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Healthy Chocolate to Spread the VHL Story
by Lisa Steindel, Director of Development
The VHL Family Alliance is embarking on a new fundraising project. Beginning this summer, we will be distributing boxes of Healthy Xocai Chocolate for display at boutiques, offices, retail stores and businesses. The plan is to collect donations of $10 for a packet of 6 delicious dark chocolate squares. Each display box will contain 20 packets, which should result in a donation per box of $200! Members and friends willing to display our Chocolates and willing to forward to us the resulting $200 in donations, will not be asked to pay us for the box ahead of time, but we will ask you to make sure the proceeds are returned to us within 60 days. We do believe that the Xocai Chocolate is delicious and that a lovely display (explaining a bit about VHL and the work of the Family Alliance) sitting next to the cash register at your favorite beauty shop or book store could be a great way to raise awareness and generate some much needed income. We will be distributing the first batch of boxes at our Annual Conference in St. Louis. If you would like to place a box at your place of business or at your favorite neighborhood coffee shop, you will be able to take a box or two home with you from St. Louis. If you are not going to be able to join us in St. Louis but would like a box, please email or phone Lisa at development@vhl.org or 617-277-5667 ext 4. The candy is delicious, the cause is important and the opportunity to “spread the word” is imperative as we try to invent new ways to tell our story and support our work. I invite you to think about places in your own community where this display might find a home. After all: it is “Healthy Chocolate” – what could be better!
As printed in the VHL Family Forum 18:2, May 2010. For permission to reprint, please contact VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org. Further information is available from the VHL Family Alliance, info@vhl.org. |
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