Fred Rose has donated a blackwood whistle in D for the Chiff & Fipple Charitable Trust. I’m going to do a raffle. This will be the first of a series I will be doing this year. Instead of a big monster raffle with multiple prizes, I want to try a one-at-a-time approach. I want to try to calculate the best return. I’ll run a notice in the newsletter regarding this, but let me ask board members first:
Post a message here indicating how much in US dollars you would be willing to contribute to a raffle for a chance at this whistle.
Second question, how much would you be willing to contribute if you knew that the number of chances was limited to
25
50
100
100% of proceeds will go to support the rape crisis center here in Birmingham, AL. More about that later. Let’s just say that when I finish describing the work they are doing, you will likely want to contribute something.
Post a message here indicating how much in US dollars you would be willing to contribute to a raffle for a chance at this whistle.
five bucks a pop…it’s a tiny contribution
Second question, how much would you be willing to contribute if you knew that the number of chances was limited to
25 - 15 bucks
50 - 10
100 - 5
100% of proceeds will go to support the rape crisis center here in Birmingham, AL. More about that later. Let’s just say that when I finish describing the work they are doing, you will likely want to contribute something.
That is always important work to be doing, but you have to remember I have a bad case of poverty think, too, but some of us on disability who live under the poverty line also like to contribute to it. I used to volunteer at a rape crisis line, but there’s not one here at all, s-o-o-o maybe I better just sent you a SweetTone to raffle!
My family likes to tell me I’ve got more dollars than sense. So, I’d probably spend up to $100 on tickets (good cause, good whistle, can’t really go wrong).
A raffle sounds like great fun and knowing
that the money will go to a good cause makes
it even better! That said, I must agree with
prices of Anna and Bloomfield. Scraping up 5
to 20 dollars would be possible, but
spending fifty to a hundred dollars, though
I would love to be able to, is simply not
possible. If I did it would mean the
difference in buying a used textbook that
has some pages missing or a textbook that
has been gently used but is still all
intact! )
Oh, to answer your question.
I think the total take should be in the range of 3-5 times the values of the whistle.
For example 100 $5 tickets for a $100 whistle. Less than that, and why bother. Much more than that, and you might find yourself on the wrong side of the risk/reward/charity equation (of course, that will vary from person to person, but you need to motivate 50-100 to write a check, address an envelope, etc. etc.)
Good idea though, combining c+f’ers pathological desire to aquire whistles, with the rush of gambling, and the warm+fuzzy of helping a good cause.
Regards,
jb
When I remember right from the last raffle, it worked very easy with credit card payment possibility so even from overseas I had no problems. It should be still the same. Have a good Sunday Brigitte
But I have to agree with Tony about foreign currency exchange. The Canadian dollar is at a all time low verses the US dollar.
So I will donate $25.00 CDN to my favourite charity here in Windsor, Campanion Animals.
This organization take their pets into Senior centres and post -ops to help the recovery from heart surgery etc. There is a growing body of research that being around animals helps in the recovery and the daily well being of people.
It is a great gesture by Fred to donate a whistle of such quality for such a worthy and needed organization.
On 2002-02-10 09:38, DaleWisely wrote:
That’s right. Mike Falligant, at the Crisis Center, can take credit card payments over the phone. Works out well.
with no cost to access this wonderful whistle world resource, and in recognition of the incredible time commitment given by Dale & others to make this board work, I’m happy for the opportunity to kick in to any worthy cause designated by Dale
so, as for me, US$10(Canadian$8,995)would be mailed out as soon as the “raffle” is a go (with or without a Fred Rose Whistle).
While charging as much as possible for a ticket will ensure Dale raises heaps for charity, it would exclude those less affluent Chiff and Fipplers (particularly those from countries with poor exchange rates).
Sorry Dale, you’ll have to make a choice between making the raffle accessible to all or raising as much money as you can.
First, while I’m not going to try to exclude anyone, I’m not going to deliberately raise less money for a charity than I might by making the ticket prices lower to include more people. I’m sure you can understand.
Second, tell me what you have in mind for prices. That’s why I’m asking.
Champ, I think Dale is trying to balance making the raffle affordable to all with raising money. If he wants to raise, say, 500 dollars, it’s more realistic in a community this size to sell, say, 100 tickets at 5 dollars apiece than to sell 1000 tickets at 50 cents.
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