First, we have run into a problem with the Och Fitness Center. It seems that politics and University legalities are putting a significant halt on our event progress. One major issue we have run into is the fact that Save Our Women is not registered as a non-profit organization. Upon incorporation in 2006, Save Our Women was set up as an LLC which acted as a non-profit. To uphold our reputation, we have partnered with non-profit organizations like Susan G. Komen for the Cure and FORCE: Facing Our Risks of Cancer Empowered. These partnerships have provided us with the same reputation as any non-profit organization. However, moving forward, we feel that since we have always acted as a non-profit, and wish not to rely on partners for credibility, Save Our Women should have its own non-profit identity. So before we can move forward with a charity event at the Och Fitness Center, we must secure non-profit status. I am currently e-mailing with my lawyer to figure out how quickly this change can happen.
The second update is regarding Real Ryder Revolution. Today, I had my second meeting with the company owner and we secured a date for our event (May 16th, 2010) at their West Bloomfield location. The next steps are going to be to start advertising, accepting donations, registering team members, and seeking donations (food, prizes, entertainment, etc). Time is obviously of the essence, which is why we need to move quickly. So far, I am completely pleased with the enthusiasm of the Real Ryder crew and think this event will be a huge success.
Third, and more directly correlated to the marketing component of my independent study, I am struggling to find statistics that relate directly to breast cancer. I have found information on people who have made monetary contributions to cancer causes, but have been unsuccessful finding specific breast cancer statistics (specifically, how many people had a donation to a breast cancer organization last year). I have reached out to the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, but so far all of the numbers I have found are in dollars, as opposed to in number of people. This should be tricky, but I'm still working on a way around this dilemma.
More soon.
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