Tug your heart

Dang! I feel guilty for abandoning my blog for quite a while.


Anyway, I wanna share about a story shared by a sister in the Communication and Fundraising Workshop that I attended. It was a 3 days workshop held in promenade (tomorrow is the last day of the workshop. awhh!). The workshop was organized by Montfort and attended by NGOs, Associations, Parishes, church ministries etc.


The basic principles in fundraising that was being emphasized in this workshop is that people give to people, and people give because people have feelings, either guilty or mercy. when you do fundraising you need to open the heart of the donor first before you can open their mind & finally open their cheque book! hehe. And you also need to make the "ask"! so that the donor know how much are needed.

how can you open the heart of a donor before you make the "ask"?

One of the method given by the speaker is to tell a story (a TRUE story). The story must be able to tug at the heart. Then there was an exercise, the speaker ask for volunteer to tell a story and make the ask! You must be able to tell your story & make the ask in 1 minute.. Here comes Sr Dorothy..& she goes


One day, there was a celebration in a village. This village is located in a rural area and very isolated. It was very seldom that they have this kind of celebration in this village. All the children was lining up to get the food. An old lady spotted a little boy, and he was holding two plates of food. He was caught in the act! as 1 person can only take 1 plate of food. He ran away with the foods before the old lady manage to stop him. A few minutes later, he came back and he wanted to take another plate of food.


Before he was able to do so, the old lady caught him & she scolded him. she said "you've taken 2 plates of food and now you're taking another one!?". The little boy was really scared and he was crying when he answered to the lady "yes, the two plates is for my grandfather and my grandmother. both of them are really sick and they can't walk. It's very seldom that we have this kind of food in our village. I want them to have good food as well. And now I am getting some food for myself. I'm sorry sister" ... and you know what? from that day the old lady who happen to be standing here in front of you make a pledge that she will serve the people in Paitan, even if His grace would want her to serve in other places..hehe


Sister forgot to make the ask after the story tho. but it was a good one! It managed to tug my heart. way to go sister Dorothy!! I support your work in Paitan.. =)