Sayre Fund Raiser & A New Approach!

Scott Sayre had a great turnout tonight at Rowe's Restaurant in Staunton, VA. Donors and Volunteers had a great time, and really enjoyed Sayre's comments on the progress of the campaign, and he Thanked his Volunteers for their work so far...

Some of the best stuff about Sayre is his candor, for instance he related:

"You know you can fool your boss, but you cannot fool your workers". This comment regarded Mr Sayre opening up his business and inviting in the Press to Sayre Enterprises to meet his employees and see where they work.

He related the story, about how he will work for New Approaches to VA Govt. such as the example of when a Long Term Insurance Care Salesman came to Sayre Enterprises, and the employee's wanted to purchase the insurance coverage.

Being a very expensive coverage Mr Sayre said "OK, Let's find a way for you guys to pay for this rather than just the usual take it out of your pay to fund benefits". Mr Sayre helped his employees draft a business plan to turn their lunch area into a business to fund the Long Term Care policy they wanted. The employees rented the space, installed drink, candy, and other vending machines. They had to buy the products, stock, and service the machines, and submit the results monthly to him, as he helped them manage the vending business.

He said, it took them a while, went through some setbacks, but in 16 months they were able to fund the program for benefits they desired. Now, I don't know about you guys, but every business I have every worked at, always was trying to figure a way to make $$ off the employees, and certainly not let the employees make $$ off themselves for their own benefit!

Scott Sayre really impresses me. I believe it when he says, "We can find better ways to do things, and make Govt. more efficient, and deliver the services we need, without raising taxes!