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The Web Women Giving Circle, a group of real-estate related professionals, is organizing a fund raiser for CARE, a charity organization.
CARE’s Mission
CARE tackles underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self-sufficient. Recognizing that women and children suffer disproportionately from poverty, CARE places special emphasis on working with women to create permanent social change. Women are at the heart of CARE’s community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.
Photo by Birte Thorsen
Committed to Raising $100K
As a group, our circle has committed to raising $100K this year for CARE. As part of this goal, we are creating an auction of real estate and business-related products and services online at eBay to raise money and we’d like your help. We need items to be donated for the auction. Members of the Giving Circle are donating coaching services, book proceeds, virtual assistant services, and other products to the cause. We are doing it because we believe in the cause and because it’s a great business decision!
Donating is a GREAT Business Decision
We ask our donors for several things. First, we ask for a donation. Then we ask them for a description of their product or service and photographs to support an ad on eBay. Then (and here’s the important part), we ask them to help us promote the auction by sending out word to all of their clients that the auction is happening. By doing this with each donor and with each member of our group, every donor gets exposure to an exponentially larger mailing list. This kind of advertising you cannot buy. It tells prospective clients not only what your product does, but that the people behind the product care about others. This type of marketing worked for Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, and it can work for you too.
Win-Win-Win
So, think about it. What can you offer us as your donation to this worthy cause? We will running auctions through the end of the year. So if you want to offer us multiple packages of your services, we are happy to accept them. If we have enough, we will space them out in the auction, so your product is listed continuously. Dig deep. This is a great cause. And this format offers us a unique opportunity to do good for others while also helping your business. It’s a win for CARE, it’s a win for your company, and it’s a win for the people who buy the products off the auction. What could be better?
We will list all of the contributors in various venues. We hope that you will be inspired….
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