Last year we instituted our first ever annual campaign (there's tons  
of info on the web about non-profit annual campaigns). We solicited  
our members, the members of the Chamber of Commerce, and a long list  
of folks who weren't members but we thought should have been (names  
given by board members and other friends). It was an overwhelming  
success. This year's campaign is on track to do even better. We went  
from running a deficit to finishing the fiscal year in the black plus  
some. It's a nice feeling! The bulk of the work and expense was  
mailing, but it paid for itself many times over.

Heather McClenahan, museum assistant/web master
Los Alamos Historical Society
http://www.losalamoshistory.org
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PO Box 43
1921 Juniper St.
Los Alamos, NM 875444
505-662-6272 (office)
505-470-2912 (cell)


Quoting Mifflinburg Buggy Museum <[log in to unmask]>:

> Having just suffered through a festival that shows great promise but  
>  fails to raise needed funds - I am faced with going to an   
> overworked, terrified (small museum, big bills) and here for their   
> own purposes board of directors with some ideas for fundraising. If   
> you'll forgive the expression, I don't want to reinvent the wheel,   
> so I am coming to all of you to beg, borrow or steal some good   
> ideas.  What have you been doing lately that has made lots of money,  
>  lots of friends or both.   What events do you do that your   
> membership, community, strangers really look forward to?  What event  
>  or events make money for your museum?  Have you done anything that   
> was just really horrible (low turn out, community disgruntled, felt   
> run over by the time it was done) that you would never think of   
> doing it again? Feel free to respond off list, although I think   
> everyone could benefit from the collective knowledge.  Thank you in   
> advance for your help.
>
> Bronwen A. Sanders
> Executive Director
> Mifflinburg Buggy Museum
> 570-966-1355
> www.buggymuseum.org
>
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