I recently came up w/ the very
brilliant idea of asking Amazon.com if they would donate a Kindle to
our hospital for a raffle. I think that the Kindles are pretty dang
nifty, and so I think a lot of people would like them. (For
instance, I’m trying to see if I can purchase my school books for
my Kindle b/c then I don’t have to pay quite so much, and I won’t
have to lug it all over the place. You can also put notes, etc, in
there, so it has highlighting capabilities. Also, when I need to
write a paper w/ several points, I won’t need to dog ear the page,
highlight the passage and then write down the page number under the
point. I’ll just highlight it and then put a note called Point 1
or something, and then search for all Point 1s.)
At any rate, I thought, what sets KGH
apart from the rest of the world w/ their hands out, begging for a
freebie? Well, there’s the first part: Ketchikan. Not normally
famous, except for the last few years, so I started out with that:
To whom it may
concern:
I work in a small
hospital in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Perhaps you’ve heard of us? Let
me spark your memories a bit… I would have been able to see the
“Bridge To Nowhere” out of my office window, however Russia is
nowhere in sight. We’ve affectionately begun calling ourselves
Nowhere, Alaska 99901)
Then I remembered that we are a not for
profit, so I decided to toss that in, and add to the general overall
charity of the work we do up here, and show off my long term
dedication to the various projects that I am a part of:
Because we are a
small non-profit, the Employee Council (of which I’ve been an
active member for 8 years) has to raise all funds for our Christmas
parties and a charity called Helping Hands, which tries to help
fellow employees that would otherwise fall through the cracks. Yes,
Nurses, CNAs and other hospital personnel have emergency medical
bills, as well. However, due to the economy, we are having a harder
time raising money.
Now what? Well, let’s butter them up
a bit, and remind them, again, about where the economy stands. And I
should probably thank them, too, huh?:
For my birthday my
mother purchased a Kindle for me. I absolutely adore it! I wondered
if Amazon.com could be sweet talked into donating a Kindle or a gift
card for the amount of a Kindle to our hospital, so that we could
raffle it off. Most people can still afford a 5$ raffle ticket.
Thank you for your
time in considering us for this donation. I know that I, and all the
others here at Ketchikan General Hospital would appreciate it.
Ok… That should do it, right?
C’mon, Amazon!!! How many thousands of dollars have I spent on
your products over the year?!? Even if you only make 1% (which your
stocks show you make more than that!) off of all of my transactions,
you still could afford it….
(update, this was sent in June of 2011... It's now almost December of 2011... I don't think they are going to do it)
