Mark Carey's Virginia fundraising events are currently underway.  Your school or organization can earn almost $9.50from the $12.95sale of the 2002 Mark Carey's Virginia Panoramic Calendar.  Mark has climbed  and rappelled the mountains of Virginia to bring you the most incredible images from the most fantastic state in the union.  Each month, while enjoying the covered bridges, waterfalls, natural and historical wonders of  Virginia, you can also learn Virginia history every day of the year.  The daily almanac will teach you about our history even before the first footsteps at Jamestown.  You will not only learn about the creation of  Virginia, but the birth of our nation as well.  The images are complete with historical data and a Virginia Locator Map that shows where the attraction is.  Exact GPS coordinates and an address are included with each  monthly map to pinpoint it exactly.  While you travel to see these sites, everyone will have fun looking for Chester Peake Carey, the family Jack Russel terrier that is hiding in every photograph.  Think of it as the  "Where's Waldo?" of Virginia. 

Prices are $3.50each plus S&H in  lots of 50.    You make $9.45 per sale!                        No payment until       January 31st!                   Contact us :                                                                                                  1-866-Go-VA-360   E-mail:  mark@va-360.com      Website:  www.va-360.com

                                  Hello,

I'm not going to give you a slick sales pitch or tell you of all the wonderful things I'll give you if you sell my products.  I have to be straightforward and honest while letting you see things for what  they are.  If  I hoodooed you into something that wasn't what you thought, nobody would be happy, and we wouldn't be working together in the years to come.  I choose to impress you with quality!

I want to tell you of the opportunity we have for raising massive funds for our Virginia schools.  Since childhood, I have seen and participated in sales to raise money for the PTA, athletics, band and chorus groups and so  on.  I have always thought that sales goods such as candy bars and cookies were an unhealthy way to solicit funds, not to mention, they leave adult purchasers feeling that they basically just made a donation.  I have  heard many complain about the products purchased, saying they were much smaller than the advertised images led them to believe.   Raising money for educational programs for our children is a very important cause.  I  strongly believe if we give Virginians a valuable product, not only will they be happy to make the purchase, but they will also talk about it, thus promoting it to others who will seek out the products when you have your next  sale.  I so believe this that I have produced the Virginia Calendar and offer it to you at the very lowest price possible.  It is my hope, possibly next year, to add the participating schools' names and logos to the cover  of their individual calendar orders as a thank-you for their loyalty.  Also, I hope to put a photograph of the schools with the highest amount of sales on the cover of their orders.  Unfortunately, at the price offered to  you, any "incentive for sales program" will have to be implemented by the individual schools.   I am planning to make the calendar's daily history even more SOL friendly in future productions.  As the effort has  absorbed $54,000 thus far, the reality of my vision's working hinges on participation.  If you see the scope of my vision, contact us as soon as possible.  We can do something truly valuable together.  Let's teach  and entertain Virginia instead of rotting its teeth while making its students hyperactive or supplying it with items that, at best, can be bought at better quality and lower price elsewhere.  Give your customers something of  true, lasting value, and they will be ready to buy again when they see your sales staff on the move! 

Thanks for your time,

Mark Benjimen Carey

Mark Benjimen Carey is an internationally circulated artist, author and photographer. For the past 13 years he has been a  columnist for the Virginian-Pilot's Chesapeake Clipper, documenting through his art and words the history of the city of Chesapeake, where he resides with his son, Brandon, and their Jack Russell terrier, Chester  Peake.  Mark and his son have also been spokesmen for the Virginia Pre-Paid Educational Program.   When he is not producing his work, on an adventure with his son or handling the production of custom  murals and permanent hanging exhibits for corporations, he can be found helping one of the many charities he works for annually, such as the Sharon Carey Genetic Research Fund at the Eastern Virginia Medical School,  which he founded in honor of his late wife.

Visit MarkCareysChesapeake.com

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