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Best lyrics: For the Love of Money, The O’Jays (1973)
Money, you’ve got lots of friends This song is casual yet intense and would “make
Crowding round the door a killing” with a gangster theme and everyone in
When you’re gone, spending ends white to denote the “Good Guys”. Have a
They don’t come no more slideshow going with all the things your club has
Rich relations give made happen. A silent auction with items
Crust of bread and such separated with the projects you have planned
You can help yourself for the next 12 month. Keep silent auction
But don’t take too much items to 20 or less and vet them. Don’t just stick
Mama may have, papa may have anything out there because someone donated it
But God bless the child that’s got his own if it will not bring a healthy price. Save those
That’s got his own items for a community yard sale (another
money maker for your club). Be sure to have
Puttin’ on the Ritz, Fred Astaire, for the your live auction first with five or six great
movie Blue Skies (1946) items. Example: trip to Chicago – gangster
For a high energy, jazzed up, upscale, talk of the capital of the US, trip to Atlantic City or Las
town event there is nothing like a place go Vegas staying with the theme, tickets to a play
“dressed to the nines” to show off a little for a with dinner, handguns, or a movie library of the
good cause. Galas and soirees bring out the Godfather, Goodfellas, American Gangster, etc.
donors with big checkbooks. In a time where
everyone thinks leggings are slacks (not) and Best lyrics:
casual Fridays now last all week, your club can “Money money money money, money (x6)
give people something they didn’t even know Some people got to have it
they missed - the chance to buy a new fancy Some people really need it
dress, have their shoes shined, or wear that Listen to me why’all, do things, do things, do
new tie you got for Father’s Day. That bad things with it
opportunity to “clean up real good” also puts You wanna do things, do things, do things, good
people in a generous frame of mind. Keep your things with it
party moving with a dance contest, heavy hors Talk about cash money, money
d'oeuvres at stations around the room to keep Talk about cash money- dollar bills, why’all”
everyone moving, and an outrageous auction.
They’ll be talking about it for months. Remember these ideas work as they have been
tried before with great success. Let’s Make
“Puttin’ on the Ritz” is slang for “dressing well,” FUNDRAISING GREAT AGAIN!
and was in part inspired by a 1920s fad Inspire donors to give; Unite your community
involving poor Harlem residents dressing up and and club to Achieve smaller, more effective
strolling up and down the borough’s Lenox government.
Avenue. The song was first written in 1929 by
prolific Broadway songwriter Irving Berlin.
For more ideas and implementation
Best lyrics:
Now, if you’re blue recommendations, contact me, Becky
And you don’t know where to go to
Why don’t you go where fashion sits Berger at [email protected]
Puttin’ on the Ritz
