MrVideo Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Greetings all, Your board of directors have concluded their latest meeting with a question for the group. After all our bills are paid, we have a cash reserve of a few dollars that we think should go to a deserving organization. We believe it should be some how connected to our love of Land Rovers, off road activities or local community. We need your help. List up here the organization you think best deserves to benefit from our groups donation. After a few weeks, we will create a poll with the top possible candidates and the winner of that poll will receive the yet to be determined amount. Invite everyone you know to add their suggestions too. We appreciate your participation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNelson Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Oh!! How about "Avon Walk for the Cure," for breast cancer. I plan on doing the walk early July 2012. Each participant needs to raise a minimum of $1300 (I think). I think we should have whoever from our club, walk this with me! It's in San Francisco. The URL is http://www.Avonwalk.org. I would love to do Susan G Komen 3-Day walk, but I may not be here. Who's down?! SAVE THE TA-TAS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco2Guy Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 California 4 Wheel Clubhttp://www.cal4wheel.com/ Tread Lightlyhttp://www.treadlightly.org/ Hollister Hillshttp://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1179 I've always wanted to see NCLR members get "free" admission to HH. By "free", I mean through an annual Club donation to the park. Members would be provided with a card, and need to show it at the entrance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBeaver Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 I like the HH donation idea. We use the area a lot for multiple functions, would be nice to "give back" as it were... It also seems very much inline with what the dues are for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasquatch Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 https://www.sharetrails.org/ http://www.bfro.net/hee hee hee. Had to add that one! In all seriousness, I may try to go on one of their scheduled "trips" next year??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 My hubby's power soccer team in San Jose is always needing help. I organize a fundraiser BBQ (Blue Rock BBQ-yum!) every spring, and I raise just enough to send 2 team members to the Power Soccer Nationals. My hubby is the only one on the team who has a job, but the rest of the kids are so severely disabled, they live on state aid (though one is a college student- Paul is mentoring him, hoping he can have a successful career in the valley, too). It costs approximately 2k to send one player to Nationals, mostly due to the fact that they need to bring a parent or their attendant with. Also, flying with a wheelchair means you travel all day and need recovery time, so their hotel stay is at least 4-5 days, instead of just the two for the tournament. Here is their website, though it's pretty sparse. http://steamrollers.uspsateams.org/ I know if we donated even a small amount, they would all put our stickers on their chairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BReid Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 What about something to the family of Dave Caouette? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrVideo Posted November 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 There were only 6 replies in the 9 days this thread has been open. We need more suggestions if we're going to have a poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertcrawler Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 There were only 6 replies in the 9 days this thread has been open. We need more suggestions if we're going to have a poll. Ok how about the Blue Ribbon Coalition? Or Friends of the Rubicon Trail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrVideo Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 So it looks like this thread hit a dead end. During our last board meeting it was thought to be too large a decision for the board to take on alone. Since opening this up to the group, we had only 7 replies (many repeats of the boards suggestions). I am going to close this thread in 1 week and create a poll for members to vote on. This is your chance to have a say in how we run the club. If you know of a worthy group that you feel the NCLR Club should donate our excess cash to and make a difference? Make your suggestions soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPerkins Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Keep Tahoe Blue is another good org and one I currently support: http://keeptahoeblue.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandRonB Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 So it looks like this thread hit a dead end. These are some good suggestions here! You pick - they are all for a good cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSuttle Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 All seem to be good suggestions. One other I would add would be a donation to Going Overland (http://www.goingoverland.com/) to support their trip. I've also wondered if there opportunities to expose youth to the outdoors...those that wouldn't normally get a chance to go camping, etc...or support organizations that do provide opportunities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandRonB Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 All seem to be good suggestions. One other I would add would be a donation to Going Overland (http://www.goingoverland.com/) to support their trip. I've also wondered if there opportunities to expose youth to the outdoors...those that wouldn't normally get a chance to go camping, etc...or support organizations that do provide opportunities. I ditto re: Going Overland. They actually stopped by @ Mexxis, and shared their stories to a few NCLR members last year before embarking to S. America. Kevin, have you checked lately their whereabouts? Africa next I think! Would like to see NCLR provide Paul and his wife some funding if we have excess. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrVideo Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Here's the poll for our club donations. The BOD allotted $500.00 of our excess funds to be donated to a group of the members choosing. I have made a poll of the suggestions that were complete and thoughtful enough to include web links. Here's how it will work out. The top 3 finishers will each receive $150.00 in donations, The 4th place finisher will get $50.00. I will leave this poll open for 2 weeks. You may make more than one selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandRonB Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 HH already gets our money thru MORGs and annual gathering when we pay by paying our day visits and reserving Area 5. My vote goes to Going Overland. Here's a blog March 15, 2011 when we invited Paul and his wife from Going Overland to join us for dinner @ Mexxis: http://www.goingoverland.com/tag/mexican/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSuttle Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 HH already gets our money thru MORGs and annual gathering when we pay by paying our day visits and reserving Area 5. My vote goes to Going Overland. Here's a blog March 15, 2011 when we invited Paul and his wife from Going Overland to join us for dinner @ Mexxis: http://www.goingoverland.com/tag/mexican/ They are now in Peru according to their FB page. They also just posted some info on how to get donations to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrVideo Posted February 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Club members, you have less than 1 week to help decide where our club donates our excess cash. So far only 12 members have voted. Let's finish strong. The poll closes Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNelson Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 I say my breast cancer awareness walk...I need a leg up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrVideo Posted February 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 2 days left to vote where NCLR Club donates to this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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