Useful Forms and Emails for BFKS participants.
Big Brothers Big Sisters staff members have discovered an easy way to raise BIG bucks for Bowl for Kids' Sake. Simply copy the text of one of the emails below and past into a personal email from you. Then, sendit out to your entire email address book. One BBBS staff member raised over $800 by simply sending one email. Give it a try and watch those bowling sponsors come rolling in!
Sample Email #1
Hi, everyone,
No, I'm not writing to ask you to bowl. Are you relieved?
No, I'm not writing to ask you to watch me bowl. Heaven forbid!
No, I'm not writing to ask you to form a bowling team. You're too busy.
Yes, I am writing to ask you to sponsor me in my bowling prowess. Well, prowess may be a bit strong. What about ability? No, that will not do either. Toward my willingness to bowl, i.e., make a fool of myself. (They tell me the animated pins laugh at you when you don't knock them down.) Actually, let's say toward my good intentions to bowl in support of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN IOWA.
Come on. Be a sport. All you have to do is say "yes" to helping our children, and give $10.00, $25.00, $50.00, $100.00 or more! Simply click on the link below to support me in my efforts to raise money for the kids during BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE.
www.hillcrest-fs.org/bowl.html
It is all for the kids...the kids considered most at-risk -- those WE know have promise for the future of this community.
Come on. A kid needs your help.
I'll bowl. You pledge.
Is it a deal?
Sample Email #2
Are you ready for some astounding news? I'm having a hard time believing it myself. My guess is that you will, too. Are you sitting down? Get ready. It will probably change your life...or not.
Bowling....you heard it right...yes, bowling is the number one sport/activity in America(according to SGMAs International Sports Participation Top Line Report)! And you ask, "How can that be true? I have not bowled since I was in high school and I did not know anybody else bowled either." Well, apparently we were wrong. More people bowl than swim or ride bikes or play softball or soccer. How can that be?
Well, I know one reason for the phenomenal success of bowling: Bowl for Kids' Sake!
It is the biggest and best, most well-known annual fundraiser in America. AND, it is the most FUN.
And, you...yes, you can be a vital part of it...
- without placing your fingers into a bowling ball,
- without donning those homely brown shoes,
- without watching your ball glide gracefully down the gutter,
- without losing all sense of pride as the pins laugh at you from their upright position.
No, I'll do all of that for you. What are friends for?
You see...
- I'm not writing to ask you to bowl. Are you relieved?
- I'm not writing to ask you to watch me bowl. Heaven forbid!
- I'm not writing to ask you to form a bowling team. You're too busy.
Yes, I am writing to ask you to sponsor me in my willingness to bowl for the children waiting for a BIG BROTHER or BIG SISTER.
BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE takes place to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Iowa.
Come on. Be a sport. All you have to do is say yes to helping our children, and give $10.00, $25.00, $50.00, $100.00 or more! Simply click on the link below to support me in my efforts to raise money for the kids during BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE.
www.hillcrest-fs.org/bowl.html
It's all for the kids...the kids considered most at-risk -- those WE know have promise for the future of this community.
Come on. A kid needs your help.
I'll bowl. You pledge.
Is it a deal?