A
Reliable, Sustaining Stream….
Monthly
Donations
At the risk of sounding like your local Public TV or NPR outlet
during fundraising, we want to encourage you to do the FWC a HUGE favor by
becoming a monthly donor at whatever level feels comfortable to you. In a parallel to stream ecology, a steady, reliable flow of donations
every month (Our goal is $2500 a month) would make meeting our monthly expenses much, much easier and less stressful when unexpected costs pop up. While the donation stream flows nicely after we send out fundraising requests, you can appreciate how it might get a bit dry in the summer months. We are not asking you to contribute more than you already are (although if you could it would be wonderful ;-) ! ) - rather we are asking you to consider spreading your gift to FWC out over a full 12 months.
Currently we have only 9
(4) persons who are donating on a monthly basis of $10 or above. Our goal is to have at least 25 persons doing
so. If $10 a month is too much of a commitment
for you, please consider donating at a $4-$9 level. The following graphic represents where we are
as of June 2018. Anything you can do to
help us move that red bar upward will be most appreciated.
You can help swell our donation stream by taking the following easy steps to set up
your monthly donation: For those of you who do not wish to use our
online recurring donation option, please call Sheila and she will work with you to set up a
monthly donation through your own bank.
For those of you who are comfortable to use our secure, online
donation service to make your donation using a credit card via Pay Pal, here is
what you need to do:
1. First, open our Support Page and fill
in your first and last names and preferred email address in the fields marked
with a red asterisk (*) – these must be filled in to proceed
using this method.
2. Second, click in the field designated ‘Other
Amount’ and enter the amount that you wish to donate each month (Note: You do not need to add a dollar sign or
decimal point unless you wish to).
3. Third, click on the right hand (‘Monthly
Recurring’) button next to the ‘I want to make this donation…’ text.
4. Fourth, then click the ‘Submit’ button
and then a new Pay Pal page will open and you follow the prompts on that page
by providing the requested data, reviewing the data once you have entered it to
make sure it reflects what you wish to do, and then click to appropriate button
to complete the transaction.
It’s that simple and easy. You will receive a confirming email of thanks from Sheila and another
from Pay Pal confirming your first donation payment very soon after completing your data entry (usually within
minutes for high speed Internet connections). You will receive follow up emails from Pay
Pal every month to document each billing/donation.
On behalf of the FWC Board, please accept my sincere appreciation
for taking the time to consider this option and for those of you willing to
step up and become monthly donors, know that you will be sustaining FWC by becoming part of the gentle, reliable donations stream that we so earnestly desire.
Many thanks for your continuing support of the Friends Wilderness
Center.
Hayden Mathews
Web Administrator and Board Member
For the FWC Board
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