Guest guest Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 One high school teacher raised money for by doing a "High Five for " with her class. She asked each kid to bring five dollars. Some parents sent in a five for them too. She might have given them extra credit or something but it was really great. You could start something like that in any big companies you know of or schools or anywhere really. Just 1100 people to give five bucks. I think people are willing to donate when they have a set amount thats not that high. You could always get the media to cover it too...but usually they want a trust account set up with a bank, so you would need to set that up first. deb...mom to three great kids and wife to one amazing guy!http://www.lifeofloveproject.org/http://www.debwells.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 One high school teacher raised money for by doing a "High Five for " with her class. She asked each kid to bring five dollars. Some parents sent in a five for them too. She might have given them extra credit or something but it was really great. You could start something like that in any big companies you know of or schools or anywhere really. Just 1100 people to give five bucks. I think people are willing to donate when they have a set amount thats not that high. You could always get the media to cover it too...but usually they want a trust account set up with a bank, so you would need to set that up first. deb...mom to three great kids and wife to one amazing guy!http://www.lifeofloveproject.org/http://www.debwells.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Got a call from the service dog place yesterday. They are working with a couple of dogs for our son. We applied several months ago. We have raised some money--about $500. This will help with travel. It should pay for the food and car ride. Now, any suggestions about raising the rest of the money in a couple of months? We need about $6500 for the dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Got a call from the service dog place yesterday. They are working with a couple of dogs for our son. We applied several months ago. We have raised some money--about $500. This will help with travel. It should pay for the food and car ride. Now, any suggestions about raising the rest of the money in a couple of months? We need about $6500 for the dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 , I'm curious on which place you are getting the service dog for your son. We got a service dog through NEADS in Princeton, Ma. We only had to come up with $500 for the dog. They find sponsors for the other amount. Neads also has several places all over the united states. You should not have to come up with that much money for a service dog. Getting a dog for my son was a great decision, but I wouldn't of been able to do it if the cost was that expensive. Lori Service dogs > > > Got a call from the service dog place yesterday. They are working with a > couple of dogs for our son. We applied several months ago. We have raised > some money--about $500. This will help with travel. It should pay for the food > and car ride. > > Now, any suggestions about raising the rest of the money in a couple of > months? We need about $6500 for the dog. > > > > > > > > > Please contact mito-owner with any problems or questions. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 , I'm curious on which place you are getting the service dog for your son. We got a service dog through NEADS in Princeton, Ma. We only had to come up with $500 for the dog. They find sponsors for the other amount. Neads also has several places all over the united states. You should not have to come up with that much money for a service dog. Getting a dog for my son was a great decision, but I wouldn't of been able to do it if the cost was that expensive. Lori Service dogs > > > Got a call from the service dog place yesterday. They are working with a > couple of dogs for our son. We applied several months ago. We have raised > some money--about $500. This will help with travel. It should pay for the food > and car ride. > > Now, any suggestions about raising the rest of the money in a couple of > months? We need about $6500 for the dog. > > > > > > > > > Please contact mito-owner with any problems or questions. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Lori, The place we chose for a service dog is a wonderful place. Most places require more than we have to come up with. The cost of training a service dog is about $20,000. This place is small and does not have a lot of outside donors. They also place with children and don't require an adult's presence for community access. We want a dog to give our son community access and if he has to have a parent with him it kind of defeats the purpose. We have also had to wait less than a year. We applied less than six months ago for an alert dog--so our wait has been quite short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Lori, The place we chose for a service dog is a wonderful place. Most places require more than we have to come up with. The cost of training a service dog is about $20,000. This place is small and does not have a lot of outside donors. They also place with children and don't require an adult's presence for community access. We want a dog to give our son community access and if he has to have a parent with him it kind of defeats the purpose. We have also had to wait less than a year. We applied less than six months ago for an alert dog--so our wait has been quite short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 , The service dog place sounds great. My son was very fortunate in getting his dog only after 6 months of applying. NEADS does not go by who's first on the list, but which dog matches the client best. Like you my son is 16 and we wanted him to be able to go in the community without an adult being the facilitator. My son has so much more independence since the dog. Even in our own home he does not rely on us to pick things up for him or turn the lights on an off. I hope your son has as much success with his dog as my son has had with his. Lori Re: Service dogs > > > Lori, > > The place we chose for a service dog is a wonderful place. Most places > require more than we have to come up with. The cost of training a service dog > is about $20,000. This place is small and does not have a lot of outside > donors. They also place with children and don't require an adult's presence > for community access. We want a dog to give our son community access and > if he has to have a parent with him it kind of defeats the purpose. We have > also had to wait less than a year. We applied less than six months ago for an > alert dog--so our wait has been quite short. > > > > > > > > > Please contact mito-owner with any problems or questions. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 , The service dog place sounds great. My son was very fortunate in getting his dog only after 6 months of applying. NEADS does not go by who's first on the list, but which dog matches the client best. Like you my son is 16 and we wanted him to be able to go in the community without an adult being the facilitator. My son has so much more independence since the dog. Even in our own home he does not rely on us to pick things up for him or turn the lights on an off. I hope your son has as much success with his dog as my son has had with his. Lori Re: Service dogs > > > Lori, > > The place we chose for a service dog is a wonderful place. Most places > require more than we have to come up with. The cost of training a service dog > is about $20,000. This place is small and does not have a lot of outside > donors. They also place with children and don't require an adult's presence > for community access. We want a dog to give our son community access and > if he has to have a parent with him it kind of defeats the purpose. We have > also had to wait less than a year. We applied less than six months ago for an > alert dog--so our wait has been quite short. > > > > > > > > > Please contact mito-owner with any problems or questions. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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