Sponsorships are due by Wednesday at noon – with all the County Funding nightmare stuff going on, you may have missed the call for sponsors! At the moment, we are 410 calls behind – we were 300 calls behind when I left on Friday. Your donation will help us have staff and volunteers to answer all these questions that just never stop!
As usual, its ups and downs for us. Funding cuts and threats as usual. And yet, we’ve survived for 35 years! And we’ll survive another 35! If we’re anything we’re nimble, frugal and mission oriented – for Housing Justice in Wisconsin!
(that’s right, our second Friday the 13th fundraiser in one year!)
This year, as much as ever, we need your donations to help get us through the rough patches. If you can sponsor our event (donate in advance in any amount (suggested $35, $50, $75, $100 or more, but any amount appreciated, name goes on invitation to show support) we would very much appreciate it. In the flurry of activity, you may have missed that the deadline was noon today – and we have extended that deadline to Wednesday at noon.
To sponsor, simply
1. Pledge (reply to this email and let me know the amount)
2. Donate on line
3. Send a check (let Brenda know its coming so you get listed)
Tenant Resource Center
1202 Williamson Street, Suite 102
Madison, WI 53703
4. Donate through Community Shares (let Brenda know its coming so you get listed)
Other ways you can help with the fundraiser include:
1. Volunteering (see below)
2. Donate a silent auction item (see below)
3. Donate a food item (from a commercial kitchen) (see bleow)
Thank you much for your continued support and for helping us through the last 35 years and moving forward to the next 35 years!
With sincere appreciation,
Brenda K. Konkel
Executive Director
Tenant Resource Center
p.s. Here’s more details on ways you can help! And yes, you can still email Joe this week!
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ADVOCATE to RESTORE FUNDING CUTS!
DONATE TIME, MONEY OR GOODS!
CELEBRATE 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY!
ADVOCATE
#1. Contact Joe Parisi. He can restore the TRC funding in the budget. He will propose his budget to the county board the first week in October. Please send him an email (parisi@countyofdane.com) or call his office (266-4114) asking him not to cut services to Dane County residents and fund the Tenant Resource Center!
#2. Show up on Wednesday, September 16th and register! The County Executive and the County Board are having a hearing on the Human Services budget. The meeting is at the Alliant Energy Center at 6:00. Please stop by to register your support for the Tenant Resource Center. Please stay and fill the room to show the large amount of support we have.
#3. Show up on Wednesday, September 16th and speak! If you feel brave . . . please sign up to speak on our behalf. Most persuasive will be personal testimonies of us helping people, particularly people we have helped outside City of Madison but in Dane County or people we helped in services that will be cut.
DONATE
The Tenant Resource Center has always worked on a shoe-string budget. We need your donations — of time, goods, and money! Here are ways to donate:
#4. Volunteer for Housing Counseling! Work directly with clients and help them solve their housing problems! This is engaging and highly rewarding work, with a minimum commitment of only 3 hours/week for a year, and we provide extensive training and support. We are holding our fall training October 17 & 18. For more information and to get involved, click here.
For housing professionals, check out our Housing Law Seminar in Madison on October 29 and 30! More details TBA here, so stay tuned!
#5. Donate skills for office work! Looking for a more casual role than housing counseling? We need help with administrative tasks to keep our doors open! E-mail Matt Kozlowski, our Office Manager: koz@tenantresourcecenter.org.
#6. Donate time to our gigantic mailing! Help us get the invites out for our November 13th fundraiser! We are having a mailing party Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27 from 10am – 4pm at the Social Justice Center. Lunch will be provided. Contact Anders: anders@tenantresourcecenter.
#7. Donate to our Housing Crisis Fund! These grants help people keep their housing when facing eviction, and get into housing when they can’t afford security deposits. We do this with smaller, very effective grants that pay off the final balance someone owes to a landlord. Donate here, make sure to say it’s for the “Housing Crisis Fund”
#8. Become a sustainer! Any donor can do this with a monthly contribution. It’s easy, convenient, and it helps us maintain smooth funding throughout the year. Set up yours today on our Sustainers page!
#9. Just DONATE! Watch as we stretch your money farther than you thought was possible! No amount is too great or too small. A donation of $25 can help four to six different people work one-on-one with a counselor to avoid eviction, get their landlord to make repairs, or apply for an apartment. A donation of $500 can provide one month of bilingual services to our Spanish and Hmoob-speaking community members.
CELEBRATE 35 years with us!
We will be celebrating our 35th anniversary on Friday, November 13th from 5 – 7pm at The Brink Lounge. We will have our annual Silent Auction and a truly fantastic party. Here are ways to join the fun:
#10. Sponsor the event! We will add your name/organization to our invitation reaching thousands of fellow TRC supporters. The deadline is NOON on Monday, September 21. Contact Brenda if you would like to be listed as a sponsor: bkonkel@tenantresourcecenter.
#11. Donate an item to the silent auction! Are you an artist or craftsperson? A local business? Can you teach piano, or bake a dozen cookies? Our silent auction brings in the most creative prizes and local gifts in town — let us know what you can contribute! E-mail Anders: anders@tenantresourcecenter.
#12. Donate food or a gift card from your favorite restaurant! To help with our menu for the event, contact Anders: anders@tenantresourcecenter.
Lucky #13. Mark your calendar to join us on Friday, November 13th! R.S.V.P. on Facebook or our website, and don’t forget to spread the word!
