Now that IS a good one. The first year was an accident to say the least! Expecting and hoping for maybe $1,000.00 to give to Jenny and CF. I mean an impromptu chocolate chip cookie eat off, all started by our brother in skin, Dan (Semko).
The Mrs. and I found ourselves extremely short of funds to put on a picnic for a hundred or so people! Two manufacturers contacted me on the same day and offered to throw in some funds to help offset our costs. We had a few extra bucks left over and basically the rest is now making history!
Let me tell you, our Cobra family on it's first baby steps raised more money for C.F. than ANY independent organization in history! At the end of DVSF I, the Mrs. and I turned in our retirement papers to CF and most of the Cobra Family, never intending or even thinking that ANYONE would want to do this again!
Then along came "BLACKJACK," Turk, and so many others. Almost demanding that we do it again. It truly was BLACKJACK and Turk, and behind the scenes, Mrs. Semko and others that convinced Mrs. DV that all the time, effort, aggravation, missed business meetings, etc., etc., were all worth it. They insisted that the "Family" would return if we would do it again.
The "Family" certainly didn't let us down! They came, they gave, they smoked tires, they paraded, they showed off, they sweated under 90' heat, they tipped a few, OK, some a lot
, we hope they had fun..... and they gave, and gave and gave, only to keep giving not only through out the year, but all during the DFSF II!
Another all time record was set! Yes, the Cobra Family had come through again!
I guess you can tell how proud I am of being allowed to play with the "Cobra Family"!
Back to the question. Without being snide, I want to raise as much as we possibly can! Getting involved with CF since the Fling started, I have listened to Dave Smith, Jenny's father, educated myself about CF and decided that we really, really "are doing a good thing!"
Realistically, we are trying everything we know how, and a whole lot we know nothing about, trying to raise an honest $100,000.00
before expenses this year.
The question; which came first. " the egg or the chicken?" Is now surfacing in my e-mail, is it a Cobra event or is it a fund raiser?
My answers, it is both! It is a true win-win situation for all involved!
David, rereading your question, I may be totally off track. If the question is, how much do we need to spend to put on the Fling this year, then the answer is thousands! If we pull off what we intend to pull off, our costs could run well above $20,000.00 for the three days. But, if we do pull it off, the gross could well go into the high six figures! Of course all our "family" has to do is the same thing they have done for the past two years, plus pay an entry fee for the first time.
I have refused to except this hard fact in the past. My thoughts are, you just don't charge friends and family members to come to a picnic! But, the hard fact is, we simply have to, to continue on.(No one but NO ONE will be turned away because of an entry fee, not even the ones that can afford it, but don't feel it is worth it!)
Sorry for the extreme post! Guess I have been too quiet around here lately. The website is coming soon. The finished agenda is coming soon. Sponsors are being lined up, and special showings for all the sponsors are being put in place this year.
DV...so much more to come...We ARE doing a good thing!