A lot of you have probably heard me babbling on about this Halloween haunt thing our neighborhood "Event Committee" is doing this year. We're talking a full size Haunt set up most likely in my front yard, mostly for the benefit of the neighborhood. We've done two other events so far that had a great turn out, but we pumped our own money into it so we're looking for HELP! We're starting from the ground up, every prop, scary noise, and the "maze" itself will have to be made, bought, or borrowed.
My question for you, the loving loyal members of TCS, is... are we a worthy enough "non-profit" organization to go around asking people if they'd like to sponsor us? Since all of it is coming out of the pockets of five people, and this event in particular could get quite expensive and time consuming, we'll need all the help we can get... so I'm pondering the thought of contacting local businesses and the like to see if they'll donate things for a couple nights' use.
It's a nice neighborhood of about 150 homes... so at least 300-400 people if you figure an average of *about* a 2.5 person occupancy, in most cases more. The neighbors have loved the things we've done so far... and Halloween is BIG around here (LOADS of trick-or-treaters). We plan to put out signs on the main road (four lane), and flyers on the bulletin boards in the nearby grocery stores. That should draw in several out-of-neighborhooders.
What do you think? Do we have the right to tout ourselves as a "non-profit" and ask for help from businesses???
My question for you, the loving loyal members of TCS, is... are we a worthy enough "non-profit" organization to go around asking people if they'd like to sponsor us? Since all of it is coming out of the pockets of five people, and this event in particular could get quite expensive and time consuming, we'll need all the help we can get... so I'm pondering the thought of contacting local businesses and the like to see if they'll donate things for a couple nights' use.
It's a nice neighborhood of about 150 homes... so at least 300-400 people if you figure an average of *about* a 2.5 person occupancy, in most cases more. The neighbors have loved the things we've done so far... and Halloween is BIG around here (LOADS of trick-or-treaters). We plan to put out signs on the main road (four lane), and flyers on the bulletin boards in the nearby grocery stores. That should draw in several out-of-neighborhooders.
What do you think? Do we have the right to tout ourselves as a "non-profit" and ask for help from businesses???
