Sid:
I overlooked the most obvious way to raise money for an umbrella: ask for
contributions from the members of the support groups you serve.
We house an organization similar to yours here at the Institute and that is
how they operate.
Carole Cassidy
-----Original Message-----
From: Sid Roberts [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 1998 6:07 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject: Professional fund raiser
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.
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Sid Roberts 69/4 <[log in to unmask] > Youngstown, Ohio
