Do-It-Yourself Fundraiser Of The Month

Adult Spelling Bee: Spelling bees can sometimes be torture for students. Why not consider an adult spelling bee to raise funds and let the parents see how hard it can be?  Most schools hold spelling bees so setting one up should be fairly easy.  Each class can select three parents to represent them either individually or as a team.  Set an entrance fee per team. The teams are responsible for getting sponsors to pay the fee (let them see what the kids have to go through). Allow multiple teams per class to raise additional funds.

  The Wounded Warrior Project seeks to assist those men and women of our armed forces who have been severely injured during the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other hot spots around the world. Many of the injuries are traumatic amputations, gunshot wounds, burns and blast injuries that will retire these brave warriors from military service. These wounded soldiers will return to civilian life minus one or more limbs, or with serious wounds or disfiguring scars, and will face greater challenges today obtaining assistance and finding opportunities that would enable them to provide for themselves and their families.

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Fundraiser News Briefs 

Frederick, MD: Garden club produces nearly nude cookbook to fund city beautification projects; Laconia, NH: 24-hour cycling fundraiser for the Children's Auction; Battle Creek, MI: Female parishioners at church bare all to raise funds for new steeple and breast cancer research; Kinston RI: Students for Sensible Drug Policy raise funds with Battle of the Bands; West Bloomfield, MI: Charity fitness event sponsored in the memory of a Michigan husband and wife killed in accident; Tahoe, NV: Jibs for Kids benefits the Coats for Kids program; Lansing, MI: Residents raise funds to help Michigan troops overseas; Chicago, IL: Yellow bracelet fundraiser becomes a fashion statement; Streator, IL: Church holds gift-wrapping fundraiser for mission trip to Brazil; Cape Gazette, DE: Hospice holds Festival of Trees fundraiser; Hollywood, FL: Walk for Hunger helps charity soup kitchen feed the hungry and find a home; Searcy, AR: Student council selects recycling as fundraiser; Summit County, CO: Bell ringing means food, shelter and warm clothing; Syracuse, NY: Habitat holds 'Honey-Do' fund-raiser; Rapid City, SD: Students launch Web fund-raiser; Waukesha, WI: Literacy council looks to score with Scrabble fund-raiser; Coos Bay, OR: Mall fund-raiser to benefit cancer patients, charities; Springfield, MO: Musical tree-lighting fundraiser for children's charities; Mineola, NY: Booster club sponsors Mustang Stakes fundraiser for scholarships.
 

Interesting or Fun Facts

Not all inventions are created by scientists with frizzy hair and forgetful memories. Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was only 11 years old. One day Frank left his drink outside on the back porch overnight with the stirring stick still in it. The temperature dropped to a record low that night and the next day Frank had a stick of frozen soda water to show his friends at school.  Eighteen years later - in 1923 - Frank began producing Epsicles in seven fruit flavors. He later changed the brand name to "Popsicle", because his children kept asking for "Pop's 'sicle." One estimate says three million Popsicle frozen treats are sold each year. There are more them thirty different flavors to choose from, but Popsicle Industries says the general flavor favorite through the years has remained "taste-tingling orange". [Source: Unilever Ice Cream]

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