This weekend i went around to local stores and businesses in an attempt to convince people to donate money to my fraternity's charity softball tournament, the APD Fall Classic. This event is going to be taking place on October 4th, 2008 at the softball field on Stony Brook University campus.
The majority of the proceeds are going to be donated to the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation. For more information on the charity click here.
Seeing as how we have already roped in several important sposnors, like PepsiCo, Collegiate Greek and Dunkin Donuts, we thought that a lot of the smaller business would be willing to help out. However, this wasnt the case. Many of them were unable to make a solid donation because they "need to check with their supervisors." This entertained me quite a bit because all of the people we spoke to were the manager(s) of their respective shops.
At the end of the day, all we had donated to us was $50.00 and a bottle of wine (which we drank). Even though we didnt make a lot of $ for the event, we were able to get the word out and i feel that people will respond to our efforts and come support us when we host the event in 12 days.
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