I am a MACHINE
In the past few months I have been volunteering for an organization by raising money. It’s a great way to meet new business contacts, broaden my horizons…oh, and make a little cash. The incentive for volunteering is a trip to Puerto Rico. You have to raise $14k to get the trip and it needs to be raised within 2 months. I joined the group only really to go to the weekly meetings and eat free food and drink free booze. And help the community…. Initially, I hovered around the $1k mark. My team wasn’t really so much on the ball, but we were having fun. That is, the four of us that actually showed up.
I then convinced someone else to spend another $6k. I turned in my check for that a few weeks ago. That brought me up to $7k. You know, it wasn’t going to be so bad to at least raise 50% of the money. Most of the people who are on the team haven’t raised a dime. The next meeting I was the “rookie of the week” and received a nice fat check. That was pretty cool. I also rode a roller coaster….in a skirt…luckily it had one of those things that you straddle…I now refer to it as the crotch privacy feature.
Last week, we are getting down the the wire. I had managed to raise another $500 for a renewal…add that to my total and I was sitting at $7500. I started the campaign late and was pretty happy with that amount. The deadline to turn in all of the remaining money was Thursday at 5pm. The week before I called a gentleman that had expressed interest in the organization to a mutual friend. I hunted him down like a dog….well, nothing that severe, I called him. Left a message. Never heard from him. Last Tuesday, his assistant called requesting more information. I sent her the information and was under the impression they would spend $335….better than a chicken bone up your ass, that’s what I say.
Tuesday evening, I meet with my boss for dinner and talk him into spending $3500. Wednesday morning the interested gentleman’s assistant, Angel, faxed me their form. I printed it…and left it on my desk. I calculated the total in my head to be $11,335….damnit. Sooooo close. As I was gathering my boss’s info to turn in I glanced at the fax sent by Angel. The intereseted gentleman didnt’ spend $335…..he spent $3000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT MEANS…..this skinny white girl is going to PUERTO RICO….WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO.
Working to contribute to our community never felt so damned good!
