children to table and ensure their better living condition as they are our future leaders.
We do hope you will give our request a deep consideration as we would always need your greatest co-operation with ABC4All SIERRA LEONE, whiles looking forward to your Organisation participation towards our WARCHILD & ORPHANS Children and Community Development in Sierra Leone.

Kindly call OR Contact us immediately for any further clarifications.

SAVE A CHILD NOW AND GOD WILL RICHLY BLESS YOU!!

Yours sincerely,
Eddie Boston-Mammah
Director
ABC4All SIERRA LEONE
41K Ascension Town Road,
Freetown
SIERRA LEONE. WEST AFRICA.
Tel:+232-77550075

]]> By: ILANE MWAPE MUNYOSHI http://www.asmallchange.net/showing-off-your-non-profit-a-word-about-donor-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-110 ILANE MWAPE MUNYOSHI Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:44:01 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=35#comment-110 In Zambia the flood has destroyed alot things for the Rural People.Peasants and small scale farmers have been affected badly.They are losing the little the have.This means the stand of the farmer will be degrading every year unless people come and support in developing new skills at house hold level.School going children,patients and those in needs can not access the neccessities.My appeal for our country because on 17th January,2008 Zambia have been declared a NATIONAL DISASTER. In Zambia the flood has destroyed alot things for the Rural People.Peasants and small scale farmers have been affected badly.They are losing the little the have.This means the stand of the farmer will be degrading every year unless people come and support in developing new skills at house hold level.School going children,patients and those in needs can not access the neccessities.My appeal for our country because on 17th January,2008 Zambia have been declared a NATIONAL DISASTER.

]]> By: ILANE MWAPE MUNYOSHI http://www.asmallchange.net/showing-off-your-non-profit-a-word-about-donor-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-109 ILANE MWAPE MUNYOSHI Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:35:44 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=35#comment-109 As an organisation dealing with peasnts and small scale organisation called PEASANT FARMERS UNION OF ZAMBIA with a website to be constructed,we are facing alot of difficulties in accessing information pertaining to new development in farming and a forum. We are also lucking experties i the above subjects.All we need is a connection to organisation that will help in uplifting the overl standard of the peaant farmers. As an organisation dealing with peasnts and small scale organisation called PEASANT FARMERS UNION OF ZAMBIA with a website to be constructed,we are facing alot of difficulties in accessing information pertaining to new development in farming and a forum.
We are also lucking experties i the above subjects.All we need is a connection to organisation that will help in uplifting the overl standard of the peaant farmers.

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