Over the past year, my brother and I have had several discussions about fundraising for a charity. It’s something we both want to do, but neither of us are in a position financially to do much about it, other than talk. My theory has been that when I reach some of my financial goals, I won’t feel guilty about taking time away from my projects to do something for others. But I recently came up with a project that may let me help others while I help myself.
I have accumulated a virtual stack of e-cookbooks for which I own resale rights. I thought about creating a website to sell them, but there are so many free recipes online, I didn’t think they would sell very well. So, I thought maybe I could create a market where a market didn’t apparently exist. What if I sold the cookbooks really cheap and donated part of the price to charity? I could market them to people who cook as being cheap cookbooks and I could market them to other folks as a way to contribute to a charity while getting something of value in return. That’s how eBooksforCharity.com was born.
Originally, I was going to try donating to several charities, just to widen the potential target audience. But, since I am selling the books so cheap, I would only be able to give a few cents to each charity. So I decided to begin by focusing on a single charity. If the site is successful, I’ll add another charity or two. I chose the Grant County Animal Shelter in Williamstown, KY because I have personally adopted a dog and a cat from them and I know how hard they are trying to provide for the animals in their care. I hate to say anything bad about them, but there was a time when they were a terrible animal shelter. They were basically a place to take unwanted animals to be killed. But, with a change of personnel and an awakened community awareness, they have completely turned things around. Last year they processed about 1,500 dogs. Fewer than one percent of healthy dogs were unadoptable and had to be euthanized. They are working small miracles on a very limited budget.
So, we’ll see how it goes. Hopefully, I’ll make enough money to pay for the hosting, the Grant County Animal Shelter will be able to buy some much needed supplies and my brother and I will feel just a little better.
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