IS THIS A GOOD REQUEST?

[dragon2006]

Dear,_______
we are holding a charity auction on october 21st-22nd for our local united states marine corps reserve toys for tots drive here in the north east ohio area,and would love to have an autographed photo of you for it would be greatly appreciated, I dont wanna sound greedy but could we please have an extra autograph for our office?.and anything you could donate would be greatly appreciated

thank you for your time and thank you for anything you might be able to help us with,
ssgt. william _________ u.s.m.c.

please send to

ADDRESS


PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK

[The_Champion]

Dear,_______
we are holding a charity auction on october 21st-22nd for our local united states marine corps reserve toys for tots drive here in the north east ohio area,and would love to have an autographed photo of you for it would be greatly appreciated, I dont wanna sound greedy but could we please have an extra autograph for our office?.and anything you could donate would be greatly appreciated

thank you for your time and thank you for anything you might be able to help us with,
ssgt. william _________ u.s.m.c.

please send to

ADDRESS
and thanks for what you're doing for this country.


PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK

It's ok, but if you're writing on behalf of a charity, make sure it is typed with the name and address of the charity at the beginning. I wouldn't ask for an extra autograph, but if I did, I definitely wouldn't say "wanna". That doesn't sound professional at all, and you really should since you're collecting for a charity.

Hopefully my notes have helped. Good luck with the auction.

[James]

As always with charity requests, there isn't a 'correct' way of writing the letter.

For my reuqests, I write an A4 letter explaining
-Who I am
-What the 'charity' or 'organisation' is
-What the charity or organisation does
-What the money goes towards
-What is being requested

If you can, try to get some letterheaded paper from the charity or organisation, and try to get a letter from the 'manager' or person in charge confirming the event is actually taking place.

Hope this helps, and if you need any more help then feel free to email me
james@fanmail.biz

James {thumb2}

[RuleroftheWorld]

2 things jump out at me -

1) "Wanna"? I think you'll wanna change that to "want to"

2) Asking for a autograph for you or your office is not something I'd have the cheek to do, personally. You're collecting for charity, not yourself. My opinion is they should always stay seperate, but people will disagree with this I know..

[James]

The only time I mixed the two was when I wrote to Helen Mirren. I wrote two seperate letters, a charity one & a personal one from me, not requesting an autograph though.

[dragon2006]

thank you for your help i will edit my letter,this is my email request i also add our website link.
i've gotten 6 so far so i guess im doing something right.

[dtlm2]

It would also be a good idea to include your charity id #. Many celebrities and sports stars have such items set aside for events like yours, but require a charity id # as a way to deduct, for tax purposes,the item they have given your charity.

[dragon2006]

so what people dont understand we don't collect money we collect new unwrapped toys for under privileged children
the way our auction goes someone brings a new unwrapped toy and gets tickets for the autographed memorabilia to bid on. no money exchanges hands

[Nammzi]

so what people dont understand we don't collect money we collect new unwrapped toys for under privileged children
the way our auction goes someone brings a new unwrapped toy and gets tickets for the autographed memorabilia to bid on. no money exchanges hands

I know that this doesn't really have anything to do with me, but wouldn't it make more sense to auction bthe celebrity autographs off for money, and then use the money to buy the toys? I think that it would be easier that way, but that jut my opinion