progress on the speech

So far, I have my opening attention getter- and a more specific idea of my opening paragraph. I have the body, and the conclusion already written. Sometimes, I like to work backwards because when I know the rest of my speech, it’s easier to write an introduction for it. For my attention getter, I’m going to appeal to pathos and describe a small child in the hospital with a serious illness. Although the Riley Foundation is Indianapolis-based, I believe I’m going to also emphasize the fact that you can help the community, and the whole world- just by donating to the Riley Foundation. I’m having a little bit of trouble with my rebuttal though- how could the Riley Foundation be bad? Who would protest against helping children live and recover from illnesses? I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do about that, but I’m sure I’ll think of something.