I've been talking to a few people about promotions and also spoke to somebody who volunteers in Tassie. Getting a better idea of what they need and it's starting to feel more than a little ambitious. At a national level if somebody dropped $1 million in their hands they'd say thanks but really it doesn't make much difference. The sort of funding they need can only really come from government.
All the fund raising seems to be concentrated at the local level like individual volunteer brigades might raise money for their fire station or their area. Even at the state level it seems to be up to government to give them the money they need.

So I'm always open to suggestions but I'm thinking it might be better to try and raise money for our local brigades wherever they happen to be. Or pick one you like. The math just doesn't seem to work otherwise.
I have no idea how much we can get for a hand-built custom one-off guitar at auction. FrankenWashie can probably get $5k or more for some of the work I've seen him do. That's almost pointless when you spread across an entire state/territory but it would be a huge deal to a local volunteer brigade.