Raffle for Fishing For Kids

[Dave Stewart]

Have you guys thought about trying to get guides to donate trips for raffle?

I get about 3 or 4 requests each month asking me to donate trips for this cause and that cause. I made a rule long ago about donating trips. I do not donate more than 5 trips per year and only to causes such as those linked to fund raisers for Kosair's or St. Judes Childrens Hospitals or for raffles to assist a family that has suffered a devastatiing loss. Wish I could do more but basically a person can only donate a day of pay so many times a year. Also, when we donate a trip, in most cases we are also out the trip expenses unless the person that wins the trip offers a good tip at the end of the trip..this only happens about half the time.

I wonder how many of the folks that are asking us guides to donate a trip are donating a day of their pay or more to the cause...not many I suspect. We guides do not get paid vacations...a day donated is a day's pay lost and as mentioned above probably more because of expenses incurred.

FFK is a great cause...and if you can afford to donate a trip, then go for it....I am buying some tickets myself and have already told Eddie that if I win then FFK can keep the money I won.

[fishing4kids]

I get about 3 or 4 requests each month asking me to donate trips for this cause and that cause. I made a rule long ago about donating trips. I do not donate more than 5 trips per year and only to causes such as those linked to fund raisers for Kosair's or St. Judes Childrens Hospitals or for raffles to assist a family that has suffered a devastatiing loss. Wish I could do more but basically a person can only donate a day of pay so many times a year. Also, when we donate a trip, in most cases we are also out the trip expenses unless the person that wins the trip offers a good tip at the end of the trip..this only happens about half the time.

I wonder how many of the folks that are asking us guides to donate a trip are donating a day of their pay or more to the cause...not many I suspect. We guides do not get paid vacations...a day donated is a day's pay lost and as mentioned above probably more because of expenses incurred.

FFK is a great cause...and if you can afford to donate a trip, then go for it....I am buying some tickets myself and have already told Eddie that if I win then FFK can keep the money I won.

Thanks Dave for the thread. I do the same each year and most of the time its for the same organizations (kosairs takes good care of my daughter each month she goes for treatments)and I always dontae 3 trips each year for the caring place here in this region.
As always Dave thanks for your support for Fishing For Kids.

Eddie

[trent colvin]

Bump...For a GREAT cause!