HWC $146,785 Raised! Goal- 100K
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Now we're talkin'!Fair enough WWDM - April goal of $100k
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No we're talkin'!
We should have 2-3 fund raising periods a year with defined periods of time (10 days for example) and a stated goals (starting with $83,000 in honor of Mark Hall). Maybe throw in random raffles, recipe books, t-shirts, X-mas gifts, etc. That way we can maintain this high level of enthusiasm.
With a little imagination and organization we can take the HWC to the top. This is an amazing start!!!!
Need to get those gambling licenses!
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As quickly as Dresser raised $750k, maybe someone should hire him to raise funds and pay him commission.
You guys and gals are awesome. We have never seen this kind of a grassroots fundraising campaign before. At last count, we have seen 65 donations come in at an average of $176.55 each. Incredible. Thank You!
Don't try to de-rail the positivity of this thread. Thanks.
If I remember correctly the Hawkeye Wrestling faithful fairly quickly helped Dan Dennis raise $20,000+ for his family to attend the Olympics, so I hope momentum on this current effort for the HWC doesn't wane before we even reach that amount!
wasn't all Hawkeye Wrestling faithful, but wrestling folks in general...but i'm sure the Hawkeyes were leading the charge!
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It's not as much as I would like to be able to donate, but I promise it won't be my last donation!
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It's not as much as I would like to be able to donate, but I promise it won't be my last donation!
In another thread it mentions Dresser has raised like 750k and his goal is 1M. IS THAT CORRECT?????
I've signed up for smileamazon. But I'm not giving anything more until you guys get the auto monthly payments things going.
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I'm in! Nice work all!
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I'm in! Nice work all!
It's a team effort. You guys are the tip of the spear, and we're all just foot soldiers ready to overwhelm whatever obstacle happens to be in our way. Thanks to the HWC board for all of your efforts. You guys put in a ton of work that nobody sees, and we all owe you a debt of gratitude.
It's safe to say you folks have some serious support staff in the Iowa wrestling fan base! By all means, take advantage of this massive group of fans who are willing to pitch in and get the Hawks back on top where they belong.
If this is the case, Dresser should be the head of fund raising for the whole athletic dept. Am I wrong in saying that the iowa tax payers are subsidizing the clone athletic dept because they are not self sufficient?. Isn't that why they got rid of the baseball team?. It seems they should fire the head of fund raising, and this shows the money is around and the big boosters are there. $750,000 in a few short weeks is alot of money in a hurry for a dumpster fire.
<<In another thread it mentions Dresser has raised like 750k and his goal is 1M. IS THAT CORRECT???????>>
I have no idea if it is correct, but I can GUARANTEE that if we had cooperation from Admin/Iclub/Foundation we could raise 10X that very easily !!
I have no idea if it is correct, but I can GUARANTEE that if we had cooperation from Admin/Iclub/Foundation we could raise 10X that very easily !!
That's why I asked. If they can do that why the hell can't we? Something is definitely wrong with Iowa's system. I wish I knew more about this because it really intrigues me coming from an accounting/finance career.
Did you happen to see hawkgasser (and one other users) reply to the thread in the lounge? They mentioned there was a lot of "misinformation" in this thread. I was going to reply with everything the way I've interpreted it, but figured I'd butcher it.
I'll post their responses in case others don't have lounge access...
Well were doing it! Let's not let this thread lose sight of the work everyone on here is doing! Novak told us that TnT have ALREADY noticed! Obviously, this is working and our voices are being heard, this should be extremely motivating for all of us! Let's not derail a good thing
I'd wager a lot of money that they didn't do this through their message boards. WE are basically only targeting message board users, because this was spontaneous. If this was something that was put out by the administration, AD, coaches, etc, we'd have raised X times the amount than we've already done so far. (I'd like to think x = 10, but at the same time I don't want to think about it because it's a missed opportunity)
Here are the two posts I was talking about, including a link to the thread:
From Hawkgasser (probably biggest contributer/donater that frequents the boards)...
From 2bagger22 (never seen/heard of the guy)...
Post link: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/hawkeye-wrestling-club.187086/
From Hawkgasser (probably biggest contributer/donater that frequents the boards)...
From 2bagger22 (never seen/heard of the guy)...
Post link: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/hawkeye-wrestling-club.187086/
Well were doing it! Let's not let this thread lose sight of the work everyone on here is doing! Novak told us that TnT have ALREADY noticed! Obviously, this is working and our voices are being heard, this should be extremely motivating for all of us! Let's not derail a good thing
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Come on andregre & others, start a new thread, lets keep this one on DONATIONS and positivity
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Come on andregre & others, start a new thread, lets keep this one on DONATIONS and positivity
Ladies/Gents--
The admin/foundation/Iclub doesn't discourage donations from supporting the HWC -- but they don't encourage it or cooperate in any way to help our situation like other schools. I could give many examples-
We cant even get a list of participants that played in an Iclub golf outing so we can email them to see if they would have interest in ours.
I could go on and on-- they have no motivation or inclination to look for ways to help.
We have the greatest wrestling fan base anywhere--- We have a program that is historically among the very best.
A little support and cooperation would go a LONG way
The admin/foundation/Iclub doesn't discourage donations from supporting the HWC -- but they don't encourage it or cooperate in any way to help our situation like other schools. I could give many examples-
We cant even get a list of participants that played in an Iclub golf outing so we can email them to see if they would have interest in ours.
I could go on and on-- they have no motivation or inclination to look for ways to help.
We have the greatest wrestling fan base anywhere--- We have a program that is historically among the very best.
A little support and cooperation would go a LONG way
Stay positive everyone, and keep donating $$.
This is a great thing for the HWC!!
This is a great thing for the HWC!!
This x 1000. A booth at the home meets would be great and what would it hurt. 50/50 raffles at meets, the list goes on and on.
Since he is a huge Iowa fan, anyone got contact info to Kutcher?
He's sat with Gable for at least one home dual meet. I suspect we know how to get in touch with him.
We are actively working on it with our web people and payment processor.
From the post above I'm excited to see HAWKGASSER and 2bagger22's upcoming donation here. Should be a big one!
Dresser didn't raise it. It was rasied in order to bring him to ISU. Question to ask is it pledges or hard money and is it coming from a few big hitters and or corporate givers or was a lot of it generated from individual and farmer contributions. Makes a difference as to the final and actual tally.
Of course you can give to the HWC in any amount and at any time. What you can't do is give to the collegiate hawkeye wrestling program, only, through the foundation. What the foundation and or the athletic department can also control is not alowing the HWC to have access to mailing lists, have booths at hawkeye sporting events and on university property, not be able to distribute mailiers or information mateials and not be on board with any fund raising necessary to upgrade wrestling facilities.
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Had the opportunity to meet with Randy, Tom, and Matt McDonough today. Terry, Ryan, and Luke also dropped by to thank everyone on this forum for their unbelieveable support. Tom is absolutely astounded at this show of support. He did ask if we could possibly go further and attend the HWC banquet May 22nd. The information is on the HWC website. This would also go a long way in showing our support. Lastly, no matter that everyone here may be willing to open their pocketbook more needs to be done to reach the goals that Tom has for the program. Anyone who has a connection with a hawkeye wrestling fan with the financial capability to provide a perpetuating income sourse and or a corporation that could do the same should contact Randy or let me know. We need to raise enough seed money so that Barta can not refuse to move wrestling up the facility upgrade ladder. Right now it appears that the pecking order is: Golf, softball, and baseball. Yeah, I know...hard to logically justify or even undrstand that reasoning. Understand Barta has received a few email's from unhappy people. Not suggesting anything here though.....let's do this!
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They were self sufficient with the 2,044,400 subsidy they got last year. Iowa was 3.5 million in the red and had a subsidy of 650,000. Think our loss had something to do with the facilities update though if I remember our ad saying. My point is Dresser is killing it by raising that amount of money in a short month is outstanding.
Heading to Europe in two weeks, so I'm probably tapped out until May. I'll be giving every month from here on out
