Bleed S & G
Taking Crazy Pills
Hey everyone.. so I haven't been able to be as active as I'd like to be, I have been lurking.. of course..
In July, out of nowhere, I took my roommate/assitant coach/buisness partner - we are 26 years old - to the hospital for a stomach ache. The next morning he was scheduled for a gall bladder removal. The suregon took a second look and cancelled the operation. A week later I was laughing on the phone at what I thought was a joke: "I have cancer, man."
My best friend was diagonsed with stage 4 pancratic cancer in July, and lost his battle on Feburary 2nd around 8:08 PM.
One of the ideas we have come up with, is to do something he loved to do, while raising money for a good cause. Jeremy loved to golf, and he took full advantage of the mild summer and golfed at every oppurtunity he had after his diagonsis.
I have never set anything like this up before - and I'm researching the hell out of it - so I figured I would drop by here and look for more pointers and help (the advice I got when my girlfriends father was given three months to live was 1000x's better than anything I googled or heard elsewhere) I'm in a total information gathering stage, and am like a sponge - so lay it on me.
Here is where I'm at:
Edit: My spelling is GOD AWFUL here.. I know.. please don't beat me up over it, I'll edit when I have more time.
In July, out of nowhere, I took my roommate/assitant coach/buisness partner - we are 26 years old - to the hospital for a stomach ache. The next morning he was scheduled for a gall bladder removal. The suregon took a second look and cancelled the operation. A week later I was laughing on the phone at what I thought was a joke: "I have cancer, man."
My best friend was diagonsed with stage 4 pancratic cancer in July, and lost his battle on Feburary 2nd around 8:08 PM.
One of the ideas we have come up with, is to do something he loved to do, while raising money for a good cause. Jeremy loved to golf, and he took full advantage of the mild summer and golfed at every oppurtunity he had after his diagonsis.
I have never set anything like this up before - and I'm researching the hell out of it - so I figured I would drop by here and look for more pointers and help (the advice I got when my girlfriends father was given three months to live was 1000x's better than anything I googled or heard elsewhere) I'm in a total information gathering stage, and am like a sponge - so lay it on me.
Here is where I'm at:
- I am meeting with a group Sunday to delegate responsibilities to, as I know I won't be able to do this by myself.
- One of the main goals is to start a scholarship fund in his memory, and earmark some of the money raised for this purpose. I'm not sure what all is needed to start such a fund (IRS, etc.) but the idea is $xxxx.xx will be given to someone (either a kid who plays in the league we coached - Pony Boys at NCS or a golfer going to Hilliard Davidson (where he went) to help buy whatever is needed for school. Maybe an essay contest or something to that effect.
- We would like to have all 18 holes sponsored - with gift cards on certain holes to the four-some with the best score. I am starting this process now, which brings me to..
- The Bethel Center Bar Crawl - we (my group of friends) typically do 2-3 of these crawls a year, and have since we were 21 at Thanksgiving. How would I go about the "sales" pitch to these bars (and Panada Inn for the saki bombs!) that we would like them all to be a sponsor, and after the July 4th tournament, we will be doing a bar crawl - would you be interested in donating x% of profits generated that night to whatever charity the family decides on? I'm in sales, I'm just not sure how to approach the owners - a printout? a face-to-face? Whats best?
- We will hold a raffle, that part should be simple enough.. the beer cart girls will be selling tickets all day..
- I'm pretty sure I can get an Urban Meyer autographed ball donated for an auction at the course to raise some additional cash. Maybe something cooler depending on what my guy has.
- Do I need to set up anything with the IRS? I don't need them knocking on the door because of my ignorance.
- We have an awesome list of buisnesses we have realtionships with - like where me and him drank in Hilliard most nights, friends places of work, old clients, etc. - am I not thinking outside of the box enough?
Edit: My spelling is GOD AWFUL here.. I know.. please don't beat me up over it, I'll edit when I have more time.
Luckily I have contacts who have run these events before. Take it easy BP. Be back when I can.
