Ok, Mom talked to JC and he said that the window of opportunity for tearing down the water tower is blocked until March because they can not tear it down during soccer season. Who knew that those thousands of van driving, gazebo toting soccer moms would come in handy for historic preservation? So, the way I figure it is we have at least a month and a half to get 3% of the population of Chandler to donate $10 to save the tower. Everyone should be feeling nice and happy about living in Chandler again now that they've captured the rapist. So, maybe we should try to start the three people thing. Like I'll ask 3 people to donate $10 and ask them to ask 3 people, etc. Except, I'm going to ask everyone who reads this blog to donate and ask 3 people, so it shouldn't take as long, unless of course only 3 people read this blog. This can really grow exponentially. Let's say maybe 9 people read this. If you ask 3 people, we're already at 27, if they each ask 3, we're at 81 and if they all ask 3, we're at 243, then 729. Add those up and in 4 rounds we're already at 1,089 and we only need a total of 10,000 to save the water tower. By the way, the next bump would be to 2,187 and a total of 3,276. We'd be a third of the way there. See how easy this is! Only $10 to save a piece of history so that future generations do not forget that one day, there were farms in Chandler Arizona. Cotton comes from fields that once filled the space where they live and play.
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You'd get more donations if you included information on where to send the money. Just a thought...
Teresa, that is a great thought.
Will you be the tresurer Mo?
I will definitely donate $10, but how did we find out we only need $10k? Also, did JC say that he wasn't locked into the contract, or just that it couldn't happen until March?
I want to find out answers to these questions so then I can call the reporter from the Republic and she can put in a story about our save the Tower campaign. That could really help.
Ok, one more comment. Steve had a great idea of setting up a paypal account.
Paypal is a good idea. I'll ask Kendra and Jason's family!
Good plan, Tess. I am a little slow at this fundraising and working mom thing.
Elise - I love Steve's paypal account idea. Btw, that's 10,000 people not $. We still need $100,000, that just seems like such an intimidating # to include in a blog. Also, the whole working mom thing. I do need to talk to JC, but I'm a little nervous. I'm going to send out a family e-mail today. Any assistance on the foundations of this thing are greatly appreciated.
I could definitely be the treasurer, but I'm not sure I can be treasurer, president, CEO, secretary, etc. I'm hugely looking for volunteers. Even phone call makers.
You should set up a website (you can even use blogger) where people can go to read about it and then there can be a link on the site to Paypal where they can make their donation. Then this website can be put in the newspapers and on flyers and on cards that you hand people. just a thought of course.
Mo, let me know what you need me to do. I might as well do something worth while as I just sit at home on the computer.
Can we just kick people who say to tear the thing down? I guess he or she is lucky I'm way up in Page!
thats it,who said to tear the blasted water tower down?!
I'll donate $20 - $10 for me and $10 for Merilee. Goooooooo water tower!
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