BGMC Fundraising is Struggling!

We've kicked off our Mad Hats fundraiser, but unfortunately, we're off to a VERY slow start and I fear that if we don't have a better showing on this one, we will fall miserably short on our end of the year goal. We only have collected about $2,000 so far this year and our goal is $3,200. We need this Mad Hat fundraiser to bring in a bare minimum of $500 or we may not recover. Of course, anything can happen, but we are considerably behind where we were last year at this time and we barely hit our $3000 last year! I did get some encouraging news that some of our kids have been working on a rummage sale for BGMC behind the scenes. That's the kind of extra effort it's going to take this year, I think. But we need more kids to get serious like that. We only had 5 hats turned in so far and one of those was done by Lloyd Vandenberg's kids.

So how about it, guys? Can we count on another 10 hats to come in this week? The longer it takes to get them out on display, the more opportunities we're missing to collect money for them but we'll take them up to the last minute if need be. Remind your kids that some of them made pledges to participate in our fundraisers this year, even if they're not feeling like doing it now. It doesn't have to be anything elaborate or difficult. It should be fun, but we need SOMETHING if possible.

On another note, I've noticed several buddy barrels sitting on the coal rack in the hallway outside the CW Playhouse door that kids have left here at the church. They might want to make a point of taking them home so they can fill them for the next month.

We can do this! We've done more than this in years past. We've just got to take it up a notch! So come on, everyone! Do it for the BGMC party next year! Do it for kids in other countries! Do it for the Kingdom! Do it for the KING!