Launch Your Team’s
Friends for Cause Spare Change? Campaign
· Host a friends get-together. Invite family, friends, neighbors, coworkers. Everyone brings a dish (light snacks, finger foods, holiday punch) or make it an all out dinner event
· Gather facts on homeless veterans and veterans with posttraumatic stress or similar disorders (http://nchv.org/background.cfm is a good start)
· Select a good name for your team. Be sure that each friend uses this team name when forwarding to others or making donations to Wishing Well
· Have everyone on the team list at least ten friends with whom they will share the Campaign information
· Team members will email the campaign information to friends they listed
· Team members may also post campaign information on local bulletin boards
· Have occasional meetings or tele-meetings to build on your team’s progress
· Browse http://www.wishingwelloutreach.org/getinvolved.html for additional ideas
· Make it Fun!
Sample text for sending email or letters to others:
Dear Friend [or include friend’s name here]:
I've become a Wishing Well Friend for the Cause and I ask you to please join me and donate 50¢ or more. Simply log on to www.wishingwelloutreach.org, click the Donate Now button and give 50¢ or more. Join me in becoming one of 20 million friends to eradicate homelessness among our veterans. Please pass this on to at least 5 of your friends. Be sure to let them know you are on Team [insert team name here]. Thank you for standing with me. Our veterans deserve this goodness!
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