Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 I know it's a litte early to be thinking of the AJAO Conference in July, but I need to plan ahead. Does anyone have any good ideas on finicial help other than the AF?? We just recieved a letter asking Kendra to go to DC to the kids summit in Feb. They will help in getting her there. So i was afraid that if they helped with that we wouldn't get help for the conference. Well i was told that they usually only help a family once and then usually don't help that family for a few yrs. I was really hoping to get some help. Kendra is persisant on going!! so i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?! We are saving all the loose change, laundry change, and collecting cans to recycle. As of today they(the girls) have collected $130. not bad, but it's going to take A LOT of cans!! any suggestions would be appriciated!! Jill & Kendra 11 jra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Hi, Not sure if this would work, but you might have Kendra write a really nice letter stating things like her age, her circumstances, where she was going, why, what she hoped to learn from the conference, why it would be beneficial for her to attend, etc. and send the letter to some big corporations asking them to help her in the form of a donation. She could ask for a small to moderate amount and hit a bunch of corporations, particularly those companies that in some way cater to arthritis patients (drug companies and others). I had friends in college do this and raise enough money to fund their trips abroad, and they didn't have a disease they were trying to conquer!! Good luck!! Alice (Dagny 7 poly) conference funding I know it's a litte early to be thinking of the AJAO Conference in July, but I need to plan ahead. Does anyone have any good ideas on finicial help other than the AF?? We just recieved a letter asking Kendra to go to DC to the kids summit in Feb. They will help in getting her there. So i was afraid that if they helped with that we wouldn't get help for the conference. Well i was told that they usually only help a family once and then usually don't help that family for a few yrs. I was really hoping to get some help. Kendra is persisant on going!! so i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?! We are saving all the loose change, laundry change, and collecting cans to recycle. As of today they(the girls) have collected $130. not bad, but it's going to take A LOT of cans!! any suggestions would be appriciated!! Jill & Kendra 11 jra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Jill My family and I got a permit from our county and set up a road block on a Sunday morning. We earned over $1000 ! We gave it to what was then FACES (for kids with arthritis), now is AJAO-KY, to fund families to go to AJAO. It was a great day and we raised awareness that kids get arthritis too! We had signs up and everything and decorated buckets. We found that people were very generous! and Rob 17 Spondy On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:43:39 -0000 " jahutslar " <shutslar@...> writes: I know it's a litte early to be thinking of the AJAO Conference in July, but I need to plan ahead. Does anyone have any good ideas on finicial help other than the AF?? We just recieved a letter asking Kendra to go to DC to the kids summit in Feb. They will help in getting her there. So i was afraid that if they helped with that we wouldn't get help for the conference. Well i was told that they usually only help a family once and then usually don't help that family for a few yrs. I was really hoping to get some help. Kendra is persisant on going!! so i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?! We are saving all the loose change, laundry change, and collecting cans to recycle. As of today they(the girls) have collected $130. not bad, but it's going to take A LOT of cans!! any suggestions would be appriciated!! Jill & Kendra 11 jra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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