title: Fund raising from a volunteer's perspective.
abstract: Dick Rathgeber recently volunteered to lead a major fund raising drive for the Salvation Army in Austin, Texas. Of the $3.6 million effort, Rathgeber personally solicited $2.2 million, receiving pledges from nearly 80 percent of the calls he made. Although he has been a volunteer fund raiser for only four years, he obviously is successful at it. "It's a noble calling," says Rathgeber. "I've been richly blessed in my life, and this is my way of giving some of it back." The following article was adapted from a speech Rathgeber gave to attendees of NAHD's Region 5 Conference in San Antonio this past spring by Pat Korbus, writer for Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas.
mesh_terms: D005653:Fund Raising / Q000379:methods*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers