Thanks to the skilled and efficient paper-folding and envelope-stuffing talents of John, Eric, Veronica, Claire, Michelle, Andrew, and Christine, nearly 400 letters are now in the mail to potential EJF Auction donors. We'll begin following up those letters with personal visits to each potential donor next Friday. One idea was to try to hit all the bookstores around the city next week with a special request to hold one or more signed copies of any books for which they're going to have author signings between now and April. Stay tuned for details on that.
Meanwhile, be sure to check out Aly T's great ideas about possible ways to raise money for the auction, and the types of donations we might solicit. If you have any ideas to add, please do so in the comments to these posts.
If you need more inspiration, look at Michigan's auction: They raised $63,000 in 2002! Here's part of how they do it:
To ensure the continued success of this critical fundraiser, SFF relies on the donation of exciting auction items to lead the bidding higher. Recent items have ranged from flight instruction to autographed sports memorabilia, from lunch with Mike Wallace to lunch with Ben Stein, from a private Supreme Court tour to paintball with a Ninth Circuit judge.
If they can do that in Michigan, we can do it here at GW! Start thinking about who you know and what they might be able to donate that will bring people to the auction and get them to bid like crazy!
Posted by toddc at January 23, 2004 03:44 PM | TrackBack