Celebrate your birthday with CAP!

How many more candles, slippers, potted plants, or power drills do you need?

When your next birthday rolls around, ask your friends and family to make a donation in your name to the Community Action Project/Calaveras Planning Coalition instead of giving you a toaster or a set of socket wrenches. Celebrate your birthday and a great cause at the same time. It’s easy. Here are some tips.

1. Tell people about CAP/CPC and why our mission is important to you. Tell your story. That’s what they want to hear.
2. Spread the word with Facebook, Twitter, or whatever platform you prefer. Reach out with personal emails, notes, texts, or let your birthday wishes be known in person.
3. Make your birthday the deadline for gift giving. 
4. Ask everyone to be generous, but let them know that no gift is too small and all gifts will be greatly appreciated. You may also ask for a specific amount, $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 or whatever is appropriate. You know your audience. 
5. Please direct your birthday well-wishers to www.calaverascap.com. Ask them to click on “donate” or mail their birthday donation to CAP/CPC, PO Box 935, San Andreas, CA 95249. 
6. Ask your birthday buddies to let CAP/CPC know they are donating in your honor.
7. Another option is to just ask guests to bring your gift to the big birthday bash you can’t wait to have now that you’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19. 

CAP/CPC will feature the most compelling stories in the ReCAP and on our website. And many happy returns of the day!