by TheCollector » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:46 am
KevinTRod wrote:My question is how long in advance should I write these letters. Does it notmally take months to get a reply, or are they normally very good at responding pretty quickly. I ask this because my church is going to do an annual fundraising event for overseas misinary work (helping build homes, bringing food for hungry children, etc...), and I was wondering whether or not I need to start writing letters now or wait a little bit longer first (the fundraising event will take place sometime between April and June of next year). Thanks for the advice.
Hi KevinTRod
My advice is to start now!!! Some will respond quite quickly, and on the whole I have been very lucky with speed, but some have taken up to 6 months!!!!
To illustrate this, I begain collecting in March based on the auction being in September. In reality we have decided to postpone the auction until Novermber/December as we are still getting some good responses.
It really is never to early to start collecting for an auction as you may well have to approach some celebs more than once to get a positive result.
Good luck, and if you need any more advice or help please let me know.
Ian
[quote="KevinTRod"]My question is how long in advance should I write these letters. Does it notmally take months to get a reply, or are they normally very good at responding pretty quickly. I ask this because my church is going to do an annual fundraising event for overseas misinary work (helping build homes, bringing food for hungry children, etc...), and I was wondering whether or not I need to start writing letters now or wait a little bit longer first (the fundraising event will take place sometime between April and June of next year). Thanks for the advice.[/quote]
Hi KevinTRod {up}
My advice is to start now!!! Some will respond quite quickly, and on the whole I have been very lucky with speed, but some have taken up to 6 months!!!!
To illustrate this, I begain collecting in March based on the auction being in September. In reality we have decided to postpone the auction until Novermber/December as we are still getting some good responses.
It really is never to early to start collecting for an auction as you may well have to approach some celebs more than once to get a positive result.
Good luck, and if you need any more advice or help please let me know.
Ian :mrgreen: