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Try to stop a fundraiser to help a family?
I'm still trying to forget about it, but I am so furious that I can't.
Been getting alot of donations for my friends memorial benefit. What had happened is I asked the local hotel/fine dining place for a gift certificate for dinner. They gave us a nights stay with dinner. Normally don't get that.
The woman who gave it to me decided to put in her two cents worth by informing me that we are costing the businesses that are donating money and that I do not understand the "give and take" aspect of fund raising. What????
She went on to tell me that we are going to get the husband in trouble with the IRS and we need to stop what we are doing and get her friend to help us instead. Huh?? She went on to tell me that we needed to be under a non-profit group to do this.
It got me so confused that I talked with a friend who works at the local bank, he talked to a lawyer that night. As long as the money goes into a fund set up for them there is no problem. Ran into another friend who was in charge of another fund raiser and she told me the same thing. Relief.
As for the "give and take" every item that has been donated has been written down as to what it is and which person or business donated it and a card will be made out and placed by that item.
What I just can't figure out and probably never will is why would someone be that cruel to try to stop a fund raiser.
I'm still trying to forget about it, but I am so furious that I can't.
Been getting alot of donations for my friends memorial benefit. What had happened is I asked the local hotel/fine dining place for a gift certificate for dinner. They gave us a nights stay with dinner. Normally don't get that.
The woman who gave it to me decided to put in her two cents worth by informing me that we are costing the businesses that are donating money and that I do not understand the "give and take" aspect of fund raising. What????
She went on to tell me that we are going to get the husband in trouble with the IRS and we need to stop what we are doing and get her friend to help us instead. Huh?? She went on to tell me that we needed to be under a non-profit group to do this.
It got me so confused that I talked with a friend who works at the local bank, he talked to a lawyer that night. As long as the money goes into a fund set up for them there is no problem. Ran into another friend who was in charge of another fund raiser and she told me the same thing. Relief.
As for the "give and take" every item that has been donated has been written down as to what it is and which person or business donated it and a card will be made out and placed by that item.
What I just can't figure out and probably never will is why would someone be that cruel to try to stop a fund raiser.