I have been reading this thread (pros and cons) with interest.

As a suggestion -- I have been in several Amateur Radio Clubs and we raised
money as follows:

Hold a Ham Auction

Widely publicize it -- bulletin boards, club news letters posters etc.

Have sellers bring the goodies

Charge them 10% of the sales

We have raised $hundreds this way

Kinda " We earned the the old fashioned way "

Hope this helps

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73 From The Wilderness Keyboard