ORIGINAL: pauluk2w
It would be a good if some of the manufacturers could get involved in the spirit of pay it forward and either donate items or even sponsor it. the manufacturers make enough money from people that say an engine or an arf would not hurt them one little bit, without new blood wanting or being able to afford to get into the hobby in years to come who will be left to buy their products. RCU has people that sponsor the site if they were to help with pay it forward also it would be a great
PR thing for their company if they were seen to be actively involved with helping less fortunate people.
Please repost this in the PIF thread and also send it to RCAdmin in a PM. It's a nice idea if we can get them to bite. I'm not good at talking to large manf. to try to get them to help but it would definitely be to their benefit and is tax deductable for a business anyway.
As a matter of fact my LHS has graciously already provided part of the cost of a Norvel engine to someone. They asked to be involved but only to the tune of an item every couple of months. They will allow me to purchase whatever I want at cost plus 10% so that will definitely help and since I work there that's even better for me. The problem is I want every new toy that comes in the door. I do not get paid by the owners, I just work to pay off the account I have there.
I am currently working on getting donations for another member to get him and the kids an Lt-40. See the PIF thread near the end for details