I'm working on our press release and looking around for other clothing donation drives to find out what will make ours newsworthy. I started with our letter of introduction and rearranged some of the details so that they fit in a press release template. So I've got the basic stuff and I'm looking around for the meat to make it interesting, to make it newsworthy.
Just an interesting aside, I found this clothing donation registry and there are no charities registered within 50 miles of 57701 that accept donations. Perhaps this is an obscure registry and people in South Dakota won't check it out. But then, too, I've used Volunteer Match with some success even though I was led to believe South Dakotans don't check online volunteer opportunities. And truthfully, the volunteers we have collected from Volunteer Match have not come from the local population but from Ellsworth AFB, but that's ok. I am sure there are plenty of military families who could donate and may check in, and maybe even a few locals.
I think we should register our project here at some point during the planning process:
http://www.donationscentral.org/
Just an interesting aside, I found this clothing donation registry and there are no charities registered within 50 miles of 57701 that accept donations. Perhaps this is an obscure registry and people in South Dakota won't check it out. But then, too, I've used Volunteer Match with some success even though I was led to believe South Dakotans don't check online volunteer opportunities. And truthfully, the volunteers we have collected from Volunteer Match have not come from the local population but from Ellsworth AFB, but that's ok. I am sure there are plenty of military families who could donate and may check in, and maybe even a few locals.
I think we should register our project here at some point during the planning process:
http://www.donationscentral.org/
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