Some good ideas.
I had thought about going non-profit and doing the government grant and such but I don't want the government telling me how I can treat people, which when you accept grants you are basically obligated to listen to them.
I will check into the non-profit though, but I think I need a board of directors and so on.
What I am wanting to do, at least right now, is just have a sober house that holds meetings 7 days a week and has house rules to set structure for the recovering addicts. (I can't technically "treat" anyone on my own until I am a LCDC and an NCGCII.) So I don't know if non-profit would work, plus it may increase my house costs because I'd probably have to re-zone it.
However, I see your points that many people may not take this seriously for a fund raiser if it's not a non profit.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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