Fundraising Discount Cards, How I Was Forced Into Action!
I was not at a point in my life where giving of my time was a priority. So as a board member I did a little to earn my keep, but I would be the first to say, “I did not make a difference”. Well low and behold, my youngest daughter decided that soccer was also “her thing”… The timing was perhaps by design, the previous board members had done a really good job, but I had heard that most of them were leaving and was concerned about the future of the soccer club with the remaining board members. So I stepped up, and somehow ended up being president of the organization (as well as a coach) anyways getting back to how I became involved with fundraising discount cards. One day the parent of one of my players approached me about cards we could sell to raise money, it had 4 national fast food chains on it and was 4 laminated paper cards attached together that folded like an accordion. I didn’t think much about it at the time but knew that our organization was really going to need a lot of fu …
Tags: Accordion, Board Member, Board Members, Coach, Discount Cards, Fast Food Chains, Fundraising, Good Job, Laminated Paper, Money, Organization, Paper Cards, Priority, Soccer Club, Youngest Daughter
