For the cost of a fast-food lunch you can buy a cave!
Use the new Sustaining Form to sign up now.
How? By becoming a Sustaining Contributor to the NACD! The NACD must have a steady income to make mortgage payments on acquisitions. We are currently pursuing several properties and need to start raising funds.
The Sustaining Contributor Program offers NACD members and supporters a convenient way to make regular donations in monthly or quarterly installments billed to their credit card. NACD members have already signed up as sustaining contributors by authorizing a monthly charge of $5 to $100 on their Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover card. Contributions go directly to the NACD Cave Acquisition Fund and are used to buy caves.
If we can build this program, we can leverage that income with mortgage loans to purchase more caves each year. It only takes 200 people willing to commit $5 per month to cave acquisition. That's about the cost of one lunch at a fast food restaurant.
What sacrifice will you make to ensure that caves are preserved for the future? Can you skip a $5 lunch once a month in order to make a monthly donation to the NACD? Just think: if 100 donors pledged $5 a month, the NACD would receive $500 a month for a total of $6,000 for the year-all for the cost of one lunch each month! Would you eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich one day out of every week to save $5 a week? If those same 100 people did, and they donated $20 a month to the NACD, we would receive $2,000 per month for a total of $24,000 for the year.
Sustaining Contributors and those who make a one-time donation of at least $250.00 will receive an NACD embroidered logo shirt and NACD decal.
All credit card information is kept confidential under the supervision of Debra Green, who manages the program for the NACD. You can end your participation and stop all charges at any time by contacting Debra Green. Contributions can be authorized on a one-time basis, for a limited period (such as 1 year) or indefinitely until cancelled. They can be made monthly, quarterly or annually - whichever you prefer. Use the new Sustaining Form to sign up.
To sign up as a Sustaining Contributor to the NACD, or to make changes to your sustaining contribution, contact NACD Credit Card Officer Debra Green. Or, if you prefer, you can print this Sustaining Form, fill it out and mail it to us at:
NACD, Sustaining Contributor Program, P.O. Box 14492, Gainesville, Florida 32604
(August, 2005 update:)
The NACD is pleased to announce the continuing growth and success of its Sustaining Contributor Program. The Program, founded just over a year ago, currently holds in excess of $4,000.00 dedicated for the sole purpose of cave site acquisition. Monthly contributors continue to add donations to this fund. If you have not already enrolled as a participant of the Sustaining Contributor Program, please take a moment to complete the form and return it to the NACD. Your assistance is urgently required for the NACD to meet its goal of acquiring a cave site for use by its members.
We would like to sincerely thank the following Program Contributors:
Lloyd Bailey, Jr., Richard Blackburn, C & N Divers, Inc., Ralph DiPanfilo, Brett Floren, Michael Angelo Gagliardi, Larry & Debra Green, Richard Hardison, Larry Hodges, James Hurley, Karl Klockars, John LaManna, Jr., MBM Entertainment, Stephen May, Mike McDonald, Steve Mortell, Nokota Communications LLC, Michael O'Leary, Eric Osking, Bil Phillips, Johnny Richards, Eric Richard, C. Douglas Rorex, Susan Street & Chris Whitlock, Christopher M. Dress