With almost half of the One28 campaign remaining, we’ve gone over the $100,000 level in money raised. This gives us a nice psychological boost as we go into our “Big Push in the Closing Days” phase.
Part of the recent jump in donations has been from people sending in checks (rather than donating by credit card through the website). To facilitate this process, we’ve put together a “donate by mail” form for prospective donors, which you can download by clicking here.
As we enter our “Big Push in the Closing Days” phase, many people have asked me what they can do to help us hit our goal of $300,000. Here’s my response:
One28 boils down to a numbers game – the more people we can contact, the better our chances of reaching our goal. To that end, you can do three things to help out:
- Spread the word. Tell your friends. Phone them. E-mail them with the attached form. Direct them to our website. Do whatever strikes you to let people know about 1% for the Tetons and our One28 effort.
- Urge those folks to donate.
- Let me ask them for you. Tell me about any businesses and/or individuals you think might be interested in making a donation. It doesn’t matter how big or small – to date, we’ve received donations ranging from $5 to the tens of thousands. If you’d like, I’ll make the ask; if not, I’ll help you as you see fit. But what matters is making the ask — at the end of the day, successful fundraising depends on asking people directly. (To that end, you can also download a 1% for the Tetons Membership Application here.)
Thanks so much for all your help to date, and thanks in advance for your help over the remaining 11 days of One28.
Download the One28 donation form.
Download the 2010 One28 Grant Finalists overview.
Download the 2010 1% for the Tetons Membership Application.
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