13-01-2011, 23:32
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Steel is love. Steel is life.
AKA: Kara Bakowski
 FRC #0341 (Miss Daisy) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Conshohocken, PA
Posts: 1,852
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Re: Door to Door Business Fundraising Help
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Originally Posted by nighterfighter
Make sure you have a letter you can leave with them, with some basic info about YOUR team, and LIGHTLY (I mean VERY lightly, maybe half a sentence) describe FIRST, and skim over your previous awards/recognitions, local newspaper things, etc. Make sure you leave a phone number, name, and email address!
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Make sure that you get the name of the person who you need to be talking to as well. Most businesses won't call back. If they don't call back within two or three weeks, give the store a polite phone call asking if they've considered sponsoring the team. If they say no, the answer is no. If possible, go back to the business instead of calling them. They're more likely to say no over the phone than in person.
Ask for the manager of the store/business. If you get to talk to them, great. They may not be the person you're looking to talk to (if it's a small business, you may be looking for the owner instead, but you have no way of knowing that), but it's a start.
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Kara Bakowski
Michigan Technological University///Materials Science and Engineering '15///Go Huskies! #tenacity
kabakowski(at)gmail(dot)com
FRC 341 (2016-present): Mechanical/build mentor
Volunteer (2010-present): MAR Seneca '17, FTC Hat Tricks Qualifier '16, Brunswick Eruption '16, MAR Montgomery '16, MAR Westtown '16 Portcullis Victim, MAR Springside-Chestnut Hill '16, Ramp Riot '15 '16, FiM Escanaba District '14 '15, MidKnight Mayhem '13 '15 '16, FiM Detroit District '13, IRI '10 '12, FiM Waterford District '11 '12, MARC '12, CMP Galileo '11
FRC 1189 (2008-2011): Team Captain, Pit Crew, Website group leader, Team Education group leader, Proud Alum. We've got spirit, yes we do...
 
 
WMWBS '10 '11
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