My focus this upcoming year is to fund raise for my trip. It is pretty expensive to travel to Africa and I am responsible for my expenses as well as any additional supplies I bring to AHOPE or field trips while I am there.
Can you make suggestions for fundraising? Think of fundraisers that you have thrown or attended that were successful. Let me know your thoughts.
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OK, so I'll add some that we already discussed:
1. Letter/email campaign
2. Jeans day at school
3. Election party...buy the ballot
4. Donations from local stores or restaurants
I had a bowl-athon. I rented out a floor at the local bowling alley (for free), then charged tickets to friends/families/kids I babysit. It would usually cost $10 to play 2 games and get shoes, so I charged them $13, thus making $3 off every person who came. I also asked that everyone bring a donation for me to bring to the DR to donate (I got a ton fo school supplies, clothes, shoes, toothrbushes, toothpaste, etc.) It wasn't a huge money maker (a couple hundred) but I could have raised more if I had put more into it- ex. having a 50/50 draw while there, etc.
My mom just called to say she got your letter... god to know things are in the works already. Nice work!
Okay...so here are a few ideas.
- Host a kegger - have people pay for their cups. :)
- Raffle tickets - have one winner winning something donated or $50 of the raffle money.
- ask family and friends to donate their Christmas money to AHOPE, either for your trip or the library, instead of buying gifts.
- for every Christmas card I send I will donate a dollar toward the AHOPE library.
- contact a local establishment, such as Fitzgerald's, and ask to charge a fee at the door.
I hope this sparks some ideas...
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