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Originally Posted by safiq10
Now my team is under a major crisis. We are thinking to remove our chairman's team because we don't have enough members. Instead we are thinking to focus those members onto fundraising. Now I am a huge advocate on chairmans, but I've presented all my information and still am short. So I guess my question is why do chairmans? Thank you.
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Even if you don't think you can win this year, the feedback you'll get from the judges can be very useful food for thought that can hopefully help you to get a Chairman's Award in a future year.
Also, the Chairman's Award is largely about positive impact on the world around you. If you help and inspire lots of people, and if you generally have a hugely positive impact in your community, then you've done something worthwhile that you ought to be very proud of even if you don't quite get that blue banner.
I understand that your team has only limited time and resources and other competing demands, but I think that pursuing the Chairman's Award is a really good idea even if you don't get it.
Edit: also, in the long run, pursuing the Chairman's Award can help your fundraising. The greater your team's positive impact and the better you are at demonstrating that impact (e.g. through the Chairman's video), the easier you'll find it to convince potential sponsors to support you. Generally, sponsors are looking to make a positive impact with their sponsorship dollars, and showing that you have a good track record of creating positive impact will help show them that money given to your team is money well spent.