Has anyone thought of finding a more central location? I for one don't enjoy a two hour valley tour. Dennis Bartlett phone: 760-702-6643 Skype: dsbartlett Twitter: dsbartlett On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:41 PM, "Linda Samulski" <desertblossom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Oh I agree, we did have people coming from Indio and Coachella and Cat City. > If we could get some radio PR and have like a welcoming or new member > something that would be good if they would come. > There just doesn’t seem to be much motivation. > > From: desert-voice-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:desert-voice-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Bartlett > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 8:32 PM > To: desert-voice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: <desert-voice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [desert-voice] Re: Proposed fund raising goals > > Contrary to popular belief Palm Springs isn't the only community out here > We need to get out of that mindset and look at the unserved and under served > people in other communities. > > > Dennis Bartlett > > phone: 760-702-6643 > Skype: dsbartlett > Twitter: dsbartlett > > > On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:18 PM, "Linda Samulski" <desertblossom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Currently we have about $1300 more or less in our account thanks to Palm > Springs Lions, and a generous donor of our chapter. > At this time I wouldn’t feel comfortable asking PS Lions to give any more, > but the date festival idea is a really good one. > I’m not sure why the blind community doesn’t want to do something else in the > community besides Braille. Seems like you’d want to find your nich in the > community whether it’s volunteering, going to school, having fun or a hobby > or something. > As you incorporate in to the sighted community to do something with them, > sometimes it takes a little time for people to be comfortable. I remember > when I started going to an organization in S.D. it took almost a year for me > to make friends but I kept persisting. > I find here that most of the sighted community really doesn’t know about our > world but most want to know and have been nice or at least cordial. For those > who aren’t, I just go on my merry way. > > From: desert-voice-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:desert-voice-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Bartlett > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 8:08 PM > To: desert-voice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [desert-voice] Re: Proposed fund raising goals > > Some of these ideas like bake sales, yard sales etc. are good ideas but not > necessarily blind friendly enough to get membership participation. One idea > for next year is to get involved in the advanced sales of Date Festival > tickets. Many churches and other non profit organizations do this and we > would get a percentage of each ticket we sell. We all have friends and > neighbors that we could sell these tickets to. Lions clubs do not fund raise > although they do contribute to other organizations. Developing a proper > brochure and teams of people from each community to speak to their local > lions clubs would be a good start. Also, speaking to other service > organizations couldn't hurt. > We all have different contacts, and different resources in our communities > we just need to turn off the tv and get out and make things happen. > We need both blind and sighted members to make this all work. > > Thank you. > > > Dennis Bartlett > Email: dennis.bartlett1@xxxxxxxxx > Skype: dsbartlett > Twitter: dsbartlett > Phone: 760.702.6643 > > On Feb 18, 2013, at 7:47 PM, Melissa Roe <morningsong24@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello, > We have had lots of neat fund raising ideas, but none of them seemed to pan > out. > First of all, I was willing to donate time and goods for a bake sale, but > then there are the legalities of it all. You would need to get a permit to > sell baked goods on certain locations or you'd get a big fine or get in > trouble with the health department. We had also thought of doing a dance, > but the room we were going to rent didn't turn out to have what we were > looking for. It's sad that the membership is dwindling > , but we need to just move forward with what we have. > We have stepped out in faith, and participated in white cane safety day, and > have also even considered doing a car wash. Again, these have been pretty > wonderful ways of trying to raise money, but we need to get more people to > help participate. We've also been trying to merge with the Lion's club, so > they might be able to partner with us on some events. That would really be a > great help. We've done all we could in advertizing to the blind community out > here through the Braille Institute, and it looks like we've gotten as many > blind members from there as we could. I found out about CCB through a couple > friends of ours who used to live in the area, so I think it's really more of > a matter of stepping into the community and getting the word out. Besides, > most of the people who attend braille institute are not from this area. I'd > like to be able to get out more in the community. Not only should we be > raising money, but increasing the membership. The more we have, the more > talents we'll see. It will allow us to shine more, and I really believe that > could happen. I just need to see a few more people stepping up and > volunteering here, and I'm not just talking about Linda and Dennis. There are > other members of the group who can certainly come up with ideas and not just > say them, but do their part in helping make these ideas more of a reality. > I believe we just need to put our heads together. We can, and will succede, > but we have to go out there and give it our best shot first. > Take care, and I hope to see you guys at the meeting on Friday. > Be well and God bless, > Melissa Roe > > On Feb 18, 2013, at 7:24 PM, "Linda Samulski" <desertblossom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Those are great goals. > The acb convention will be held in Colombus Ohio this year. When we went in > 2010, no one had ever attended a convention and we had a driver through GDD. > Last year we had classes in session at the school so no one drove or went to > the convention. These are great gals, and we do need more members to be able > to participate. Just have to remember that we are at all different levels of > education and ability. > We had all kinds of ideas for fundraising but couldn’t get them off the > ground. > While president, I didn’t get the group to involved at a state level because > we have our own deep issues here in the valley and everyone was virtually new > to the CCB and their commitment to the organization. > I wense that you have a driving personality and hopefully we can move forward > become very strong like some of the other chapters and affiliates. > > From: desert-voice-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:desert-voice-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Bartlett > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 6:35 PM > To: desert-voice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [desert-voice] Proposed fund raising goals > > Here are a couple of fund raising goals I believe are achievable for our > organization. > > 1. Raise enough money to send two delegates from our chapter to the Fall > convention in San Diego Without having exact numbers, I believe the cost > would be around $1000.00. > 2. Sending two delegates to the national convention in 2014. I don't know > what the cost would be for this, but I will throw out a figure of around > $2500.00. > > I propose we form a fund raising committee to come up with proposals for how > we can achieve these goals, with all members participating in the fund > raising activities selected by this committee and voted on by the general > membership. > The goal here is to get membership participation, and for all of us to take > ownership of what this organization is to become. > We need to become more active in our communities to raise awareness of our > organization, and to educate the general public about visually impaired > persons. > Like I said in my previous post, two people can't do it all, but > collectively we can make a difference. > > Dennis Bartlett > Email: dennis.bartlett1@xxxxxxxxx > Skype: dsbartlett > Twitter: dsbartlett > Phone: 760.702.6643 > >