When looking for love and/or sex, there are loads of choices out there. There are online services, like Match.com or Plenty of Fish (www.pof.com), Match.com, ChristianMingle.com and so forth. There are services like Events And Adventures, It's Just Lunch, Great Expectations and so forth.
What most of these options seem to have in common is that they are fairly expensive, for people living on fixed incomes (as I currently am, until I can get a job with the help of Cascade Vocational Services and the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation).
Events and Adventures is a case in point. I'd heard that company advertised on The Peak FM from Vancouver, British Columbia. The premise of the group was that the best way to meet potential partners was to engage in various fun activities (e.g., hiking, concerts and plays, etc.).
When I first heard about E & A, I was very interested. But when I called and asked about prices for joining, they said that it would cost $2,000 for a one-year membership, or $4,000 for a lifetime membership. Obviously, the latter would be a better deal, if one could afford it, but BOTH are big investments for someone who only makes about $700 per month, most of which goes into rent and electricity. When I objected that that was an awful lot of money to invest, the guy just said that E & A was "not for everyone".
In order to properly promote Get Hitched, some funds would be needed. (My preference would be EDDM mailings, in order to blanket entire zip codes.) But I don't imagine that those funds would be raised by charging a big feel that not everyone could afford. Crowdfunding via a site like GoFundMe.com would be an option. Ditto for a system inspired by the Panera Cares program. Panera Bread, praised by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, is a program in which people pay what they can afford to pay. That means that some folks pay small amounts, and others pay more, based on the desire to help those who are less fortunate.
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