[Green] Matching funds for solar expansion

[Rebecca Phillips]

A brochure is a great idea. Who has the template for the stained glass windows brochure? Jann Adams?


Rebecca


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From: Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> on behalf of Kelcey Jacobs via Green <green at fuusm.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 9:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [Green] Matching funds for solar expansion

I think a brochure/flyer would be a great idea.  And I like the wording and explanation you gave as well, Dawn.

Kelcey

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 1:03 PM, gbanz42--- via Green <green at fuusm.org<mailto:green at fuusm.org>> wrote:
Dawn:

    This is a great start on the fund raising for our solar panels.

    Do we want to create a brochure/flyer  like Joe Baker and others did for the stained glass windows?


---- Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org<mailto:green at fuusm.org>> wrote:
> Dear green friends,

It is April, Earth Month, and the month we designated to begin tracking down funding for our solar expansion to take advantage of the matching funds offer. Ideas?

Sure, we can solicit donations at our Earth Day booth. What else? A guest editorial in the newspaper? Social media?

I propose this approach: Lots of people, like me, would love to have solar panels on our roofs—not because it will lower our electric bill, but because we wish to reduce our dependence upon climate-changing fossil fuels. But I can’t afford it, and my roof line faces a less than desirable direction, and my yard has too many trees that I don’t want to cut down. My house and property are not likely candidates for solar power, and my wallet is another limiting factor. So what can I do? I can help fund solar power in the Mid-Ohio Valley by contributing to the expansion of the solar array at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta. My house might still be powered by fossil fuels, but donating to the FUUSM More Solar Fund, I’ll be reducing dependence on fossil fuels right here in Marietta. As an added bonus, every dollar I contribute will be matched by a grant from an anonymous benefactor.

Something like that. I wonder if there are businesses who would chip in to help us. It would be tax deductible, right?

Other ideas, please! This snuck into my dreams last night!


—dawn


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