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How To Form And Market A Charity Foundation

Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 3/11/2004 at 1:41 PM ET 2000 Points
Last October my little brother passed away as a result of an epilectic seizure.

I wish to honor him in the form of specific charities that will be in association with existing national and wordwide organizations. The charities will have there own names relevent to him and his passions, but all proceeds will go the the research foundations.

His passion: Helping troubled youth ( i.e. "Street School", "Big Brothers and Sisters", etc.).

My Passion: Finding a cure for epilepsy.

I need help contacting, formulating, and creating such foundations. The goal is to not only associate with the top facilities in the world, but to obtain massive exposure via the media, celebrity endorsements etc.

Placing flyers around town and little cans on the countertops at gas stations is not good enough.

Any guidance you can provide will be greatly appreciated by not only myself and my family, but to the people we wish to help through this venture.
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  • Posted by Pepper Blue on 3/11/2004 at 11:44 PM Accepted
    Hi Blaine,

    I hope I can help you here.

    The first thing that came to my mind was the phenomonal success of the Celebrity Fight Night Foundation here in Phoenix.

    https://www.celebrityfightnight.org/index_1.htm

    Here is the history of it:

    https://www.celebrityfightnight.org/history.htm

    This started out small and has become huge. You can't buy tickets for it, they are just automatically sold out at all levels.

    The amount of money and awareness t raises is unbelievable.

    Check it out and let me know if you want me to do any legwork for you here.

    Tim Pepper
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 3/12/2004 at 3:02 PM Author
    Thanks for all the great advice! I'll look into every single suggestion and contact everyone who has offered to give personal assistance offline as soon as I close the question.

    It's still open, I want to absorb all I can!

    You guys are great!

  • Posted on 3/14/2004 at 8:24 PM Accepted
    Hi Jett.

    It's sad to hear about your loss but it's also great to see that you are willing to work hard to find a cure and form this type of organization that will benefit many people.

    I wish I were working to be able to help you but I live in Nicaragua, and don't know too much about that, but the main purpose I'm writing is to encourage you to keep up the good work. If there is anything I can help you, just let me know, even if I'm far away, I think you could probably use some help in finding something on the Net or any idea that come up, I'll let you know.

  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 3/17/2004 at 2:00 AM Author
    WOW! I don't know what to say......

  • Posted on 3/17/2004 at 9:06 AM Accepted
    Create a Bazzar - once a Year and invite the major fast food chains to have their stands there..invite retailers to sell their products with a big discount bring a famous person as a guest,,invite the TV stations for a free coverage..make it look like a Yearly Festival and the money collected will be given to the FUND and people feel very happy that a donation was given..keep doing it every year the same month and it will become established ...
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 3/18/2004 at 3:51 AM Author
    Thanks again to all who responded. I will get in touch with you soon about getting something organized.

    May God Bless You Indeed!

    -Blaine
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