Oshkosh - Fundraising

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Brothers,

The Oshkosh Chapter has been working their butts off for the past 6 years, raising money for a new house. We are a young chapter, so our alumni base is small (173 total initiates now, including the 60 actives). Most of the money in our account has been raised by undergradutes throughout time, and the rest has been generously donated by alumni. As of today, we are at about 75% of our goal.

Our main fundraiser for the past 6 years has been working at Lambeau Field every GB Packer homegame. 10-12 guys drive up 6 hours before the game and cook all the food/drinks for the skyboxes and press boxes. This earns us about $4,000 a year.

This year the chapter has been working every Friday night, all day Sat. and all day Sun. at the WI Womens State Bowling Championship. This will earn us at minimum $7,000 at the end of May. (The guys love it, they get free food, drinks, tips and the women love the young 'frat guys'. They will also get a special thank you banquet at the end of the tourny).

Our next step is selling engraved bricks (similar to General) for our new house when we purchase it., to be placed in either a Walk-of-Fame or Patio. We will be targeting all of our alumni, all of our undergraduate parents, the sororities on campus, the General Fraternity AND other Beta Chapters.

We are considering a mailing to all Beta Chapters to see if they would like to purchase a brick. At a price of $100 for a 4x8 brick, or $150 for an 8x8 brick, do you think your chapter (or any chapter) would be interested in purchasing a brick, to send us on our way?

Yours in _kai_,