My father-in-law is retiring. We are trying to set up a suprise trip to Cooperstown. This is finacially unfeaseable for us to do on our own, but how does one tactfully ask people to donate to this fund?
2006-08-01 12:48:47 · 9 answers · asked by mamoll 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
well for one tell them what is for and make a list of people that you know and ask them to help most of them will do it. try a fund rasier yard sell. go to the flea market set up a table and it should work out for you have a date set to do this by take the list of the people that you know and do it.
2006-08-01 12:56:19 · answer #1 · answered by LENORE P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one great way is to come up with a list of your friends, family, and business contacts (in other words people you know) and write a letter to them explaining everything a lot like you did here. at the end of the letter explain that you don't have enough money for the trip and would appreciate donations to give him a fantastic retirement trip. it helps if the people know your father-in-law as well. the letter can help avoid some of the awkwardness of asking. also, one good idea might be to give the trip as something from a group.
2006-08-01 14:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like that.
"Dad is retiring and we would like to take him on a surprise trip to Cooperstown.
Knowing that this is not something one person alone can do, we need your financial assistance.
Help Dad get into the Baseball Hall of Fame!"
Or something like that
2006-08-01 12:56:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to tell you, but you shouldn't try to give someone a gift you can't afford. There is no polite way to beg. Its very sweet of you to want to do this for your father-in-law, but its not fair to expect other people to pay for it.
2006-08-01 12:58:55 · answer #4 · answered by Sarah W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are fed up with being asked for money every time they turn around. He's your father-in-law. If you want to get him something, you should pay for it.
2006-08-05 01:10:08 · answer #5 · answered by canucklehead1951 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry yet there is not any tactful thank you to ask, this is all around no longer proper ettiquite and intensely cheesy. you need to never anticipate your visitors to help pay on your wedding ceremony and asking them to pay for the venue is the comparable situation. you need to go away your visitors with the choice to stay there, no longer a call for. a number of your visitors will possibly no longer have the skill to locate the money for it and would all around no longer in basic terms like the B&B which you have chosen. you need to in basic terms "propose" it as a place to stay on your invites/keep the dates, and likewise placed different lodges on there, no longer in basic terms the place you opt for for them to stay. in case you opt for for to lease the completed B&B you need to pay for each little thing.
2016-11-03 11:56:49 · answer #6 · answered by ai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't. It's not for a good/valid cause. Had you been asking for donations for cancer in exchange for shaving your head, you may have been more successful
2006-08-01 12:54:49 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask decently instead of tactfully...
2006-08-03 00:12:50 · answer #8 · answered by Nisha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Explain to his friends what you are doing and ask them to contribute.
2006-08-01 14:13:56 · answer #9 · answered by T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋