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Originally Posted by eagreen
I agree. My * hopeful* idea for the upcoming year is that the MITs will still do the fund raiser but the "gift" that they give will be strongly recommended send will be to send the money raised to either SAI philanthropies or a philanthropy of their choice. That will give them experience running a fund raiser, dealing with the aftermath AND figuring out how to give a donation (which is more compicated for many organizations than I would have thought) I would like to set out guidelines for the gift, i agree that no one wants to participate in a fund raiser to buy sorority girls more stuff  In the future I think that a designation between the gift and the fund raiser would be good. We were told to fund raise for the gift, (which after all of the drama ended up being a measly clock and plaque) ad that is completely useless for training purposes. However, learning how to budget and chose a philanthropy for a fund raiser (if not a philanthropy, a concrete thing) might help teach them something.
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I think that you have really thought this through and have a great idea. In the end, the learning experience and the satisfaction of helping others is the most important part of fundraising/philanthropy not cheesy gifts that no one will care about in a year or two. I think you've learned your lesson from the pledge fiasco...mistakes were made on all sides. But, everyone makes mistakes...the key is to learn from them!