3. Refusing a Sponsorship Request: Today you\'ve received a solicitation from a

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3. Refusing a Sponsorship Request: Today you've received a solicitation from a well- meaning service organization, Building Caring Communities (BCC). BCC is invitingyour company, Dennison Wealth Management, to be a featured sponsor of its annual Fix It Fair which has volunteers from all over the city contributing one day's labor to helping their less fortunate neighbors with yard work, home repairs, and other tasks. Your contribution of $1,000 will help pay for the volunteers' T-shirts (on which your company's name will appear), the supplies, and the picnic that will follow the day's work. Any employees who volunteer will have the satisfaction of knowing they helped make someone's home safer or more comfortable. Although this $1,000 doesn't sound like much for a successful business, you've given over $5,000 to such causes this year, and that's all you can afford right now. And even if you could afford the $1,000 donation, you're not sure that the publicity opportunity BCC offers would be the best use of your money. Those helped by BCC aren't likely to become your customers since one reason they're being helped is that they can't afford to pay for services like yours. Write the BCC chair a letter turning down the request for a sponsorship while building goodwill and promoting a positive image of your company as a supporter of BCC's efforts. In fact, if BCC could use more volunteers, you and another employee might be interested in helping with some yard work during the Fix It Fair.

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Dear MR. ABC,
We received your solicitation regarding $1000 aid for the upcoming event 'Fix it Fair', Before advancing further our company would like to appreciate your initiave to refashion our social fabric. The subtle audacity of the idea is intriguing and has deeply moved us. We believe that these initiatives has a potential to reconnect human hearts and invoke the long lost humanity. The selfless efforts of your volunteers has made perceptible changes and has touched life of thousands
With all the willingness to help, it is painfull to inform that we have already exhuasted our corporate social responsibility fund for this year and has already made our utmost contribution towards social causes. our company is not able to afford monetary help.
The ideas has all the potential to provide a healing touch to an ailing heart, we would not like to miss such an oppurtunity. So we can provide you a platform to directly reach our employees for monetary support as well as human help.
We truly believe that these initiatives has a potential to weave humanity, Empathy and human responsibility in our social fabric and nurture our upcoming generations with a more adaptive vision which understands the importance of equality and dignity of others.
Thank you.

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