Grants Are Not Free

No, they are not free. They usually require some kind of matching fund from the community, even from rural communities like ours.

Tonight was a special meeting to discuss fundraising for meeting matching requirements for the grant we've received to purchase the tanker that we expect to help reduce insurance rates for Wolfskin and Oglethorpe County residents. We've got the tanker grant; all we need are the matching funds.

We came up with a number of ideas, and I or someone else will write about them periodically, but the bottom line is this. We have to raise $8000 in the next few weeks to match the purchase of this $160,000 incredible tanker.

I urge you to contribute if you can - you can email wolfskinvfd@yahoo.com or add a comment here to inquire. We need any contributions that you can make. If you consider that your homeowner's premium could be reduced by about 28% EVERY YEAR going from ISO Class 9 to Class 8, you can afford a large contribution. For instance, if you contribute 10% of your yearly premium for each of the next 3 years, and we earn Class 8 for year 4, your savings during year 4, and during year 5, and during year 6, etc., will each year reimburse you for your three donations. And you will have helped to get better fire protection!

Here's what Ed Frey has to say:

Wanted to let you know about our fundraising discussions if you didn't make the meeting last night. We are in need of $8000 right away to pay for our share of the new tanker. It was decided that we would begin by sending out a letter to all households in our fire district totellthem of our financial need. If you have any thoughts about what this letter should say, please email them to me at freyinsurance@yahoo.com. Thanks!

- Wayne