Email to a Real Estate Agent

I’m emailing you today because I’m in a team participating in the Wild Endurance; a 100km trek through the Blue Mountains. (I say “participating” rather than competing, because we’ll just be happy to finish!) It’s a fairly arduous course which most of my team failed to complete last year. So we have come back to it this year, older, wiser, and more prepared for what is to come.

The only problem is that we’ve spent so much time training and preparing for this event that we haven’t devoted any time to fundraising. As with many of these events, completing the course is only half the challenge; the other half is the fund raising component. Each team member must raise $400, which is in addition to the entry fees we pay. Given our friends, family, distant relatives and hardly-known associates don’t bother to read our emails anymore we thought we’d broaden our fundraising net and approach parties who may be interested in supporting us.

Now, you may well ask (if, in fact, you’re still reading this email) why you, or your staff, would support a team in the Wild Endurance with your hard-earned cash. There are several good reasons (apart from ensuring that all four of us spend over 30 grueling hours trudging up and down the Blue Mountains). For starters, every donation over $2 is tax-deductible. Sure, sure, you don’t get to spend the money, but at the same time you pay less tax!

But wait! There’s more!

Of course there’s more! I haven’t even told you who will benefit from your tax-deductible donation. All money raised is going to the Wilderness Society. Now, you may not think that the Wilderness Society and a real estate agent would have anything in common, but you do. You see, the Wilderness Society’s mission is to preserve and protect Australia’s wilderness areas, which means there is less land to sell, but that also increases the value of current properties, which would increase the commission as that property changes hands. So everyone wins!

If none of these reasons appeal to you, and you just feel as though this is a spam email, you can support us and have your revenge! Supporting us will force us out onto the track, to hike for over 30 hours up and down huge hills and mountains, until our feet are blistered and worn... Such sweet revenge must be worth something!

Donating is easy; the organisers have set up a website which does it all for you! Just go to our page: http://events.wildendurance.org.au/PANDSI++TriHards, pick a team member and click the Donate button on the right. It’s safe and secure (I’ve already donated twice and have no errant charges on my credit card). As a bonus, if you’re having a slow day at work, you can read through some of our training adventures while you’re there!

--So, please lend a thought to helping us help the wilderness. Thank you for your time. And please feel free to forward this email on to anyone you believe may wish to help this worthwhile cause!

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