Saving log - $2 tip box
Spending log - $1.50 coffee + $13 lunch + $7 groceries
Nearly every time I land in my cashier's line at the Safeway, she asks me if I would "round up" my grocery purchase in donation for something. A few months ago it was easter seals, right now its for prostate cancer.
She's a fast cashier, very personable, witty (with me, wickedly) and more likely than not she gets me to round up. When DH was in another, much slower line, I waited and watched as my cashier got 3 people in quick succession to donate, while checking people out quickly and laughing most of the time. (a cookie if you gave more than a buck!) I got to thinking - hey she'd be a great fundraiser! I mean she has a rare ability to ask, do something fast at the same time, and if she gets a no, she goes right on to the next person. Kinda rare even for a sales person.
Our non-profit looks for temporary staff to help fundraise in the fall, and we are supposed to be looking for talent. If we recommend someone and they get hired as a temp, we get $250.
So this afternoon at work I printed out the ad, stapled my business card to it, folded it in quarters so that it stays neat in my purse. When I bought cherries, salad dressing and turkey ham in her line, I pounced.
Of course, she recognized me right away, and asked if I would round up my purchase.
I said, "sure.... you know you should think about fundraising as a career." I handed her the folded sheet.
She took it, and asked me if it was volunteer work.
"Heck no," I said, "they'll pay you for it." Her look was priceless - an excited "really?" look.
"Check it out and see if you are interested." I said.
Hope it all works out, and not just for the $250. 
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My sister works in the non-profit world in Seattle. When she worked for "a large financial institution," her employer would loan her out to work on the United Way campaign, and she currently works for an organization run by the Archdiocese of Seattle. She already has a full-time job, so I don't think that would work out for her.
Makes me wonder if you guys might have crossed paths at some point tho ... Small world.