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I don't know where you would find one but I think the large PD groups should share your thinking. Fundraising is essential and it is my opinion that we don't do it well at any level. We are charities, we can issue tax receipts, let's start trying to do something on an international scale. Bill At 09:06 AM 12/6/98 -0500, you wrote: >One member of the Board of the Northeast Ohio Parkinson's Foundation is >about to propose at our next meeting that we hire a professional fund raiser >and pay that individual a percentage of the funds so raised. The Northeast >Ohio regional group is an umbrella organization servicing all the PD support >groups in the 17 counties of northeast Ohio which includes the urban areas >of Cleveland, Akron, and Youngstown. It has not now, and has not for a long >time had any money in its treasury. It has no paid employees. >Has anybody had any experience with a professional fund raiser? Any >opinion? What is the normal percentage of raised funds paid to such an >individual? Any advice or comments would be appreciated, for I do not know >where I stand on this issue other than a vague negative attitude. > > > > __________ > > Sid Roberts 69/4 <[log in to unmask] > Youngstown, Ohio > >