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Below is a post that I had written in another thread but wanted to float the idea under its own thread in case some haven't seen it. The idea is to use this site as a collection point for those who would like to be part of a large effort on behalf of preserving historic land and/or structures.
.......I like the idea of this site becoming a force in preservation. While I understand that not everyone is capable or wants to give to EVERY cause, I feel that this site might be a place to set up an annual preservation cause, one in the East and one in the West, where people who want to and can, to contribute throughout the year.
For example, I held a somewhat low key fund raiser during the month of April on the forum to help purchase 16+ acres at Chancellorsville. I raised money for a month (April) and got $400! What the frustrating part of this was was that despite posting it on three different forums, I received 8 donations, more than half of those were from my unit, the SWB. Only about 3-4 members of any forum were able to give at that time. Does that mean it was a lean month or is there no interest in this? I don't know.
But maybe, by expanding the time of collection and having some of the leaders in the hobby to advocate raising the money (newsletters, flyers at events, etc.), maybe we could raise some serious money without asking for too much from too few people. You've heard this before from me, but even if people were able to give $5 a month, that would be $60 a year. $60 X the 2000 members on this forum alone would be $120,000!
Now of course, some can't give or just don't want to. That's fine. I suspect that some will give more than $5 a month toward this. Either way, we win.
I am willing to do this, collect the money and administer it. We would come up with some criteria for which organization/cause we would raise money for, possibly online voting here at the forum. That's easy enough.
Any interest??????
There seems to be some confusion with my post. I'm not advocating setting up an organization to compete with CWPT or any other existing organization. I wish to collect money FOR one of these organizations FROM the A/C membership. The idea is to use the size of the membership to raise as much money as possible FOR groups like CWPT, STFB, CBVT or Friends of Mansfield. The donor would receive the tax benefit for writing a check and should be more comfortable sending money to me if it is made out to a particular organization. Hope this clears the matter up.
I really would like the opinions of some of the preservation allies here (Matthew, Doug, et al) on the viability of this. I think reenactors can make a difference in raising money for preservation. I hope others do also.
CWPT Most Endangered Battlefields
Chancellorsville
Fort Donelson
Franklin
Glendale
"The Hell Hole" near Pickett's Mill (E)
Mansfield (E)
Morris Island
New Bern
South Mountain (E)
Wilson's Creek
(E) Authentic event held near/at location in 2004
.......I like the idea of this site becoming a force in preservation. While I understand that not everyone is capable or wants to give to EVERY cause, I feel that this site might be a place to set up an annual preservation cause, one in the East and one in the West, where people who want to and can, to contribute throughout the year.
For example, I held a somewhat low key fund raiser during the month of April on the forum to help purchase 16+ acres at Chancellorsville. I raised money for a month (April) and got $400! What the frustrating part of this was was that despite posting it on three different forums, I received 8 donations, more than half of those were from my unit, the SWB. Only about 3-4 members of any forum were able to give at that time. Does that mean it was a lean month or is there no interest in this? I don't know.
But maybe, by expanding the time of collection and having some of the leaders in the hobby to advocate raising the money (newsletters, flyers at events, etc.), maybe we could raise some serious money without asking for too much from too few people. You've heard this before from me, but even if people were able to give $5 a month, that would be $60 a year. $60 X the 2000 members on this forum alone would be $120,000!
Now of course, some can't give or just don't want to. That's fine. I suspect that some will give more than $5 a month toward this. Either way, we win.
I am willing to do this, collect the money and administer it. We would come up with some criteria for which organization/cause we would raise money for, possibly online voting here at the forum. That's easy enough.
Any interest??????
There seems to be some confusion with my post. I'm not advocating setting up an organization to compete with CWPT or any other existing organization. I wish to collect money FOR one of these organizations FROM the A/C membership. The idea is to use the size of the membership to raise as much money as possible FOR groups like CWPT, STFB, CBVT or Friends of Mansfield. The donor would receive the tax benefit for writing a check and should be more comfortable sending money to me if it is made out to a particular organization. Hope this clears the matter up.
I really would like the opinions of some of the preservation allies here (Matthew, Doug, et al) on the viability of this. I think reenactors can make a difference in raising money for preservation. I hope others do also.
CWPT Most Endangered Battlefields
Chancellorsville
Fort Donelson
Franklin
Glendale
"The Hell Hole" near Pickett's Mill (E)
Mansfield (E)
Morris Island
New Bern
South Mountain (E)
Wilson's Creek
(E) Authentic event held near/at location in 2004
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