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Company pitches $24.99/year platform for fundraising, recognition; council to consider budget support
Summary
See My Legacy presented a community engagement and fundraising platform that uses QR plaques and online campaign management. The vendor proposed a $24.99 annual subscription and said plaque prices vary; the council agreed to discuss whether the town or partner organizations will pay and to include the item in upcoming budget discussions.
Representatives from See My Legacy presented an online community engagement and fundraising platform to the Foster Town Council and described features the company said could be used for memorial benches, volunteer signups, event sponsorships and donor management.
Karsten Heiberg, lead account executive for See My Legacy, led the presentation and demonstrated sample pages, mapping features and the donor workflow. He described automatic email confirmations, Stripe payment processing, and an activity log for campaign managers. "As soon as someone makes their donation, you'll get an email notification...and the donor gets a tax receipt," Heiberg said.
The vendor proposed an annual community subscription of $24.99 billed yearly, which includes a dedicated support representative and unlimited campaigns and users. Heiberg said QR‑enabled anodized‑aluminum plaques can be manufactured in different sizes and that a small story tag plaque example discussed in the meeting cost roughly $45; he noted final plaque pricing depends on size and materials and is generally included in memorial campaign pricing.
Questions from residents and council members focused on who would pay the subscription and plaque costs and how nonprofit groups could participate. A resident active in preservation asked whether the plaque and platform costs would be borne by the town; the vendor said communities commonly build plaque costs into individual campaign pricing or run general fundraisers to cover plaques and related materials. Council members said they would discuss including the subscription in the upcoming budget and would place the item on a future agenda for a funding decision.
No purchase was approved at the meeting; the council asked staff to include the item in next budget discussions and to decide whether the town will subscribe or whether participating organizations and residents will pay individually.
