Dinner with Warriors

[Roguish Lawyer]

http://www.dinnerwithwarriors.com/

[JJ_BPK]

Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer

http://www.dinnerwithwarriors.com/

Thanks, I posted the link to FB, should help get the word out..

[echoes]

Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer

http://www.dinnerwithwarriors.com/

"This collection of recipes and inspirational stories is only possible because of the love and camaraderie these warriors and their families have for each other. As difficult as it is to share these stories, these brave men and women have opened up about their experiences in an attempt to help others in the same position.

They know and understand the difficulties that face a returning hero who has been injured; they understand the pain of losing a loved one and the hardships that follow. They are committed to helping others who are going through the same things they have gone through."

Awesome!!!!

Am forwarding this link to all!!!

Thank you RL, for the post!!!

Holly

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HH6 got me a copy from the internetswebthingy this morning. It's not here yet.

[Axe]

Does anyone here know who the "hand selected organizations" are?

I find it curious that the groups aren't listed by name.

[Axe]

My email:

Greetings-

The book looks like a great idea for some great causes.

Since you don’t list the groups you are benefiting by name on your site, can you provide me with a specific listing of the hand-selected organizations benefiting from the purchase of the book and the percentages each group gets?


The response:

I appreciate the question. I do not list the names of the groups on the site because I don’t have their permission to do so. I don’t have their permission because the main reason I made the book was for organizations to sell it themselves as a fundraiser, I have already worked with several groups that way and seen great success. These military charities are very particular about the use of their name(which is fair) and they do not want their name legally tied to my book if I then let another group sell the book and keep all of the proceeds for themselves.

Because of that I can’t use the names of the benefiting organizations. I can tell you that so far I have donated to the Wounded Warrior Project, and Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund. These are two top notch groups in my book. There are others that I will be donating to but I am awaiting having significant donations before I send them money, but this week I will be donating to two different organizations.

I also do not set aside a specific percentage of each book sold. My cost various fairly dramatically depending on the marketing efforts I have used to sell the book. I can tell you that the donations vary per book from $5-$12. My costs are printing, shipping, and marketing(I include in marketing I pay some people and businesses a commission for selling the book in their stores or various places), I do not take a salary.

Thank you for the questions and taking some time to look over this project, let me know if you have any others.

[echoes]

Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer

http://www.dinnerwithwarriors.com/

Please do not be mad at me for asking this question...but, Was this post to inform of a good cause, or as a question, of a good cause?

Again, am sorry to have to ask, but am going to send this out tto everyone in my little world, so am curious?????

Thank You!!!!

Holly

[Axe]

Holly,

My .02:

I looked at doing a donation per item sold to a big SOF worthwhile organization (not one listed by the author of the book) several years ago. I figured it would be a good thing to do for an organization I believed in, and would give the organization good publicity.

I contacted the group and to my great surprise, felt that I received a charlatan's reception from the beginning..I got the third degree from a standoffish member who never bothered to even thank me for offering to help them out.

I was sent information on what would be involved. Frankly, the amount of paperwork and degree of inspection the organization would have demanded us to submit to for us to be allowed to say "We are going to donate $X.00 per item" was extreme enough to turn me off to the whole idea. I elected not to do the donation program at all.

IIRC, the group wanted to inspect my company's tax returns, our sales records, etc, at our cost and would require us to regularly send the information off site for them to review. The language in the agreement I got was adversarial, to say the least. I understand that some cheaters would take advantage of the organization and use their name in vain, but I found the group's requirements off-putting when I was going to give them a donation for no reason other than a desire to do a good deed.

Any money they would have gotten from us would have been more than what they were already getting, zero, and more than what they ended up getting from us because of their standoffish response, zero.

I don't want to mention the name of the group, because they do very good things and I don't want to give them bad press just because I got a case of the red-ass from them, but I have to say that my experience at their hands put enough of a bad taste in my mouth that I have decided to donate to other groups in the place of the group I contacted since.

If other groups have the same commercial donation policies, I can understand why someone wouldn't want to go through the effort to do everything that might be required to be allowed to state the names of the groups they are going to donate to.

The author claims to be self-publishing, and that justifies the lack of specific named charities even more to me since his publishing and marketing costs would vary.

Nonetheless, if you buy the book based on the charitable donation the author says he will make, you are taking the word of a stranger that the proceeds are actually going to end up in the hands of a worthwhile group and there are no guarantees it will indeed happen.

[echoes]

Originally Posted by Axe

Holly,

My .02:

I looked at doing a donation per item sold to a big SOF worthwhile organization (not one listed by the author of the book) several years ago. I figured it would be a good thing to do for an organization I believed in, and would give the organization good publicity.

I contacted the group and to my great surprise, felt that I received a charlatan's reception from the beginning..I got the third degree from a standoffish member who never bothered to even thank me for offering to help them out.

I was sent information on what would be involved. Frankly, the amount of paperwork and degree of inspection the organization would have demanded us to submit to for us to be allowed to say "We are going to donate $X.00 per item" was extreme enough to turn me off to the whole idea. I elected not to do the donation program at all.

IIRC, the group wanted to inspect my company's tax returns, our sales records, etc, at our cost and would require us to regularly send the information off site for them to review. The language in the agreement I got was adversarial, to say the least. I understand that some cheaters would take advantage of the organization and use their name in vain, but I found the group's requirements off-putting when I was going to give them a donation for no reason other than a desire to do a good deed.

Any money they would have gotten from us would have been more than what they were already getting, zero, and more than what they ended up getting from us because of their standoffish response, zero.

I don't want to mention the name of the group, because they do very good things and I don't want to give them bad press just because I got a case of the red-ass from them, but I have to say that my experience at their hands put enough of a bad taste in my mouth that I have decided to donate to other groups in the place of the group I contacted since.

If other groups have the same commercial donation policies, I can understand why someone wouldn't want to go through the effort to do everything that might be required to be allowed to state the names of the groups they are going to donate to.

The author claims to be self-publishing, and that justifies the lack of specific named charities even more to me since his publishing and marketing costs would vary.

Nonetheless, if you buy the book based on the charitable donation the author says he will make, you are taking the word of a stranger that the proceeds are actually going to end up in the hands of a worthwhile group and there are no guarantees it will indeed happen.

Axe sir,

Was waiting for RL or a QP here on PS.com to give the green light go!
But, I realized that this would not have been posted at all, had it not been legit!

Hence the integrity of PS.com.

Thanks though, for your post!

Holly

[PR31C]

Originally Posted by echoes

Axe sir,

Was waiting for RL or a QP here on PS.com to give the green light go!
But, I realized that this would not have been posted at all, had it not been legit!

Hence the integrity of PS.com.

Thanks though, for your post!

Holly

Book ordered, I too will believe in RL's recomendation.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally Posted by echoes

Please do not be mad at me for asking this question...but, Was this post to inform of a good cause, or as a question, of a good cause?

Again, am sorry to have to ask, but am going to send this out tto everyone in my little world, so am curious?????

Thank You!!!!

Holly

Looked like a good deal to me. Of course, this one sucks compared to the forthcoming ps.com cookbook.

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer

Looked like a good deal to me. Of course, this one sucks compared to the forthcoming ps.com cookbook.

I'm with you RL on looking forward to PS.com's cookbook,but do wonder if it will ever materialize!.............

Big Teddy

[echoes]

Originally Posted by greenberetTFS

I'm with you RL on looking forward to PS.com's cookbook,but do wonder if it will ever materialize!.............

Big Teddy

OMG,

Am salivating at the thought!

My ******* are hard in anticiaption! hahahahhaaha

Holly