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dave_xb12r

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For those of you that don't know, Buell will be closing its factory doors between November 2nd and January 4th leaving the workers with only health benefits and 8 days holiday pay.

I'd like to propose that we make a donation fund to help out the out of work Buell factory workers. BadWeb is also doing a collection, so I thought maybe we could do a friendly competition between forums to raise money. I don't have the details worked out yet, but before I put much effort into it, would anyone be interested in donating?
 
Great! I've called Buell, and I have a contact that will help us. She suggested that we somehow do grocery gift cards. I know there are around 50 employees in need of help. Does anyone have any ideas on how we can gather funds? I've never done this type of thing before. Once we get this going, I'll make a flier and send it out to as many dealerships as I can to raise money. Maybe everyone can take the flier to their dealership.
 
well if gift cards are the solution, then I suggest going to your local grocery store and asking for donations or just get your own card and send it over. I did something similar to that when I was doing a civics project in college.
 
I'm in. So are we sending the Gift Cards to you Dave?



BadWeb is also doing a collection, so I thought maybe we could do a friendly competition between forums to raise money.
Also, how about doing the friendly competition with BuelletinBoard instead of Badweb. A much better forum to deal with than Badweb.
 
If I recall there was a PayPal or something similar that did a non-profit donation collection without fees. I would be down for $20 or something.

Also some grocery stores match, so it would be like 2 for one on a charity. Keep me posted, Dave.
 
there is a website called chip in http://www.chipin.com/
You can raise money online for just about anything. It allows you to link to facebook, myspace, ect. It tracks how much you have raised, and you can even set a goal.
I volunteer for a rescue and have used it several times to raise money for medical costs of injured/abused dogs we have taken in.

I am also in for making a donation BTW. I love Buell, but could they have made a worse time to do this? Over the holidays? maybe you could do toysrus gift cards as well for gifts?

You could always get as many monetary donations as possible then buy the gift cards with them. I think you would get more donations that way. People could pitch in $1 or $1000.
 
Jornum1 that sounds like a good idea!
We all should have a facebook group also to link up with everyone on here![up]
 
Jimmydean mentioned something great, some grocery stores match, maybe we could look into this. Does anyone know what major grocery store chains there are in the WI area?
 
With HD "cutting loose" more than 180 Buell employees, I'm more interested in this than ever. Got an email contact or other that we can talk to so we can get the ball rolling? Or have you already got one in hand Dave.
 
Hell yes.For all the pleasure this Bolt gives me.Please lets roll with something.Thanks Stevenc150.:D:D:D
 
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