More Donations

Well I took Saturday off work being it was Easter weekend and Miss Fancypants was coming up to stay. We are still buying pink stuff here and there and blinging out our clothes for the Conga III. Boy I tell ya there will be no worries attracting attention when we are finish.. We decided it wasn't to early to start wearing the pink and decorating the bike as we are on a mission to attratct awareness and as for donations to anyone that smiles at us.
We printed of 20 flyers and started going to places we knew and were both skeptic and a bit shy of asking for money but what the hey....All they can do is say yeah or neah....Most I have to say were very positive and said they would call me back. I know how it goes thought I probably will have to go back to most of them. I now realize never go out with out paper and pen, always ask for a card so you can back track.
Fancypants got this idea to go to Zellers and ask them. That is where we had picked up our last batch of BC stull to sell. All the had left was 20 BC FLAGS...We both started snatching them up, thinking everyone would want and we could make a couple buck there too. We went to the customere service desk and Fancy decides to ask if they would donate these items. At first they were like no way, that is way to much we don't donate that much.
Long story short,...we were crying by the time we left as they were telling us about an employee they lost and Fancy was telling her she was a survivor and we were gratefull as they handed us all the flags and told us to have a fun safe journey.
So as we hit a few more places it is starting to get easier about asking for money. What we have decided is to first off ask for Sponsorship in anyway, or money donation, or item, which ever suites them. Of course the more they donate the more we mention them. Also cash is easier to deal with as on bikes we have no room, Anyone that is riding and really involve in helping raise funs, may I recomend to try what we did. Just print off some fliers and go around, It gets easier every time and you get excited and feel good, and they feel good for wanting to help out.
We even went into Thriftys, now keep your fingers crossed on that one, you have to APPLY..fill out an appliction to be accepted.. Sounds big, but that is all I will say for now, don't want to get to excited.