Its that time of year again, so i would like to personally invite all of you to the kickoff of this years OpFTH 4th of July CAT!!!. 2 years ago it was an instant "into the fire" learning experience, last year helped starting early. so lets get it going this year and by the 3rd time i should figure this out.
First and formost
THE LIMITED EDITION T SHIRTS ARE BACK THIS YEAR!!!! There is change this year where the shirts will be available for about 4 weeks, and will end before the CAT Does on the 4th. the logic behind this is so you gals and guys could have your T's to herf with on the 4th, so...
**Tshirt window shuts at June 17. That's the date they gaurentee delivery by July 3**CAN PURCHASE HERE :
https://www.customink.com/fundraising/opfth-annual-t-shirt-fundraiser?ref=copy-link_social_desktop-campaign-page-share-top-v3&utm_campaign=desktop-campaign-page-share-top-v3&utm_content=opfth-annual-t-shirt-fundraiser&utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&side=front&type=1&zoom=false
must hi-light/select entire link and right click. then select go to.
or copy and paste into your internet browser window.
Here is the link to last years fund raiser:
http://www.cigarbid.com/...8-COMPLETE-PRIZES-DRAWN And to the 2017:
http://www.cigarbid.com/...ETE-PRIZE-WINNERS-DRAWN And to the 2016:
http://www.cigarbid.com/...pFTH-CAT-Challange-2016 And a Link to the 2015 fund raiser.
http://www.cigarbid.com/...y-OpFTH-CAT-fund-raiser Copied and pasted, with minor editing, from last year.
Allrighty folks lets get this party started!!
It is time for the "Official" Start to this year's festivities.
As many of y'all know Operation From the Heart is a nonprofit organization that sends care packages to our soldiers serving abroad. OpFTH is 100% donation driven, when the donations stop Bill and the other agents fund our shipping costs out of our own pockets.
All donations go the Operation from The Heart shipping fund!
Here are the "General" rules
Once again this year is all about shipping funds as Smitty informed me that the OpFTH account is basically EMPTY
This year's goal is a minimum of, NOPE, not this year. I know that all will give till they bleed and we don't need the added pressure of a goal. I will work on keeping a much better count on donations to give final count as some people have asked me for one in the past.
YOU CAN PLEDGE ANY AMOUNT!
Here is how you can make your contribution.
Personal or Certified check, or money order.(Send to schmitty but make them out OPERATION FROM THE HEART or OPFTH (not schmitty))
OpFTH
29456 Groesbeck Hwy
Roseville MI 48066
After the CAT last year, there was a upgrade to the web page that allows someone to pledge a donation every month directly from the website via paypal. super easy to do! and no need to keep track of paper or deal with snail mail.
Cigar donations can be sent to
schmitty (at the same address above)
please be sure to add a note with your CBid handle, # of cigars and that this is for the C-A-T if sending cigars (will make verification much easier)
The preferred method for monetary donations is paypal. goto Paypal and send money to:
[email protected] if that is easier for you Techies REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR CBID HANDLE
^^THIS EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THAT DETAIL!!!^^
Instant, Secure, online contributions VIA Paypal VIA Credit Card on the OpFTH website!
www.opfth.org
Click on the Paypal or JustGive Logo’s on the left hand side of the page.
WE prefer PAYPAL, you get an instant receipt for tax purposes!
The paypal will provide Schmitty with real time verification, and lets try to make his life easier.
Paypal is the prefered method (DO NOT list Cigars or Cigar Bid anywhere in the donation...Title donations "C-A-T 2018" Email your confirmation receipt to Ypetryna, PM for e-mail.
Prizes determined based on random draws
Tentatively only one prize per donor (this could change though) and just because a donation is made does not guarantee winning a prize.
Fund raiser will run up until July 4th Prize drawings will take place a few days later, Donations MUST be confirmed to be eligible.
The Prize Structure will follow shortly
No prize tiers this year and while there is no "minimum" donation amount please remember that we are talking about cigar prizes that for the most part are worth at least $50 and much more considering all the Full boxes of smokes being offered.
Each box cost roughly $15 to ship. That is as easy as winning one less fiver this month, or sending one less PIB/Trade/RAOK etc
Now just a few bits of FYI
OpFTH is a 501(c) Non-profit
None of the Agents or Directors take a salary, we are 100% volunteer
The main office (smitty22 in Roseville MI) spends roughly $500 a month in shipping give or take.
close to 80% of OpFTH's shipping funds come from the fine B/SOTL here on CBid
The annual 4th of July C-A-T accounts for roughly 60% of the Annual funds used each year
Right now There is very little funds in the OpFTH account, which means smitty self funds shipping cost until more funds come in.
As long as there are Soldiers fighting abroad OpFTH will continue to send packages
There are currently about 20 on our shipping list
If you know of someone serving over there, please get me their APO and expected ship home month (as best as OPSEC rules allow) and I will get them added to the shipping list
And as always I extend my, Bill and the rest of the OpFTH family's MANY THANKS to ALL that continue to donate and allow us to keep sending as many packages as possible to those Soldiers that are risking their lives for our better good.
and finally here are some links to help
on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/opfth?fref=ts
on Crowdrise
https://www.crowdrise.com/OperationFromtheHeart
Cafe Press (link through and buy OpFTH themed goods)
http://www.opfth.com/
Good Search (search engine that donates for every search to the charity you choose, and also has many online partners that donate for purchases)
http://www.goodsearch.com/
And as always...THANK YOU for your continued support of OpFTH
disclaimer, I, ypetryna, am not an agent of OpFTH. Todd usually throws this party but he is unable to do so but it needs to happen so I volunteer, not that I do much other than get this started and keep track of the prize donations and drawing.
Thank You
PS – any suggestions or if you find any errors with this post please let me know so I can update the thread appropriately. Thank you.
PPS - thanks for helping me successfully run this for the last couple of years. I know Schmitty appreciates all your help too