DJ Marcel_1
Located a Club, Planned a Charity night for My Girlfriend who's raising money for Breast Cancer, Night was Called "Save the Boobies"
Printed flyers, Took ads on KIJIJI, Facebook, and On College & local Radio for the event. We hit local malls with flyers, got donations from businesses to auction off and bought concert TIX for a hard rock band that was coming to town
Guess how many people showed to the pub?
2
That's right 2 whole people. I was dumbfounded, and my Girlfriend was in tears.
What a difference a year makes, last year when we did something like this we raised close to 3000.00
LOt of effort right down the drain.
Printed flyers, Took ads on KIJIJI, Facebook, and On College & local Radio for the event. We hit local malls with flyers, got donations from businesses to auction off and bought concert TIX for a hard rock band that was coming to town
Guess how many people showed to the pub?
2
That's right 2 whole people. I was dumbfounded, and my Girlfriend was in tears.
What a difference a year makes, last year when we did something like this we raised close to 3000.00
LOt of effort right down the drain.
Posté Sun 07 Mar 10 @ 2:15 pm
CRashster
Hard to believe that no one wants to save boobies. Sorry that you had a bad turnout.
Posté Sun 07 Mar 10 @ 2:49 pm
Caliente123
That really stinks.. I know what its like to put alot of affort into something and things dont go like expected. If i were you, i would do it again but try a different strategy. Dont give up.. Have faith.. DJ Caliente NYC
Posté Sun 07 Mar 10 @ 3:10 pm
hippydog
thats harsh man.. :-(
I wonder what happened?? a timing thing perhaps? too much good weather lately? .
I wonder what happened?? a timing thing perhaps? too much good weather lately? .
Posté Sun 07 Mar 10 @ 4:45 pm
DJ Marcel_1
Not entirely sure what the problem was. I don;t have a team of market annalists at my disposal. I wish I did then I could have figured out what the hell happened.
On a positive note I booked another wedding today.
On a positive note I booked another wedding today.
Posté Sun 07 Mar 10 @ 10:44 pm
JoeyKJ
Wow, sorry to hear that, maybe on a holiday would be better timing for you next time.
Joey....
Joey....
Posté Sun 07 Mar 10 @ 10:48 pm
mp3jrick
I am involved with several of these kinds of events.
They are all down and mostly because of the economy.
People don't have as much expendable income anymore, so donating is effected naturally.
On a more different note, the Title of the event might not have been taken seriously.
"Save the boobies" categorically does not lend a whole lot towards saving lives, and lives not boobies is what these drives are about.
Most women don't give two shits about losing a breast if it means they are going to survive.
People are very cautious about the organizations they donate to these days, there is a lot of fraud running around unchecked.
Some of these parent organizations like The United Way have execs making tripple digits.
67% of the 1.x billion donated to Haiti has yet to be delivered to those people.
The Red Cross decides where the donated money goes regardless of what their earmarked campaign says ie: Haiti Relief Fund etc...
So don't take it to much to heart, I commend your desire to help.
I would suggest getting behind a bigger organization for the best results.
American Cancer Society is one I do several for, and PMC Pan Mass Challenge is a bike a thon that also has grown to a large force.
Check your local area for the bigger associations, they are always looking for dj help and I am sure your help will be appreciated.
And, in case nobody at your event said thanks, thanks for the effort.
Rick
They are all down and mostly because of the economy.
People don't have as much expendable income anymore, so donating is effected naturally.
On a more different note, the Title of the event might not have been taken seriously.
"Save the boobies" categorically does not lend a whole lot towards saving lives, and lives not boobies is what these drives are about.
Most women don't give two shits about losing a breast if it means they are going to survive.
People are very cautious about the organizations they donate to these days, there is a lot of fraud running around unchecked.
Some of these parent organizations like The United Way have execs making tripple digits.
67% of the 1.x billion donated to Haiti has yet to be delivered to those people.
The Red Cross decides where the donated money goes regardless of what their earmarked campaign says ie: Haiti Relief Fund etc...
So don't take it to much to heart, I commend your desire to help.
I would suggest getting behind a bigger organization for the best results.
American Cancer Society is one I do several for, and PMC Pan Mass Challenge is a bike a thon that also has grown to a large force.
Check your local area for the bigger associations, they are always looking for dj help and I am sure your help will be appreciated.
And, in case nobody at your event said thanks, thanks for the effort.
Rick
Posté Mon 08 Mar 10 @ 6:13 am
dj-e-lectric
That sucks, especially on a Saturday night you would think they would stop by for at least one drink and check it out. How well did you check out the reputation of the club and it's owner and reputation? It may have been as simple as nobody likes the place. I have run across clubs like that where no matter what you do NOBODY will show for NOTHING except their 5 or 10 grumpy regulars.....I am sure the organization applauded your efforts even if the populace didn't.
Not to change the subject, but Rick I read a lot of your posts, and there seems to be a lot of genuinely nice people on this forum, but I got to say you really sound like one of the most decent, genuine, positive people who really gets what life in general is all about inside and outside our chosen career field. You are always one of the first with compliments and encouragement to others efforts and also one of the first and most level headed when it comes to helping user problems weather they have a simple, complex or even seemingly silly problem and I just want to say thanks....we need more of that attitude especially in these trying times
Not to change the subject, but Rick I read a lot of your posts, and there seems to be a lot of genuinely nice people on this forum, but I got to say you really sound like one of the most decent, genuine, positive people who really gets what life in general is all about inside and outside our chosen career field. You are always one of the first with compliments and encouragement to others efforts and also one of the first and most level headed when it comes to helping user problems weather they have a simple, complex or even seemingly silly problem and I just want to say thanks....we need more of that attitude especially in these trying times
Posté Mon 08 Mar 10 @ 6:38 am
mp3jrick
Well thanks for the kind words James, its driven by the desire to pay back by helping others.
I've had a lot of help over the years.
And "over the years" you learn things about people, you know because you did the years also.
I feel Marcel's agony of defeat, it crushes people who volunteer and that's just wrong.
Encouragement is the only thing that will fix that, just don't give up Marcel.
I've had a lot of help over the years.
And "over the years" you learn things about people, you know because you did the years also.
I feel Marcel's agony of defeat, it crushes people who volunteer and that's just wrong.
Encouragement is the only thing that will fix that, just don't give up Marcel.
Posté Mon 08 Mar 10 @ 7:51 am
DJ Marcel_1
Actually I do get one or two requests from charities over the course of a year. I only consider the registered charities, and then I don;t charge any money to them per se, I "charge" a tax receipt for the amount I would have charged them.
Thanks for the encouragement Rick, Y'know I don't know if anybody mentioned thanking me and my GF for any effort , or event trying. I think you're the first.
And you are correct about all the money in charities not always ending up where it belongs. I'm not sure how much of the money we raised last year or even this year will go to strictly breast cancer research/treatment etc, but From a guy's point of view, It make the GF happy so I make the effort.
Thanks for the encouragement Rick, Y'know I don't know if anybody mentioned thanking me and my GF for any effort , or event trying. I think you're the first.
And you are correct about all the money in charities not always ending up where it belongs. I'm not sure how much of the money we raised last year or even this year will go to strictly breast cancer research/treatment etc, but From a guy's point of view, It make the GF happy so I make the effort.
Posté Mon 08 Mar 10 @ 8:16 am
studio70554
Support is always good. Knowing you did your part and stood by your lady's side is priceless. We still know that your the man Dj Marcel!
Posté Mon 08 Mar 10 @ 10:18 am
Double O
mp3jrick wrote :
On a more different note, the Title of the event might not have been taken seriously.
"Save the boobies" categorically does not lend a whole lot towards saving lives, and lives not boobies is what these drives are about.
Most women don't give two shits about losing a breast if it means they are going to survive.
People are very cautious about the organizations they donate to these days, there is a lot of fraud running around unchecked.
"Save the boobies" categorically does not lend a whole lot towards saving lives, and lives not boobies is what these drives are about.
Most women don't give two shits about losing a breast if it means they are going to survive.
People are very cautious about the organizations they donate to these days, there is a lot of fraud running around unchecked.
I think mp3jrick identified the main reason why your charity endeavor did not receive a large turn out. The charity title probably was not taken seriously. Next time, your girlfriend and you should focus more on marketing. Ask for help from family members and friends who are willing to support such an endeavor. From the title, it appears that you were targeting a younger crowd. Did you ask any of the students at the college that you mentioned about your charity title, location of the event, etc…? I would have gotten a booth on campus with the slogan title displayed and asked for opinions from students about the idea.
Hopefully, your next charity endeavor is more successful. Furthermore, I applaud your effort!
Double O
Posté Mon 08 Mar 10 @ 10:27 am
jakeintox
It also helps to collect donations from local businesses and use these items to hold raffles or have door prizes. In my experience people are more likely to show if they think they can leave with something.
Posté Mon 08 Mar 10 @ 5:00 pm
DJ Marcel_1
@ Double O and Rick,
We did the exact style of event last year and called the same thing, Different Location. Unfortunatly the manager from that location moved on and New Management was not interested in doing another Fundraiser there. In Fact they completely cut that out of their business plan.
I don't know if the title Was the problem, Yes it's cheeky, but not offensive.
I've been thinking about it and I believe the problem was LOCATION.
But be that as it may, Lesson learned, and I will have to invest in better advertising for any future events or charity gigs I do or organize.
We did the exact style of event last year and called the same thing, Different Location. Unfortunatly the manager from that location moved on and New Management was not interested in doing another Fundraiser there. In Fact they completely cut that out of their business plan.
I don't know if the title Was the problem, Yes it's cheeky, but not offensive.
I've been thinking about it and I believe the problem was LOCATION.
But be that as it may, Lesson learned, and I will have to invest in better advertising for any future events or charity gigs I do or organize.
Posté Mon 08 Mar 10 @ 5:10 pm