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Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5785240
01/24/17 09:26 AM
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Little by Little Pick! It appears (thanks to Pick65) we have found some end users- so we are on the way to getting this off the ground. That said it's still a work very much in progress. As much as I'd like to open the flood gates and ask for some help, this project is still in the "pet project" phase. When it's gone start to finish a few times I will have more to say!

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5785652
01/24/17 03:24 PM
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A skinny, malnourished kid wearing a fur coat.....?.......?........??????

lol


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Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5785751
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LMAO!!!!!

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Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5786174
01/24/17 10:22 PM
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I'm sure you could get some decent donated fur for your hats, especially with prices being down. Let us know and when that happens ask that it remain at the top of the forum

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5786263
01/24/17 11:08 PM
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I had a similar idea of giving away fur several years ago. The problem is the sheer amount of cooperation between trappers, tanneries, furriers, retailers. Plus the amount of time it take to go from trap to back is too long.

I have another idea however. What if we could setup a "donate a fur" program through one of the auction houses? Logistically details would have to be worked out, but hear me out. A centralized account could be setup with say NAFA. When trappers send their fur they could tag 1,2,3... how many ever furs they want to be donated. These furs are then designated to the donate account just like a personal account. The fur then goes through auction just like all others. The proceeds could then be donated to a designated charity.
If every trapper donated a muskrat or coon or even something more valuable, think about the proceeds from a single auction. Again, a lot of details would need worked up but you get the picture.

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5786583
01/25/17 10:18 AM
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That's a good idea 124- and you do certainly voice the hurdles of cooperation between parties of with similar interests.

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: HobbieTrapper] #5786585
01/25/17 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted By: HobbieTrapper
A skinny, malnourished kid wearing a fur coat.....?.......?........??????

lol


o Hobbie... As much as I would like to accept your challenge to debate our differing opinions on "who should wear fur" this is simply not the venue to do so.

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5987872
08/30/17 06:56 PM
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Well, it has happened, we have 30 fur hats available to be given to cancer
patients in the central area of PA. Just waiting for a time and date!!
Beaglador, should be posting some pictures in the next couple of hours!

pick65

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5987885
08/30/17 07:16 PM
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That's so awesome. That just made my day.

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5987886
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Very cool Pick 65!


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Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5987910
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adam m, so happy to make your day, with every thing that you are going through, it makes my day also.

pick65

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5987938
08/30/17 08:31 PM
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St. Jude, Shriners, Cardinal Glennon children's Hospital, any Children's hospital, VA hospitals, nursing homes, these would all be good places to start, and right here in North America. I can't think of a place in more need of a positive message about fur than North America.

Angela, I hope you get this off the ground, because this was exactly what I had suggested doing a long time ago, and of course it got shot down like so many things. The associations are not the way to move this forward, just to many branding iron in the fire, and we all know what happens then. Good luck.


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Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5988268
08/31/17 08:53 AM
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Yep- thanks to Pick65 for tracking me down and telling me if I seriously wanted to do this he would help! So maybe we didn't start with a thousand or 300 but we are starting for sure. As this continues to unfold we will keep everyone here up to date- and fully expect your input. To the nay sayers- keep it coming as the negativity often has a motivational effect.

My models weren't exactly happy about trying on fur hats (it was 80 degrees out) so I snapped a couple crummy photos of a few of the hats. They are well put together and I will get a few more pics over the weekend to show that what we are giving away are NOT some leftover scraps(they are some of my best furs). They are commercially tanned/ and manufactured in the US by some of the best and last craftsmen remaining in the domestic fur industry.


I'm excited that these will be given to kids through the healthcare system- no strings attached kid here's your new hat! Can you imagine the look on his/her face? We wont have pictures because of "HIPAA" regulations but this is still a start! Stay tuned!

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5988308
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Pick smile glad I can help make your day too.
What about Ronald McDonald House's? There's several from PA and up the east coast. Also Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (where my daughter goes) in NYC has a big pediatric cancer area and bigger adult cancer area. I would say we would drop them off for you but she only goes once a yr now during the summer.

Hopefully I'm able to knock out a bunch of fur this year and I'll donate it.

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Beaglador, great job those look incredible

Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: ringtailtrapper] #5988348
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Originally Posted By: ringtailtrapper
St. Jude, Shriners, Cardinal Glennon children's Hospital, any Children's hospital, VA hospitals, nursing homes, these would all be good places to start, and right here in North America. I can't think of a place in more need of a positive message about fur than North America.

Angela, I hope you get this off the ground, because this was exactly what I had suggested doing a long time ago, and of course it got shot down like so many things. The associations are not the way to move this forward, just to many branding iron in the fire, and we all know what happens then. Good luck.


I just tossed some ideas around on this thread Mike, I'm not involved in it. I am really glad beaglador got it done though!


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Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Phil Nichols] #5988390
08/31/17 12:14 PM
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It's not done yet and Angela and others helped- even if only with a few ideas! Hopefully this is just the very beginning!

Adam- if you have a moment and are able to contact someone @ MSKCC that would accept the donation- let me know! There is no imminent hurry to get this done so when and if you are able to talk with someone let them know you could provide some nice hats!

Still need a crafty teenager type that is diligent with social media and understands the basics of fur trapping... It is not support from trappers alone that will make this succeed- it's support from non-trappers and trappers alike that will get us all somewhere.

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When you get to the point (if your not there already) that you could use some more tannned furs, let me know, I send most of mine in to the tannery and would be willing to send tanned furs for your program


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Re: Giving Away Fur [Re: Beaglador] #5988423
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Originally Posted By: Beaglador
It's not done yet and Angela and others helped- even if only with a few ideas! Hopefully this is just the very beginning!

Adam- if you have a moment and are able to contact someone @ MSKCC that would accept the donation- let me know! There is no imminent hurry to get this done so when and if you are able to talk with someone let them know you could provide some nice hats!

Still need a crafty teenager type that is diligent with social media and understands the basics of fur trapping... It is not support from trappers alone that will make this succeed- it's support from non-trappers and trappers alike that will get us all somewhere.

Will do.

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I am working on info regarding MSKCC. They are more strict on their donations but it might be possible. However, I know someone that donates regularly to above mentioned places as well as many other places across the US and around the world. She is willing to help and is excited that the trapping community would do something like this. Her, her daughter are/were friends we made while getting treatment in NYC at MSKCC. The daughter passed away a couple years back. My friend is also currently working on a care package for a little boy in Nome.

Forgot to mention her daughter was also a patient at Cardinal Glennon as well.

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