I know I haven't been here for quite a while, but here I am (for better or worse 
).
Last spring, I decided to take charge in a fundraising event for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. My involvement was much more time consuming than I could have imagined, taking a lot of time over about a 4 month period.
John Hunter (one of our members) became my go-to guy for a local woodworking club. He took care of me very well, and I attended 2 meetings, trying to get donations for the hospital (either monetary or through time spent in the shop, making donated items). This was a big success.
I won't go into all the details of the fundraising, but I knew of a gift shoppe that had gone out of business, so I contacted them. The entire stock was donated for our cause, as well as a storefront to house our sale of donated items. This was absolutely huge in our ability to raise whatever money we could. With a little help from a few other people, we were able to raise almost $4500.00 for St. Jude's. That wasn't much when you consider the amount of work involved, but it was satisfying to know that we helped.
Ed
). Last spring, I decided to take charge in a fundraising event for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. My involvement was much more time consuming than I could have imagined, taking a lot of time over about a 4 month period.
John Hunter (one of our members) became my go-to guy for a local woodworking club. He took care of me very well, and I attended 2 meetings, trying to get donations for the hospital (either monetary or through time spent in the shop, making donated items). This was a big success.
I won't go into all the details of the fundraising, but I knew of a gift shoppe that had gone out of business, so I contacted them. The entire stock was donated for our cause, as well as a storefront to house our sale of donated items. This was absolutely huge in our ability to raise whatever money we could. With a little help from a few other people, we were able to raise almost $4500.00 for St. Jude's. That wasn't much when you consider the amount of work involved, but it was satisfying to know that we helped.
Ed
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