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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Identifying the “Gentle Fundraising Moment”

Or times and places to take the opportunity to speak about FAM to friends and clients.

You can:

  • Speak about FAM at an annual Mother’s Day picnic for your clients.
  • Speak about FAM at an open house for your practice.
  • Send a holiday newsletter to your clients and enclose the holiday appeal letter from FAM’s website.
  • Enter contact and client addresses in a database for agility of use for writing and sending fundraising ideas.
  • Apprentices can volunteer to enter addresses of contacts and clients in a midwife’s database.
  • Enclose a FAM brochure in your initial packet for clients.
  • Add the FAM web address to materials <www.formidwifery.org>.
  • Mention the nonprofit nature of FAM at your quarterly potluck or peer review/support meetings.
  • Bring Thanksgiving Coffee to meetings and let people know about the Cornucopia project.
  • Use the “how can I ever thank you” moment to mention FAM.
  • Use the six week visit to remind clients there is a nonprofit organization to which they can send a memorial, list an honorarium, or donate large sums tax free!

 

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