Re: "Want a chance to win and Apple Computer, ..."

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

GWA is not hurting for cash.

For the past several years, GWA Foundation has sponsored a drawing 
for large items, such as computers and cameras. These products are 
donated.

We received a similar mailing last year before the symposium. Raffle 
tickets are available throughout the symposium, with the items given 
away as the awards dinner.

The money raised from the raffle goes to the GWA Foundation, which in 
turn supports PAR, Garden Trends research, scholarships and other 
kinds of activities.

I'm not sure I understand what your last sentence means. Our 
membership fees support the organization's operations.

jems

>I just got a little thing in today's mail from the Garden Writers
>Association Foundation asking me for money. Perhaps you got one too. It says
>on the front of the tri-folded flyer: "Your Support of Gardening Research
>Can be Surprisingly Rewarding. . . " I think this is the first time I've
>ever gotten something like this. As a paid GWA member, it's a little
>puzzling to me. They're offering a chance to win prizes if you donate. Why
>would they send these out to paid members? Is our Association hurting that
>bad for funding? It seems they could save a substantial amount of money just
>by not buying postage for such solicitation to their paid members. That's my
>view anyway. What say y'all?
>
>Oh, and one more thing. Why couldn't paid membership count as donations for
>such things as what's being given away at the Annual Awards Banquet?
>
>
>TC Conner
>The Write Gardener <http://thewritegardener.blogspot.com/>

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