Community Outreach

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Permalink Reply by Chris Geary on October 23, 2009 at 6:27pm

We just teamed up with the local school and had a walk to raise money for juvenile diabetes! It was for a good cause and got our name out to the public! You could adopt a family for the holidays and like buy one needy family Thanksgiving dinner and then a different family Christmas gifts for their children. Just some ideas. Hopefully it helps.

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Permalink Reply by Ed on October 23, 2009 at 11:55pm

Thanks for the info Chris.. Great ideas..

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Permalink Reply by Lee Kasten on October 24, 2009 at 9:33am

In my local, Appleton, WI Local 257, we do two things that get our name out, while doing something to help. We work with a local group called Rebuild Together to refurbish a home. It is an organization that helps the elderly and low income folks do home repairs. Like most locals in the country, we are in full supply of talented carpenters. The local media is all over it.

The other thing we do as a local is a charity hockey game with the police local. We don't have that many hockey players, but that makes it fun for the fans. This past summer we had over 1,000 people attend and raised thousands of dollars for our respective charities. We had all of the media outlets there covering it.
The biggest thing you can do though, is send out press releases anytime you are going to do anything charitable. They love to cover this stuff.

Hope this helps.

Lee Kasten
Appleton Local 257

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