Gary,
Do you sell 50/50 tickets at the meetings. You could get these and try to make up the profit for the club that way. Its a subtle way of having the members pay for it without durectly telling them.
Do you need the money now, or can the collections wait? Why is the money important right now?
There has to be some way of making up the money.
Of course you could always setup a fake charity service, tell people you are collecting money for the local childerns hospital or something. You may to go hell but at least you won't come up short with the cash. [:I]
Do you have younger memebers? You could get some in bikinis and run a car wash sometime. I always like hot women in bikinis washing my car. Is theres somewhere you can do it indoors because of the wheater right now.
I would try to reconize thier PT out in public somenight and wait to have a little talk with them. Preferablely with a baseball bat in hand and glooves on.
Sorry to hear about this happening to such a nice person like yourself. I hope these members are just on vacation in the SW FL area so I can get the money and send it to you or some parts off there cruiser for ranson/profit, or when they get back if they are on vacation they will pay for the jackets.