Soliciting donation/pledges from coworkers using work email?
I'm participating in a "Polar Bear Plunge", which is a yearly fundraiser for the Cancer Society where teams and individuals raise money in order to jump into a frozen body of water. I have been soliciting pledges from coworkers who work physically close to me, however there are several who work remotely, or that I haven't crossed paths with during the work day. As the event is coming up soon, and I'm only halfway to the minimum amount raised required to jump, I'd like to engage these coworkers as well.
Is it ok to send these coworkers a request using the company email, in a targeted, individual fashion (rather than, say, blasting out on a distribution list or other mass-emailing)?
I should add that I'm interested in using email rather than phone as I've got a bit of social anxiety around using the phone. (needless to say, requesting pledges at all has been a rather difficult venture)
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I'm participating in a "Polar Bear Plunge", which is a yearly fundraiser for the Cancer Society where teams and individuals raise money in order to jump into a frozen body of water. I have been soliciting pledges from coworkers who work physically close to me, however there are several who work remotely, or that I haven't crossed paths with during the work day. As the event is coming up soon, and I'm only halfway to the minimum amount raised required to jump, I'd like to engage these coworkers as well.
Is it ok to send these coworkers a request using the company email, in a targeted, individual fashion (rather than, say, blasting out on a distribution list or other mass-emailing)?
I should add that I'm interested in using email rather than phone as I've got a bit of social anxiety around using the phone. (needless to say, requesting pledges at all has been a rather difficult venture)
communication email
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I'm participating in a "Polar Bear Plunge", which is a yearly fundraiser for the Cancer Society where teams and individuals raise money in order to jump into a frozen body of water. I have been soliciting pledges from coworkers who work physically close to me, however there are several who work remotely, or that I haven't crossed paths with during the work day. As the event is coming up soon, and I'm only halfway to the minimum amount raised required to jump, I'd like to engage these coworkers as well.
Is it ok to send these coworkers a request using the company email, in a targeted, individual fashion (rather than, say, blasting out on a distribution list or other mass-emailing)?
I should add that I'm interested in using email rather than phone as I've got a bit of social anxiety around using the phone. (needless to say, requesting pledges at all has been a rather difficult venture)
communication email
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I'm participating in a "Polar Bear Plunge", which is a yearly fundraiser for the Cancer Society where teams and individuals raise money in order to jump into a frozen body of water. I have been soliciting pledges from coworkers who work physically close to me, however there are several who work remotely, or that I haven't crossed paths with during the work day. As the event is coming up soon, and I'm only halfway to the minimum amount raised required to jump, I'd like to engage these coworkers as well.
Is it ok to send these coworkers a request using the company email, in a targeted, individual fashion (rather than, say, blasting out on a distribution list or other mass-emailing)?
I should add that I'm interested in using email rather than phone as I've got a bit of social anxiety around using the phone. (needless to say, requesting pledges at all has been a rather difficult venture)
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