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Wine Festival Fundraiser - June 1st
We're almost here. It's our major fundraiser for the year, the Encinitas Wine Festival. This year's event will take place on June 1st (5 - 8), and it will be the best ever. The funds raised will be a big boost for our MfM programs, so please consider buying tickets now. Click here to go to the Sign-up page of the Wine Festival website, and select Microloans For Mothers as your chosen beneficiary.
 The 10th Annual Encinitas Rotary Wine Festival is being held on Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM in the Hamilton Children's Garden, the newest part of San Diego Botanic Garden located at 230 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas, Ca. 92024.
Click to view last year's promotion video |
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MfM Theatre Night - June 6
Supporting a Sanitation Project in Cambodia
As reported last month, we're planning a special theatre night, now set for Thursday, June 6 at 8 pm. The play, Extraordinary Chambers, by David Wiener, is produced by the Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company. It'll be an inspiring evening for our supporters. Tickets are $30/person (with $18 of each ticket benefiting the Sanitation Project). Click here for the flier, and help pass the information to friends. The Sanitation Project: Through Microloans For Mothers, proceeds will support a Sanitation Project in rural Cambodia where families need latrines in order to improve the health and hygiene of their rural community. The program is managed by one of the non-profit organizations through which we work, Pathways to Development, and benefits families in the region where several of MfM clients live. Families receive a donated latrine, and then commit to digging and building the actual room and roof. Many on a waiting list are knowledgeable about the importance of good sanitation, and are excited about the possibility of receiving a latrine in the future. It's for these families we are raising funds.   EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBERS is a contemporary story about an American couple who travel to Cambodia for an innocent business trip, but become personally entangled with Khmer Rouge victims and survivors. The genocide, complicity, survival, and greed collide in this play that shines a light on the Cambodian experience and asks how far are we willing to go to survive? To purchase tickets ($30): Visit our donate page here, and write "Theatre Night Tickets" in the comment section. Tickets will be held at Will Call.
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Shop Hanahou - Cause Marketing
We are excited to introduce our Cause Marketing Project, a new concept that can give local small businesses an opportunity to increase their bottom line while supporting MfM.
Here is one of our first partners in this program, Linda Diller, who owns Senior Move Masters. For information about her business, please click the link above and visit the websites.
Lind is holding a sale this coming Saturday, May 18 (9 - 3) at their furniture warehouse store, "Shop Hanahou". It's a perfect opportunity to find a few extra accessories for the home and support our cause at the same time. We hope you'll stop by. Here's the link to the store and directions.
 Linda Diller in her office at Senior Move Masters
If you have a business, and would like to consider becoming a Cause Marketing Partner, please contact us. Here's some detail on how the program works:
A business becomes a partner with MfM, and, through consultation with us, chooses a means by which funds are raised at the business site. The strategy develops new customers who are attracted by the business' choice to support the MfM cause and make a difference.
MfM creates visibility for the business through various means, such as MfM logo signage in the store window, an informative "brochure", cross linking on the websites of the business and MfM, the business logo displayed as "sponsor" on MfM website, and periodic focus on the business in the MfM monthly newsletter.
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Hi Everybody!
Share a glass of wine with me at the Encinitas Wine Festival. Yes, it's almost here, along with a few other creative fundraisers supporting our cause. I hope you'll consider attending one or two of them.
The most premier event is the Wine Festival, which is happening in just two and a half weeks on Saturday, June 1st. For the past many years we have participated in the Encinitas Wine Festival as a beneficiary. And this year is no different. Hope to see you there. In the section to the left you can view the promotion video from last year (remember, the video is from last year). This year's event is June 1st.
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The second fundraiser is taking place on June 6th, the Thursday right after the Wine Festival. It's a different even all together; a live theatre production about a serious Cambodia issue. Attending the play (on Thursday, June 6) will support a very specific program in Cambodia, a sanitation project that supplies latrines to many needed families in poor rural areas. I'm hoping many of our supporters will want to participate. It is set for Thursday, June 6 (8pm). The play is a special production by the Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company that deals with the theme of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge period.
Are you unable to fit the play into your schedule, but would like to donate to this specific project? Simply go to our donate page and write Sanitation Project in the comment section. I'll make sure your donation goes directly to this important project.
Please donate here. ------------ The third fundraiser is a unique opportunity to acquire a few special decorative accessories for your home. One of our Cause Marketing Business Partners, Senior Move Masters, is holding a sale in their warehouse store to raise funds for our cause. Clicking here will give you details and a link for directions. I'd like to thank the owner, Linda Diller, for the help she is offering. Her commitment is an inspiration. To the left I've added a photo of Linda in her office. Do you have a small business? Would you be interested in becoming one of our Cause marketing Partners? Let me know, and I'll come out and explain the detail. Remember, the success of a small business is directly dependent on its reputation in the local community, and one of the best ways to build trust is to clearly demonstrate support for a worthy cause. When customers are aware that a business is socially responsible it drives the bottom line. That's where MfM can help.
Take care for now. Niels Niels Lund Executive Director Microloans For Mothers |
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