Guest guest Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 You can hold benefits, have sport tournaments, etc. I know a family whose husband's employer held a bi-annual golf tournament that raised enough money to keep the child in a very expensive private clinic for years. As far as a raffle goes, I think that is kind of iffy. Usually it is required that they are supervised by an entity like an accounting firm. I would suggest that you have your church conduct the raffle, that way there is no question as to its legitimacy. Best of luck to you! Aliza ....the test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members. -Pearl S. Buck Important Question I'm going to ask a really stupid question here. I have several local families who would like to hold a raffle for a trip to Cancun and numerous other items in order to help us with funding an educational program to benefit my grandchild. I told them I did not think we could do that because it was not a non-profit organization and it would only benefit one child directly - Does anyone know the rules for that? I know I can raffle off a house if I am the seller???? Basically the question is this - How can a family raise funds legally other than by gift? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 I like Aliza's idea of asking your church to do this. I think you might get into trouble with a raffle you handled personally because of a workshop I went to a couple of years ago on non-profit law. They (http://www.texascbar.org) said a non-profit has to be in existence for 3 years before they can hold a raffle. Granted you're not a non-profit though. There might also be some tax consequences so check with an accountant. Tonya Important Question I'm going to ask a really stupid question here. I have several local families who would like to hold a raffle for a trip to Cancun and numerous other items in order to help us with funding an educational program to benefit my grandchild. I told them I did not think we could do that because it was not a non-profit organization and it would only benefit one child directly - Does anyone know the rules for that? I know I can raffle off a house if I am the seller???? Basically the question is this - How can a family raise funds legally other than by gift? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 I know a family that organized a 5K race to raise money for their son's medical bills when he broke his neck and was paralyzed from the neck down. I believe they did it through a place called Run On in east Dallas. Re: Important Question You can hold benefits, have sport tournaments, etc. I know a family whose husband's employer held a bi-annual golf tournament that raised enough money to keep the child in a very expensive private clinic for years. As far as a raffle goes, I think that is kind of iffy. Usually it is required that they are supervised by an entity like an accounting firm. I would suggest that you have your church conduct the raffle, that way there is no question as to its legitimacy. Best of luck to you! Aliza ...the test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members. -Pearl S. Buck Important Question I'm going to ask a really stupid question here. I have several local families who would like to hold a raffle for a trip to Cancun and numerous other items in order to help us with funding an educational program to benefit my grandchild. I told them I did not think we could do that because it was not a non-profit organization and it would only benefit one child directly - Does anyone know the rules for that? I know I can raffle off a house if I am the seller???? Basically the question is this - How can a family raise funds legally other than by gift? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Most likely it won't help going back on Sertraline. It seems to be the worst kind among SSRIs. I tried going back on that drug to see if I can regain my sexual function, but it made it marginally worse for the time I was on it. I stopped it for fear of making it worse and my condition quickly got back to normal PSSD (pre reinstatement). Also, there's a german group for PSSD started by some members here. Look for old messages on this group. You might find it more helpful. Subject: important questionTo: SSRIsex Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 4:27 PM hi i'm from germany, i had taken cipralex and trevilor i changed because of sexual disfunction long time ago to moclobemid (sexual disfunction where lost), after moclobemid i hadn't take any antidepressive drug for a while (sex was good)...then my doctor gave me citalopram (i become sexual disfunction again) than he changed to sertralin and said perhaps it's getting better (also sexual disfunction) i drank a lot of alcohol and my weight increased 15kg...in this time i had a few women, and also sex with them (but no orgasm) then i had get a girlfriend and so i had to stop with this drug...i have wondered why the sex is not so good as with my old girlfriend (4 years relationship) and thought it was because i don't stay to her like to my old relationship (was my first love)...now im single for about 2-3 months and not thought about anything (i mean sexual disfunction) but i regocnized that i'm not getting as quick an orgasm than before citalopram and trevilor and also i don't feel the same by masturbation then before, anything is lost...i google if sexual disfunction can stay after taking this drugs and found pssd at first i don't believe and were scared that i persuade myself the pssd but now i believe i have really pssd :/ i tried to remeber how i set down sertralin but i don't remember (like so often) but i belive i had set down to quick because i wanted to have good sex with my girl...now thinking about takin sertralin again and than slowly set down again do you think that's a good idea? apropos my doctor wanted after set off sertralin to take elontril but i have sweared never taking any psychogen drug, fuck of this shit i whis i had never taken that i also had taken over the complete time betablockers! sorry for my bad english! hope you can help me a little, my brain is at this time full of pain and fury want to smash my doctor down, he don't know what he had done... greetz semicon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 i felt the same when i took them i felt a dizzy feeling.. i lost my whole aniexty, love and emotions, i just dont really care what happens now.. i try to live normal as possible, My day used to be ruled by phantasies, dreams, love. Now i m a product full of hate > > Okay everyone. I am reading over the thread that I just posted on the other thread, about SSRI's destroying marriages (and love). > > Here it is again, started in 2007 and now with over 14,00 replies: > > http://www.topix.com/forum/drug/effexor/TQ4I2UR28DFD3N759 > > > Now, reading just a small bit of the posts on that thread it seems that all these people have significant others who go on SSRI's and then lose their real selves however they all insist that they are fine and that this is their real self, they don't even miss their former identities. > > So how about everyone here? When you were on SSRI's/SNRI's did you feel this was your 'authentic self?' > > I had a great time in the few months that I took them, but I knew this wasn't my true self. I felt a little bit drunk and in a dream all the time. Also, since I was no longer depressed l actually became more interested in things outside of myself, such as Bulfinch's Mythology and geography. I was very ambitious during this time because it felt like a break and I knew that it was a temporary thing. > > But after realizing what the cost was, after quitting, I have never really recovered (emotionally) and I have never considered taking them again. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 I never feel like my real self after only two weeks of lexapro back in january. I'll tell people that think they still know me that kevin is already gone. It is sickening to me. What is really hard is having to remind myself that my mind can't handle anything the way it once did. Alcohol and cigarettes are a complete no no. And love and emotions are just a thing of distant dreams. Some things are still somewhat enjoyable though. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 These are such amazingly elegantly written posts and they really sruck home with me. When I first took Paxil it was amazing. After a few hours everything slowed down and the world became so beautiful. I was at work and all I could hear was this amazing symphony. As I approached a diesal engine I realised it was the engine ticking over that was making this very beautiful sound. I was so in awe of the beauty of eveything. I went shopping in the evening and the world was so lovely. I went into this record shop which had done up to be retro 50's and I couldn't believe how amazing it was - it was so surreal. I bought a Bob Marley record even though I hate reggae and I couldn't stop playing it. I thought what the hell, I will just stay on these drugs forever, and this is okay for me because I can't help this, so I ought to just give in to it. But I was just stoned by these medicines. Eveything was fabulous for about two weeks and then it stopped being so good. I have never taken exctasy and yet I felt nothing could be better than this. I hoped the drugs would work again and kept taking them because I had been told they take a few weeks to start working. But I became more and more messed up by them. After 4 months my sex drive was gone forever. What a stupid thing I did, believing in the power of these unbelivably unatural medicnes. Kaivey > > > > Okay everyone. I am reading over the thread that I just posted on the other thread, about SSRI's destroying marriages (and love). > > > > Here it is again, started in 2007 and now with over 14,00 replies: > > > > http://www.topix.com/forum/drug/effexor/TQ4I2UR28DFD3N759 > > > > > > Now, reading just a small bit of the posts on that thread it seems that all these people have significant others who go on SSRI's and then lose their real selves however they all insist that they are fine and that this is their real self, they don't even miss their former identities. > > > > So how about everyone here? When you were on SSRI's/SNRI's did you feel this was your 'authentic self?' > > > > I had a great time in the few months that I took them, but I knew this wasn't my true self. I felt a little bit drunk and in a dream all the time. Also, since I was no longer depressed l actually became more interested in things outside of myself, such as Bulfinch's Mythology and geography. I was very ambitious during this time because it felt like a break and I knew that it was a temporary thing. > > > > But after realizing what the cost was, after quitting, I have never really recovered (emotionally) and I have never considered taking them again. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 This kind of shit scares me, I feel like needle in a hay stack, I want to know what the fuck I should feel again. I want to be on the same page as everyone before we all slide off this earth for good. I want to be me again as a kid in college thinking about fantasies and the future. I think I'm at a stage where I'm too scared to be angry and then when I become more bold and face my circumstance I just feel anger. I want this to go away, I want my world to be perfect again. I feel like today I have countless other problems beating down on me and I become extremely confused. I feel like I'm loosing parts of me in the confusion. Somedays I'll see something that takes me back to my childhood or some good days I had in the past and I feel separated from it in a way that makes me uneasy and depressed. I feel this cloud, it all seems so impossibly far away. I can just remember how amazing it was, how I wouldn't change anything about my childhood. I wish my mom would still wake me up in the morning, wearing her 90's gear and perfume, and carry me to the car to take to my grandmothers house where I could be anyone or anything I wanted to be, just a kid. I want this to stop. I want to go on living for me again. I want to stop this thought process. I don't want to see it all slip away. I don't want to know so many things. I want to be like everyone else again, confused and looking for answers in someone's pants. > > I never feel like my real self after only two weeks of lexapro back in january. I'll tell people that think they still know me that kevin is already gone. It is sickening to me. What is really hard is having to remind myself that my mind can't handle anything the way it once did. Alcohol and cigarettes are a complete no no. And love and emotions are just a thing of distant dreams. Some things are still somewhat enjoyable though. > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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