[Northkeep] VFW hall help

Thu Jan 19 09:01:58 PST 2012

With its location near to downtown, the pancake breakfast (4 times a YEAR,
I assume) would be a good money maker for those headed off to work.  Time
it from 6 - 8 am for those folks.  Once a month, even, with flyers, a week
ahead of time, to all the major businesses downtown, something like:

COME OUT TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS
Pancake Breakfast at VFW
(location & times)
ONLY $5.00 WILL GET YOU READY FOR WORK
AND HELP KEEP THE HALL OPEN FOR OUR RETURNING SOLDIERS.

Guaranteed to bring in the crowds.  We could take a Tuesday night to
"paper" the downtown area.

Franziska

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Chuck Kaun <jack_a_lope31 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> I do not believe that membership rates could be increased.  The VFW is a
> national organization so is unable to raise its membership rates for a
> local group.
>
> I think that the large open spaces and the kitchen may be the key.  It
> would be some work but have they ever thought of pancake breakfasts, fish
> fries and other things like that?  It is possible to make decent money just
> doing that 4 times a month.  Pancakes are cheap to make and at $4-$5 a
> head, a stack and a cup o' joe will fill up most folks and have a very low
> overhead.
>
> A fish fry is possible but probably not as often (depending upon how many
> fisherman there are and how good they are)
>
>
> > On 1/18/12, Ld.blackmoon <ld.blackmoon at cox.net> wrote:
> > > greetings
> > >
> > > how much money do they need to raise per year to stay open ?
> > > have they looked at membership rate increases ? I know every nonprofit
> I'm
> > > part of has had to raise membership rates including the sca.
> > >
> > > also , have they thought of changing their image ?( they are more than
> the
> > > old people selling paper poppies on veterans day , but how many people
> know
> > > that ? ) &
> > > ( most of the new vets from overseas are much younger than their normal
> > > membership base )
> > > ( thanks to the government, there is no longer a shortage of veterans
> who
> > > have served over seas during a time of war )
> > > with all the new veterans who now qualify , by having served in war
> time, in
> > > a different country, have they thought about recruiting new members
> from
> > > that group ?
> > > have they thought of perhaps doing a historical display , maybe once or
> > > twice a year , with pic's and other memorabilia from their time in war
> zones
> > > ? kind of an evolving time capsule of the people who lived through what
> > > others only read about in the papers, or history books ? they could
> charge
> > > admission, as well as run the snack bar for profit,advertise for free
> on the
> > > internet, on the TV and radio " public announcements " same in the
> paper.
> > > get the public involved, advertise to the history buffs, the war
> gamers,
> > > even vets that served in the years of no f.w.
> > > if they don't have enough active members to work the display / show/
> what
> > > ever , have they thought of offering free entry to the members of
> another
> > > group that uses the building if they spend " x " amount of time
> working the
> > > display / show ? or maybe discounted tickets for that groups other
> members
> > > who aren't / cant work the display / show, but would like to see it ?
> > > and do they have something like a " perpetual membership ?
> > > if they don't they may wish to look into it, members pay like 15 years
> worth
> > > of membership dues at one time, the person never has to pay dues again
> for
> > > as long as he / she lives,the money goes into an interest bearing
> account
> > > ( or investments depending on how they want to do it ) and the money
> from
> > > all of these earns interest / value , from then on, the deposits can
> never
> > > be withdrawn, only the interest / capital gains . so the group makes
> money
> > > even after the person dies ( as long as the ones using the market don't
> > > guess wrong and lose money )
> > >
> > > anyway , just a few questions and suggestions off the top of my head .
> > >
> > > Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
> > > Arthur
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kenneth Smith" <ulfarnfinnson at yahoo.com>
> > > To: "The Baronyof Northkeep" <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>;
> > > <NorthkeepFighters at yahoogroups.com>; <Northern at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:57 AM
> > > Subject: [Northkeep] VFW hall help
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > They are in need of our help. It seems that they are in a low cash flow
> > > situation and closing the hall is becoming a real but bad option for
> them.
> > > They use to have Bingo bringing in some money to pay the bills but it
> is not
> > > what it use to be and now they are having trouble with the operator of
> it.
> > > They have probably enough money to keep the hall open for about 20
> months
> > > and then they will have to shut it down completely. They did not come
> to me
> > > about money and do not necessarily want donations from our members,
> although
> > > they do take them. What they want is ideas. Their members are
> brainstorming
> > > on ideas on how to make money for the hall. They have asked us since
> we use
> > > the hall for our practice if our members might have any ideas. Besides
> the
> > > obvious ones like holding shows or concerts there they would like
> others.
> > > The other problem they have is execution of these endeavors. For they
> have
> > > had shows in the past but have lost money on
> > > them because of lack of expertise on these things and volunteers to
> help
> > > with them. Hate to say this they are a dying breed. They have had a
> big drop
> > > in membership over the years. So I am throwing this out there not just
> for
> > > us but a whole group of veterans who need our help. If you have
> thoughts on
> > > how to raise sustainable funds or the expertise to help with getting
> these
> > > kinda things off the ground please let me know. Its not about us
> loosing a
> > > site to practice at because we can go anywhere. Its about history of
> that
> > > building. Its about giving back to those who have given so much for
> all of
> > > us. They will be having a brainstorming meeting on Feb. 4 at the hall
> > > starting at 10:00am and we have been invited. But you can always send
> your
> > > thoughts and ideas to me to pass along as well. They know we have many
> > > members that might have some great ideas and would like to tape into
> that
> > > knowlege. Thanks for your time.
> > > Sir Ulf Arnfinnson CSS LXXIX
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