Do you find it really difficult?

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Do you have the problem I have with asking people to help you? I am shy to begin with. Then when I have to ask people for help, it is doubly difficult. I'm learning to be more assertive and it is easier for me to ask for help with someone else's need. I get practice asking people for money or volunteering for the non-profit that I am involved with. But it is still really difficult to ask total strangers to help with fund-raising. Most people are inundated with requests from charities and are ready to say "no" before I ask the question! How do I get them to really stop, listen, and consider helping us? What works for you? do you support any non-profits? What encourages you to give that support? How did you get involved in the first place? I'm working to support the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio, which is really in financial crisis right now. I think that part of the problem of asking for support is that we are SO needy. We are nearing the end of a charity on-line auction and we really need help getting it in front of people before the bidding closes the end of March. We have used fliers, email, word-of-mouth. We've tried press releases, but the papers don't print them. We did have a couple of media interviews about the financial crisis, but they didn't include the web address for the auction. And advertising is so expensive that we can't really pay for any. Got any ideas that may help? BTW the website is www.naicco.cmarket.com if you are interested.