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So I am now a fundraising volunteer for MacMillan Cancer Support! We're currently trying to raise £450,000 for the local area.
Luckily, in the next week or two my town will be FLOODED with rich English and Americans going completely mad about golf. GOLF GOLF GOLF is all you hear about these days. It is a little distressing. Unless you happen to be trying to raise interest in golf-related fundraising events, in which case it sounds a little hopeful. On average, one group of four golfers taking part in one of these fundraisers make about £1000 between them. Getting even a couple of people interested would make a huge dent in the local appeal.
So, most of the day has been spent figuring out where rich golfers might be hanging out and trying to convince people to put up posters or have little stacks of leaflets about these things around. So far I have mostly been targeting a) pubs and b) golf shops, both of which I feel are good bets. There are a few places - a deli here, a cafe there - that are constantly covered in community posters, so I went in to one to ask if they'd like to display one.
"Yeah, sure!" The guy said "We put up just about everything. What's it for?"
All day I kept almost saying 'Cancer Research UK', and having to correct myself. So in this case, I wound up replying:
"Cancer -" And pausing. For slightly too long.
The guy behind me burst out laughing. "Fuck yeah, cancer!"
Whoops. But at least I got the poster up!
Luckily, in the next week or two my town will be FLOODED with rich English and Americans going completely mad about golf. GOLF GOLF GOLF is all you hear about these days. It is a little distressing. Unless you happen to be trying to raise interest in golf-related fundraising events, in which case it sounds a little hopeful. On average, one group of four golfers taking part in one of these fundraisers make about £1000 between them. Getting even a couple of people interested would make a huge dent in the local appeal.
So, most of the day has been spent figuring out where rich golfers might be hanging out and trying to convince people to put up posters or have little stacks of leaflets about these things around. So far I have mostly been targeting a) pubs and b) golf shops, both of which I feel are good bets. There are a few places - a deli here, a cafe there - that are constantly covered in community posters, so I went in to one to ask if they'd like to display one.
"Yeah, sure!" The guy said "We put up just about everything. What's it for?"
All day I kept almost saying 'Cancer Research UK', and having to correct myself. So in this case, I wound up replying:
"Cancer -" And pausing. For slightly too long.
The guy behind me burst out laughing. "Fuck yeah, cancer!"
Whoops. But at least I got the poster up!
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