Please offer your opinion re fundraising at work.

[haele]

4. Company e-mails really are a bit iffy. Can you put up big fliers or cards in the break room?

A lot depends on your workplace codes. Most organizations won't frown on a passive form of fund-raising - like a notice in the break room or by the rest-rooms that you have the Thin Mint supply this week, or a can by the coffee mess - but they really don't like you using work time and work assets to promote your charity, nor do they like those that walk around cubicle to cubicle showing people order slips. (The last is too often considered workplace intimidation.)

It's possible that if you send your fund-raising out as a "hey, just FYI, I'm supporting this, and if you want to do this also, here's the link" during lunch or a break time, it might be okay, but you really should check with management first.

Another option would be to perhaps verbally ask the few you think might be interested if they're like to support this (during a break or lunch) then send the e-mail to those who agreed.

You do need to be very careful, though. There are people (conservatives) who might feel that simply by bringing this up, you're attacking them or their beliefs if they're the least bit homophobic or fearfully religious.

Haele