I started going through all my emails from the past couple of days, and I came across one from another mom which had some great ideas on it. These are some great community-based charity fundraising suggestions. She gave me permission to share it with all of you.
Some of these look like a lot of fun, and I can see them being done here! (We had put our big fall fundraiser on hold, but this could kickstart it!). If you have any more ideas to share, please add them here, and I’ll add them to the list!
* community walk
* golf tournament or minature golf tournament
* carnival/faire with local companies who want to promote to families
* special “night” with local high school sports event,
* “game show” night which is like a theatre performance with locals as participants with prizes
* Local teams or running groups to take on child as other non-illness related events (ex: “we are running for child’s-name at URL.com”)
* Local school calendar/neighborhood calendar (candids are good) to sell
* comedy night with local comedians
* concert with local musicians
* Community book sale/flea market with all proceeds going to child (can be online as well)
* Talk to local corporations about taking on child as their “inhouse” charity for the period
* Parent/child community dance/evening at local rec center
* Child Art Show with luncheon
* Sports tournament with local children/families
* Community-wide scavenger hunt with local businesses to donate to draw customers in plus participants pay an entry fee
* silent auction/raffle with any of these
* Tshirt sales with any of these
* Bracelet sales with any of these
* Food sales with many of these
* Talk to local school booster clubs for ideas
* Talk to local churches for ideas
Hey Carrie,
Lots of us here in cyberland are a bit helpless when it comes to local fundraisers. What about having an online ebay charity auction? I have plenty of items I could donate to sell on ebay and maybe there is a way to set up a charity auction for Hannah, we can post our items and the proceeds go to her? (when they sell, we send them, without you having to gather everything and send it out). I’ll look into it myself, but maybe you or one of your readers already has experience in this….
Just a thought. Glad to see that whichever type she has, that it is progressing slower than expected. She is quite the cutie!
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Hi Carrie,
Sorry for posting this here, but I remember you mentioning something about trying to find out more info on something that was being developed to treat the neurological effects of Gaucher disease.
We were told by the experts in Toronto that we would hear of this, but that it does not fix the neurological effects. However, they are working on it. Here is the press release from Sick Kids hospital in Toronto about the compound.
http://www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/News-Room/Past-News/2009/SickKids-Corporate-Ventures-office-licenses-new-news.html
Melissa
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Hi Carrie,
Sorry for posting this here, but I remember you mentioning something about trying to find out more info on something that was being developed to treat the neurological effects of Gaucher disease.
We were told by the experts in Toronto that we would hear of this, but that it does not fix the neurological effects. However, they are working on it. Here is the press release from Sick Kids hospital in Toronto about the compound.
http://www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/News-Room/Past-News/2009/SickKids-Corporate-Ventures-office-licenses-new-news.html
Melissa
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I have an amazing way to raise money – people love it. IT is through an engraved brick project. Donors purchase a brick – you have them engraved with anything they want – name, favorite verse – important date, etc and then you have them placed in a garden – walkway – building site, etc. People purchase these so that they can have their place marked in history. Our engraving last forever (or as long as the brick last) Visit our website and see our examples. This can be an on going project.