Fundraising News From Around the World

Welcome to the September 2017 issue of Fundraising News From Around the World. It contains summaries and photos of fundraising activities by other groups such as yours. Some are traditional, some are unusual, and some are totally bizarre! We hope that you will find each issue interesting. You can subscribe at the bottom of this page if you would like to be notified each time a new issue is published. If you later decide you no longer want monthly notifications or if you don't find our newsletter helpful, just click on the unsubscribe link at the end of each notification. You will stop receiving newsletters immediately.

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Eastlake, OH - The Gray Riders of Ohio Motor Cycle Association will once again be holding their annual dice run to benefit the Eastlake Police Activities League (E-PAL). The fundraising event, to be held Saturday, is the biggest fundraising event of the year for E-PAL and provides substantial funding for the program. “This money helps us get through the year. The money goes to support not only E-PAL, but the community, because it keeps the center open for the community. The building is also used for voting, blood drives, and as a disaster area building for Lake County.”

Swindon, UK -Donning a wacky wig and raising a smile in memory of a Swindon mum will be at the heart of a charity fundraiser on Saturday. Andraya Lyons, nee Webb, was brutally murdered by her partner last December and now, eight months on, her family and friends have organized a 'wear a wig night' to remember the fun-loving, bubbly and caring 39-year-old. The event will be held at the Check Inn at Wroughton - a sentimental place for Andraya's family as her father Edward used to run the pub when it was still called the Black Horse.

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Conway, AR - Independent Living Services is gearing up for its 12th annual Golf Ball Drop to be held at Centennial Country Club in Conway. “This is the biggest fundraiser that we have,” ILS Director of Development and Supported Employment Robert Wright said. Money raised from the annual fundraising event, he said, goes to support the transport services for their individuals that aren’t able to drive and get from one place to another.

Mobile, AL - A lot of excitement in Downtown Mobile Thursday night with one goal in mind: to save lives. The American Cancer Society kicked off its ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ fundraising event. Cancer survivors, with their families and friends, all came together to form teams and raise money for the upcoming walk in October. The American Cancer Society funds lifesaving research to prevent cancer, diagnose it, treat it and help patients recover.

Telluride, CO - The Telluride Historical Museum is jazzing up its fundraising efforts this week with two museum events featuring the type of music that many in this town have grown fond of. On Thursday, the 13th annual Feasting on History benefit dinner will be held at the Sheridan Opera House. “Having it at the opera house made sense for us because it’s a historic building and we’re the history museum,” he said. The event will include live jazz from local musical outfit Spaghetti Sweater, a cocktail hour, dinner and a silent auction. On Sunday, the museum will host its fourth annual “Evening with Ken Burns” fundraiser at the Michael D. Palm Theatre.

Emporia, KS - The David Traylor Zoo held a fundraising event Sunday by offering professional photos taken by Thomas Felts Photography. According to zoo director Lisa Keith, the proceeds will be split between the Emporia Friends of the Zoo organization and the Emporia Animal Shelter. Keith says the event was a fun afternoon. During the eclipse Monday, Keith noted that some of the animals used their nocturnal instincts, but soon returned to regular behavior afterwards.

Mooresville, NC - Prepare to put those shucking skills to the test. It’s almost time for the Lake Norman Wildlife Conservationists’ Oyster and Shrimp Festival’s 10th anniversary fundraising celebration. The event will be at LangTree Lake Norman. During the event, LNWC will be celebrating a decade of accomplishments that have had a positive impact on wildlife and the environment in the Lake Norman area. Some 600 people attended the event last year, raising approximately $30,000 for LNWC. Wilson hopes this year’s event will entice just as many to attend, with the goal of raising at least $40,000.

Sherman, TX - Runners from across Texoma came together Saturday to support the United Way of Grayson County as the charitable organization held its annual Hustle for Health fundraiser. The event, which brought out more than 500 runners from as far as Colorado and Illinois, featured 5K, 10K, and fun run races as a part of the organization’s focus on health. The event, now in its 8th year, traditionally served as the kick off event for the organization’s fundraising season. However, due to the popularity of the event, organizers said the official kick off event has been pushed back so that the race does not overshadow the campaign start.

Killeen, TX - Central Texas College is hosting its 8th annual GeekFest Fundraiser this weekend. GeekFest is a celebration of all things geek. The weekend-long event was created when Hetzel, as a Central Texas College Student Ambassador, was brainstorming for a creative fundraiser. What is it today? Anything and everything geek... from table-top games to video games, live re-enactments to trivia... GeekFest has all that and more... like costumes… lots and lots of costumes.

Ruidoso, NM - Potter Vicki Conley just finished her annual Flower Pot Mosaic class at Piñon Pottery. The fundraiser for the Episcopal Church in Lincoln County has been a summer favorite among locals and summer visitors for 15 years. People sign up for $25 and come to the Piñon Pottery studio, where Conley supplies all the materials. Her broken pottery, along with material donated by other local potters, is broken up and students mosaic the pieces onto terra cotta flower pots using creative colors and designs.

Enid, OK - FURever Friends will host a wine and art fundraising event Saturday at the Brown-Cummings Event Center. Freda Aboud, FURever Friends event coordinator, said the evening’s activities will raise money to help cover veterinarian expenses for the nonprofit animal rescue and foster program. FURever Friends fosters rescue animals in private homes and provides needed veterinarian services, food and medication until the animals can be adopted. All fostered animals are either spayed or neutered before being placed in a permanent home.

Cape Girardeau, MO - Burrito-Ville, a locally owned and operated restaurant, will hold its monthly #GiveBacktoCape fundraising event in support of Robert Harris and Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Foundation. The #GiveBacktoCape event for Robert Harris will donate 10 percent of all sales on the 30th, from 5-9 pm, including t-shirts, gift certificates, food, beverages, and alcohol. The money raised will go towards Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation foundation.

Rotorua, NZ - More than $150,000 was raised for Rotorua Community Hospice from this year's Harcourts Dancing with the Stars. The fundraising event was held on Saturday at the Energy Events Centre, with 10 dance couples performing. Hospice Rotorua funding and development manager Jan Morgan said thanks to overwhelming support from sponsors and the business community, the second sell-out event raised more than $150,000 from a night a glitz, glamour and dance.

Easton, MA - Beer brewing is an art form, according to Stoughton House of Brews owner Leo Fay, and on Saturday, community members came together in appreciation of the artistry of local beer at the annual “A Night At the Brewseum” fundraiser in Easton. At the fourth annual Brewseum fundraiser event, hundreds of guests sampled a variety of beers and foods from New England-area breweries and local restaurants. The event is a fundraiser for the Children’s Museum.

Huntington. WV - Grab those book totes and make sure you have plenty of bookmarks on hand. The Macy's Presents Hilltop: Books Only sale returns to the Huntington Museum of Art Fundraiser Sunday. The community donates books to the museum all year long, Bailey said. Several volunteers, led by event chair Chris Long and HMA staff members, sort and arrange used books by categories for weeks prior to the event.

Anaheim, CA - Tacos, sliders, wine and drinks like old-fashioneds were all on the menu for the nearly 500 people participating in the “Taste of Downtown Disney” at the Disneyland Resort on Thursday. The event serves as the kickoff of a series of fundraising events leading up to the CHOC Walk in the Park fundraiser at the Disneyland Resort on Sunday. “It’s a special progressive tasting that happens at many of the restaurants in the Downtown Disney district,” said Zachariah Abrams, the senior manager of special events for Children’s Hospital of Orange County.

Orrington, ME - Six local Maine bands will perform at Bluegrass Fundraising Festival and Civil War Event, Saturday, rain or shine at the Curran Homestead Village. Proceeds will benefit Curran Homestead Village which is currently in the midst of a growth spurt with renovations to several buildings as well as new construction of its museum village campus.

Cuyahoga Falls, OH - The Cuyahoga Falls Chamber of Commerce will host a clambake scholarship fundraiser Wednesday at HiHo Brewing Co. Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the Cuyahoga Falls Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, which awards scholarships to graduating high school seniors who live in Cuyahoga Falls and Silver Lake each year.

Boca Raton, FL - Ladies and gentlemen, get ready to rumba. Or cha-cha, or fox trot, or quick step, or whatever formulaic dance steps suit your fancy. The 10th annual “Boca’s Ballroom Battle” takes place Friday at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. The event is patterned after the popular ABC TV program, “Dancing with the Stars,” and is a fundraiser for the George Snow Scholarship Fund. Eight of the community’s most generous – and most recognizable — people will take to the dance floor that night to raise cash for the George Snow Scholarship Fund. Not only that, the dancer who collects the most money will receive the coveted Mirror Ball trophy.

Fallbrook, CA - People gather for the Luau for Backpacks fundraising event at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fallbrook, July 29. A total of 375 backpacks is needed for the Fallbrook Food Pantry to distribute to students. St. John’s Episcopal Father Leland Jones welcomes and thanks guests attending the church’s annual fundraising Luau for Backpacks event in Fallbrook.

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Lincoln, NE - The Lincoln Parks Foundation and the Friends of Dog Parks will host the inaugural Dog Bowl fundraising event presented by TMCO Inc. Sunday at Pinewood Bowl, South Coddington and West Van Dorn streets in Lincoln. The Dog Bowl is a fun, musical event to raise funds for the Lincoln Dog Runs Campaign, sponsored by Friends of the Dog Parks and the Lincoln Parks Foundation. This free family-friendly event will feature food trucks, craft beer, vendor tents, dog activities and live music at picturesque Pinewood Bowl inside beautiful Pioneers Park.

Tacoma, WA - FUSION (Friends United to Shelter the Indigent, Oppressed and Needy) held its 24th annual summer arts fundraising festival Aug. 2 at the Dumas Bay Centre to benefit homeless families in the area. This year’s theme was “Under the Big Top” and included food, circus-inspired entertainment and silent and live auctions featuring creations by local artists. Proceeds from the annual festival – which often raises more than $100,000 – go toward supporting FUSION’s 19 fully-furnished housing units in the Federal Way and Northeast Tacoma area.

McHenry, WV - Garrett County Community Action’s Agency on Aging and Nutrition office will host the third annual “Hot August Night” fundraiser on Friday at the Garrett College auditorium theater in McHenry. This year’s featured performer is Ricky Howsare, who has been described by the Appalachian Independent as “the musical phenomenon from Bedford, Pa.” “Ricky is a remarkable young artist who brings a Vegas quality show right to the comfort of your own hometown."

Windsor, ON - The Windsor Centre for Film, Digital Media, and the Creative Arts is hosting a parking lot party fundraiser, REEL 2 REAL , on Saturday, from 4:00pm until 9:00pm. The event will be held in the parking lot behind the Cook Shop. Planned party festivities include live music, karaoke, food vendors, a silent auction, an artist booth area, cash bar with beer and wine, and tours of the inside of the Centre’s future 28,000 sq ft media arts facility.

Lafayette, LA - Bikes, Beer, and Burritos is a fundraising social to support local cycling non-profit BikeLafayette, to build the cycling community and to raise awareness about safety and infrastructure. The event welcomes riders from all aspects of the cycling community, from mountain to road bikers. The day will include live music, burritos from Chipotle, brews from Bayou Teche Brewery, group rides, vendors and more. The event will be held at Acadiana Park, near the mountain bike trails on Saturday.

Loudonville, OH - The Loudonville Theatre and Arts Committee (LTAC) will play host to two nights of the first Loudonville's Got Talent fundraising event on Friday and Saturday in the historic Ohio Theatre in downtown Loudonville. Have you ever wanted to strut your stuff on the stage? Maybe you entertain your friends and family with songs, dances or funny stories? Whether you sing, write poems, do magic, do karate, etc, come make your entertaining dreams come true and be a part of Loudonville's Got Talent fundraising event. One hundred percent of the proceeds for the event will go toward the lighting project, which will be doubled thanks to a matching grant from the Hugo & Mabel Young Foundation.

Horseheads, NY - The community came together to help raise money for a teenage girl battling an incurable brain condition. On Sunday, the third annual "Bella's Journey" fundraising event was held at Raymour and Flanigan in Horseheads. The event was created by the family of Bella Sacharczyk, who is an eighteen-year-old girl battling with Hydrocephalus. "We're having a basket raffle, all donated by different people in the community. We have a bounce house and food. We had the radio station was here today and we're just raising money for Hydrocephalus for the awareness of Hydrocephalus and for the research."

Clark County, WA - The Humane Society for Southwest Washington is preparing for its annual dinner and auction, which will raise money for the local animal-welfare nonprofit. The Humane Society’s Mad Hatter’s Party Dinner-Auction will be held at the Red Lion Hotel on the River - Jantzen Beach. The fundraising event includes a silent auction, there will be a seated dinner with wines, raffle drawings and a live auction for prizes that will include trips, wine and other items. The proceeds from the event will help the Humane Society fund adoption services, reunite lost pets with their owners and care for animals.

Winmalee, NSW, Australia - Winmalee High School is putting the fun back into fundraising by hosting the first ever Comedy for a Cause in the Blue Mountains. A top line-up of comedians will take part, headlined by LA Comedy Awards comedian of the year Al Del Bene. He will be joined by some of the best new comics in Australia - Dave Jory, Mat Wakefield and Joe Comino. The September 9 event will replace the annual artfest as the school’s major fundraiser.

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