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The Fundraising
Hotline
Published by the Fundraising Ideas &
Products Center
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February
2006
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Thank you for subscribing to The
Fundraising Hotline. Each issue includes a combination of new or unusual
do-it-yourself fundraisers, fundraising product or event ideas, fundraising
tips, focus on a charitable organization, news, trivia, and sometimes even a
little humor. We hope that each issue will contain information that is
beneficial to you. Good luck in your fundraising efforts. We know how much
work it can be!
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Do-It-Yourself
Fundraiser Of The Month
Car Smash: The New Haven
Heritage Association held a Dash and Smash fundraiser which pitted three
six-person teams against one another to see which could completely destroy a
car, using only hand tools, in the shortest time. A police department team, a
fire department team and a team from the New Haven Heritage Association vied for
the fundraiser trophy. Each was supplied with an assortment of hand tools, such
as large bolt cutters, tin snips, sledge hammers, axes, wire cutters, pliers,
wrenches and hacksaws, and they had to dismantle and smash a car into pieces
small enough to pass through a standard automobile tire. Three donated
dilapidated cars were stripped of all fluids and glass for safety. Bleachers
were set up an admission fee charged for the event.
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 As the only national grassroots membership
organization to focus solely on issues unique to women as they age, the Older Women뭩
League (OWL) strives to improve the status and quality of life for
midlife and older women. It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that
accomplishes its work through research, education, and advocacy activities
conducted through a network of over 60 chapters nationwide composed of women and
men of all ages dedicated to winning economic, health and social equity for
midlife and older women. Now in its 23rd year, OWL provides a voice for the more
than 58 million women age 40 and over in America.
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Fundraiser News Briefs
Pendleton, OR: Church sells
Angel Soft toilet paper to defray cost of mission to Costa Rica; Brandon,
MB: Emergency Services firefighters-in-training raise money for the Canadian
Cancer Society by conducting head shave; Kalamazoo, MI: Hockey team
trades pucks for bowling balls in fundraiser to support Lakeside for Children;
Sevier County, TN: Medical Center team hosts vintage portrait sessions to
benefit Relay For Life; San Antonio, TX: Hockey players and SWAT team
take to ice to train for hockey fundraiser; Charlotte, NC: Booster club
holds scrapbooking fundraiser to benefit wrestling team; Kawartha Lakes,
ON: Volunteers spend a few hours in the Central East Correctional Centre to
help raise money for Crime Stoppers; Bentonville, AR: Fusion Art Gallery
kiss a pig fundraiser raises awareness and funds for diabetes research;
Spring Park, MN: High school students spend night in cardboard boxes to
get a sense of homelessness and raise money for the Salvation Army: Grand
Rapids, MI: Griffins hockey team "24-hour Great Skate" benefits the Griffins
Youth Foundation; Fargo, ND: Diamond earrings stolen from a college
fundraiser recovered when thief tries to have them appraised at the jewelry
store that donated them; Edmonton, AB: Farm 'studs' go au natural in
calendar for new library; Cambridge, MA: Billerica Scholarship Foundation
holds team trivia challenge to raise money for the Dollars for Scholars
program.
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Interesting or Fun
Facts
The potato chip was invented in
1853 by George Crum, a Native American/African American chef at the Moon Lake
Lodge resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. French fries were popular at the
restaurant and one day a diner complained that the fries were too thick.
Although Crum made a thinner batch, the customer was still unsatisfied. Crum
finally made fries that were too thin to eat with a fork, hoping to annoy the
extremely fussy customer. The customer, surprisingly enough, was happy - and
potato chips were invented! Crum's chips were originally called Saratoga Chips
and potato crunches. [Source: Zoom
School]
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