Most local small-business people support the local community and if you run a nonprofit group it is very important to have good public relations with the local business community. One way to insure that you maintain a strong relationship with the local business community for your nonprofit group is to send thank you letters after they have helped you in a fund-raising event.

Even if the local business did not help you sometimes it is better to thank them anyway so they do not cause a problem in the future next time you have the event next year. For instance consider if you will a car wash fundraiser for a local soccer team. If you have the car wash fundraiser down the street from the local car wash you will hurt their sales for one day. But if you thank them for this or even hand out their coupons to people whose car you wash they will not be so upset next year.

Consider public-relations in your community and the type of fund raising your nonprofit group does. Here is a sample thank you letter to a local business person, which became the competition for that one day event. Perhaps this will give you ideas to promote public relations in your community with your nonprofit group.

YOUR GROUPS LOGO HERE

We wish to thank you for your assistance with our annual car wash fundraiser. We realize that your carwash needs dirty cars to succeed. We know we washed more than our fair share and we appreciate your understanding. We were glad to hand out your coupons and are sorry if we took any business away from you during the weekend of our annual car wash.

We assure you that after washing some three hundred plus cars some of our members never want to wash another car as long as they live. Im sure they will be bringing their cars to you from now on. Thank you for all your encouragement and support. It made all the difference in the world.

Sincerely,

Your Name

Your Group

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Your Group Name