Ferndale Rotary President Thanks Supporters for Donating to Annual Steak & Lobster Fundraiser
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Simply put, if it wasn’t for faithful supporters like you, we wouldn’t exist. So thank you for supplying the donations that generate the funds that we need. Your support really makes a difference in the lives of people in our small community.
I have a tune running through my mind as I am writing this thank-you letter to you, (on the radio earlier): “Thank God For You” by Sawyer Brown
I got to thank mama for the cookin’
Daddy for the whuppin’
The Devil for the trouble that I get into
I got to give credit when credit is due
I thank the bank for the money & I
Thank God for you.So, thank you once again for your donation to our annual Steak & Lobster Fundraiser. It means the world to us!
With gratitude,
Laura Olson
Ferndale Rotary President
2017-2018
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Furniture Design Center Gingerbread Mansion Glenn Martella Golden Gate Mercantile Grocery Outlet Harper Motors Hats & More! Helen Hous of Mary Kay Hummel Tire InLight Fitness, LLC. Iris Mendes Jack Crlenjak Jack Hurst Trucking Jitter Bean Coffe Co. Joan Katri Kohl’s Kristy Bess Laura Rose of Ferndale Arts Gallery Le Art Endeavor Leon Porter of Ferndale Arts Gallery Leonard Lund Loleta Cheese Main Street Barkery & Bath MCI Construction Melanie Kasek of Ferndale Arts Gallery Mind’s Eye Mission Linen
Myrtletown Liquors & John’s Fine Cigars Nilsen’s Feed Company One Blessed Acre Farm Organic Valley Palco Pharmacy Pat Cahill of Ferndale Arts Gallery Pearly Gait Peggy Dickenson of Ferndale Arts Gallery Pierson Building Center Pierson Building Company PPG Architectural Coating Rachel & Mark Williams Red Front Redeye Labratories Redwood Empire Reynold’s RV Repair Ridge Top Café Ring’s Pharmacy
Rosalinda Brainard of Ferndale Arts Gallery RREDC & City of Ferndale Rumiano Cheese Company Salmon Run Golf Course Schmidbauer Building Supply Sequoia Gas Shafer’s Ace Hardware Shamsi Pickers Sport & Cycle Swift Creek Taxidermy The Blacksmith Shop The Old Steeple Tom Bess Paving and Gravel Tom Renner Tri Counties Bank Valley Lumber & Millwork Vargas Fabrication Repair West Coast Glass Madness
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Takes a village to raise money! Way to go, Ferndale!
How many of those donations/businesses are members of ROTARY? It is a clever way of free advertising…
5 out of the 91 amazing Donors – Ed Voice are actually members of Ferndale Rotary club, so no intentions of free advertising here, Just a positive BIG Thank You to All! HUGS
Ed, nothing wrong with them, not being members & receiving some exposure for helping out a group, asking for help. It’s a completely legal tax deduction. Not everything is a conspiracy! Get outside more, your looking pale. Take care love!
So none of them are Rotary members? Who said anything about a “conspiracy”; I believe that was you…
What? It’s not surprising to assume you have an angle of some sort.
Soooo Ed, why does it matter if they are or not members?
Are only members allowed to support their cause?
Is it not safe to assume, you are implying something wrong, about members asking local businesses, to help support their cause, in exchange for a lil exposure?
Like, I said, cough cough. It’s perfectly legal for a business to donate & deduct this kind of contribution & receive exposure, whether they are a members of the organization or not.
Ed,
Businesses commonly donate to non-profits. And, in turn, the non-profits commonly write letters to the editor and thank the donors.
As a fundraiser, I’ve written several similar thank you letters myself.
Yes, the businesses get goodwill for their donations. And, I cheerfully let myself be used as an avenue to say thank you.
Should any other non-profit want to say thank you to their donors and let the community know how supportive many local businesses are, I will gladly print their letters.
5 of the 91 Donors are Ferndale Rotary Club members Ed to answer your question. No intentions of stirring the pot or any intentions of free advertising. Just a positive …Big thank you to all of our amazing Donors! Truly thankful in Ferndale!
Thank you