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The Fundraising Hotline
Published by the Fundraising Ideas & Products Center
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June 2011
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Thank you for subscribing to The Fundraising Hotline. We hope each issue will contain information that is beneficial to you. We also invite you to visit our website where you can view this newsletter online, review a listing of top U.S. and Canadian fundraising companies and find an extensive collection of do-it-yourself fundraisers. |
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Fundraising News From Around the World
Burlington, WI: High school holds "Drive one 4 UR School" fundraiser. Miller Motor Sales of Burlington and Ford Motor Company donated $20 to the school's athletics department for every person who test-drove a Ford vehicle on a designated Saturday at the school. Since the start of Ford's Drive one 4 UR School program in 2007, more than 275,000 test-drives at more than 1,500 events have generated over $5 million in donations for high schools nationwide; Euless, TX: Current and former Dallas Cowboys switch sports during a fundraising basketball game to benefit anti-truancy and dropout-prevention programs; San Diego, CA: Upcoming 'Touch A Truck' fundraiser for childhood cancer research features a variety of delectable offerings from some of the hottest mobile food chefs around. Perhaps you’ve already heard, but food trucks are hot, hot, hot right now with gourmet food trucks hitting the streets and bringing innovative, freshly-prepared and cooked meals to the mobile masses. These are not the “roach coaches” of old – rather, they are “Gastrotrucks” with diverse menus offering classic southern BBQ, farm to street interpretations of classic food truck fare, and even Mexican/Asian fusion; Roseburg, OR: Rod and gun club teamed up with Rebuilding Homes for Heroes to raise money for both active military and veterans with archery fundraiser. Participants went through the course attempting to hit 40 targets of hidden animals; Milwaukee County, WI: Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant met with juniors from the high school and made them a deal. If the students volunteered their time at Grant's Ryan4Ryan Celebration and donated all the money they had raised for the prom, Grant would pick up the tab for their formal event. The students embraced this challenge and raised almost $6,000 and Grant paid for their prom; and Fairhope, AL: Art center introduces 'CHAIR-ish the Arts' fundraiser. Artists hand-decorated, embellished and transformed old chairs into masterpieces, as well as constructed new artistic chairs for the evening’s live and silent auctions. |
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Morris Press Cookbooks is the nation¹s largest and most trusted publisher of custom cookbooks. Selling your cookbook is easy. Recipe contributors, as well as friends, family, and community members will be eager to buy several copies. Preserving recipes and history with a cookbook also creates a lasting keepsake and builds a sense of unity and pride within your organization. No other fundraiser can do that! For a free cookbook kit that shows you how a fundraising cookbook is affordable, profitable, and fun, visit our website at www.morriscookbooks.com or call us at (800) 445-6621, ext. FHOTLN. |
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Do-It-Yourself Fundraiser Of The Month
Crazy Hat Day - This is a simple fundraiser that is easy to do and works with all age groups. Select a day that students, teachers, and staff can wear their craziest hat to school. Each person pays a fee and gets their hand stamped so that the teachers know that they'd paid. Winners are selected according to originality, creativity, and the hat that was most favored by students and teachers. You can have a panel of judges or let everyone vote. Regardless, it's lots of fun! You can do the same with hair, shoes, etc.
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Empties4Cash.com offers an extraordinary fundraising opportunity for anyone in the United States with our printer cartridge recycling program. Since 2002, we have been able to recycle more than 3 million cartridges with the help of our members - schools, churches, individuals, non-profit organizations and more. We provide free supplies and free shipping. There is no cost to participate. 100% profit. Sorting is not required. Sign up today or call 1-800-456-4320 for additional information. |
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Non-Profit In The Spotlight
Burned Out Survivors' Fund - Historically, fire fighters have always been there for our community when the need arises. Because of the nature of their occupation, fire fighters are fully aware of the disruption that a fire can cause: the sudden loss of belongings, loss of place of residence, burns, and sometimes the loss of a loved one. These are practically daily occurrences witnessed by San Antonio Fire Fighters. It is this empathetic feeling for our community that led to the founding of the Burned Out Survivors’ Fund by San Antonio Fire Fighters. Our mission is to help the community by providing applicants with quick relief through our support programs so that we can keep helping the community, even after the fire is out. |
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Little Caesars® Pizza Kit Fundraising Program - Whether it’s a classroom trip, team uniforms or playground equipment, Little Caesars® Pizza Kit Fundraising Program is a profitable, easy and fun way to raise the dough you need! Earn big, big dough! The more you sell the more profit you earn per item – from $5 to $7 for every kit sold! Get started today 1-888-4-LC-KITS (1-888-452-5487). |
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Interesting or Fun Facts
Superglue came into being in 1942 when Dr Harry Coover was trying to isolate a clear plastic to make precision gun sights for handheld weaponry. For a while he was working with chemicals known as cyanoacrylates, which they soon realized polymerized on contact with moisture, causing all the test materials to bond together. It was obvious that these wouldn’t work, so research moved on. Six years later, Coover was working in a Tennessee chemical plant and realized the potential of the substance when they were testing the heat resistance of cyanoacrylates, recognizing that the adhesives required neither heat nor pressure to form a strong bond. Thus, after a certain amount of commercial refinement, Superglue (or “Alcohol-Catalyzed Cyanoacrylate Adhesive Composition”, to give it its full name) was born. It was later used for treating injured soldiers in Vietnam – the adhesive could be sprayed on open wounds, stemming bleeding and allowing easier transportation of soldiers; adding a delicious layer of irony to the story in that a discovery made during an effort to improve the killing potential of guns ended up saving countless lives.
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 Love That Smell” Candles: Free shipping and complete fundraising start-up packet for your school, church, team, individual programs. Risk-free 30 day “consignment” plan includes return of any unsold candles for 100% credit. Premium quality, triple-scented jar candles max out high profits. 866-379-8493 or visit www.lovethatsmellcandles.com.
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Pride Distributors, Inc. - Create "Your Town"-Opoly custom board game. Raise $10,000-$50,000+. No risk, and have fun doing it. Call Harriet at 1-800-451-5442 for a free getting started fund raiser kit & sample game for "show and tell". (No cost or obligation).
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