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From:  "Laura Ruiz" <laura@l...>
Date:  Sat Mar 23, 2002  6:35 pm
Subject:  Need creative ideas...

Hi there,
As most of you know, I just recently founded an opera company. Even
though we are a non-profit, it's a little too early to apply for many
grants, and a bit too early to actually receive any money yet from
grants we've applied for. Therefore, we need to do some fund-raising
for our first production. Of course there are lots of things that could
be done: We could hold a gala performance, fund-raiser recitals, all
that sort of thing. But I'm looking for something with a bit of a
creative edge to it. Something that others haven't done to death. Know
what I mean? For instance, I was thinking about an Opera Bowl afternoon
- you bowl, bid on items, have live operatic entertainment, and have the
bowling alley put opera on the sound system during the tournament. Do
you think something like that would work?

My bigger question though is: Do you have any great and creative ideas
off the top of your head? Maybe they've never been tried, or maybe your
group was successful with this particular fund-raiser. The problem I'm
finding is that most places to research fund-raising ideas specialize in
sports groups fund-raisers or school groups. That sort of thing. I've
copied down some of the better ideas to think about and see if they
might be able to be modified for our purposes. But any ideas anyone
feels so inclined to pass on would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks in advance to all,

Laura Ruiz

Founder / Artistic Director
Lyric Opera of Los Angeles (LOLA)
http://www.LyricOperaLA.org





  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date  
18208 Re: Need creative ideas...Ms Christine Zimmermann   Sat  3/23/2002  
18211 Re: Need creative ideas...Laura Ruiz   Sat  3/23/2002  
18218 Re: Need creative ideas...EdgewoodVoiceStudio   Sun  3/24/2002  
18220 Re: Need creative ideas...Ms Christine Zimmermann   Sun  3/24/2002  
18243 Re: Need creative ideas...Karen Mercedes   Mon  3/25/2002  
18257 Re: Need creative ideas...Laura Ruiz   Mon  3/25/2002  
18275 Need creative ideas...Reg Boyle   Tue  3/26/2002  
18321 Re: Need creative ideas...REGEdgewoodVoiceStudio   Fri  3/29/2002  
18277 Re: Need creative ideas...buzzcen@a...   Tue  3/26/2002  

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