Accepting Checks for Additional Donation

[RMDave]

I understand there is the hwc donation form. If I receive a check, do I have to wait for the entire month to go by before sending in the form (and obviously, the check)? Does the amount I send in post to my ACS-HWC page as a donation or is it in limbo somewhere or do I ever get credit (somewhere, somehow) for the donation?

 

[NooraK]

You can send that form in as many times as you want, so you can send your donations in as you get them, or hold onto them, depending on how chintzy you want to be with stamps. You do get credit toward your HWC fundraising, that's why it asks you for your consultant number, but I don't know if it'd link up to your ACS-HWC website. I would think that it does, because ACS has your consultant number on that page. But if I'm wrong, I'm sure Kisha will be by to correct me.

 

[RMDave]

Thanks, Noora. You, of course, are speaking based on logic. If anything, we have learned that (perhaps) a logical isn't how this fund-raiser (and the interaction between agencies) has been put together.But I'm willing to give it the old college try.

 

[NooraK]

Well, the first part is based on knowing how it worked last year. That you could send in multiple forms, and the specific reason the system was set up was so that you could increase the amount of donations you could collect for the campaign beyond the pink products and the fundraiser shows.

The part about the website records is speculation. I did a 3-day walk quite a while a go, and the company that handled the donations would post anything mailed in on the website I had as well. I would think the ACS would have the same capability, but just having the capability doesn't mean it's going to happen.

 

[tys1031]

Hi! The HWC donations that are sent in on the form are tracked by a different team than the one that maintains the web site, unfortunately. But FORTUNATELY, they send reports to PC's home office on a weekly basis with the donation amounts by consultant # so they can be counted towards the recognition at NC. So if you are wondering if your donations will count towards the recognition...then DEFINITELY!

Which reminds me, for those who don't already do this, PLEASE INCLUDE your consultant number on ALL your the donations that are mailed in! The team that maintains that data said there was over $2,000 sent in last year that did not have a consultant # on the form. Most were small donations, but just think.....all those small donations added up to $2,000! EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS! Some folks missed out on recognition last year because they didn't add their consultant # to the forms!