After speaking with Alfred yesterday, he already received a quote for the costs involved, has gotten the regulatory permits in action and is seeking local sponsorship and donations from the local community concerned entities.
He does appreciate this excitement and support, but he is a cautious business man. He is aware that any fundraising needs to be handled in the appropriate manner. One of the obvious concerns is that if donations are made but not enough funds are raised and the fireworks do not take place this year, there would be issues that would need to be dealt with and that could cause problems. This aspect must be considered by all involved.
So, at this point, I think he is leaning towards setting up a local bank account where donations could be made all year long, and people can be kept aware of how the funds are adding up for the next year's fireworks. Alfred is hoping to be able to secure local support and I am sure that all the interest shown here will certainly help as incentive to get the local support more interested.
Thanks for your interest and posting in this thread! There will be more information coming in the next week or so....
Originally Posted by Rob
