David Costine of the Edenvale Round Table writes:
My name is David Costine and I am part of an organisation called Round Table. This year I have been placed in charge of fund raising.
Round Table is a global organisation and in the Gauteng area we have played a major role in combating poverty within the local communities. We have successfully run many projects including the famous Midrand Bedrace, started child-line, and we were pioneers in the Shaveathon project with Cansa. All the members of Round Table have full time jobs and we do this in our spare time.
Over the years it has become more and more difficult to raise funds within the community. With so many other organizations now willing to lend a hand, the public have become over whelmed with the amount of projects on the go. We have come up with a unique way that has not been done in the community. This year we are going to host a games evening, very similar to a casino night. People will be able to play different games on the evening, and score points, at the end of the evening they will be able to use these points to buy prizes that we have in the shop.
The biggest problem is not getting the people to come to a function like this, our biggest problem that we face at the moment is getting enough prizes to hold a function like this.
We are approaching companies to ask them for prizes. It could be anything to branded items for the company like pens and T-Shirts, Gift Vouchers, hampers, or products from the company. We are not looking for any cash donations of any kind.
All the prizes would be used on the evening. We are trying to get enough prizes so that no-one goes home empty handed. It is always nice to go home with something, no matter how small it is.
We would be more than happy to arrange to collect any prizes, and on the evening we would advertise the company by announcing the sponsors throughout the evening, and if you wanted we would be prepared to hand out pamphlets on the evening.
If you have got any questions or would like to get a hold of me, please do not hesitate at contacting me on any of the details below.
Yours in Round Table
David Costine
082 410 8778
dcostine@hotmail.com