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The Fundraising
Hotline
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by the Fundraising Ideas & Products Center
19,511 Subscribers |
February 2004 |
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Each issue of The Fundraising Hotline includes a combination of new or
unusual do-it-yourself fundraisers,
fundraising product or event ideas, fundraising tips, news, trivia,
book and/or software reviews, and maybe even
a little humor. We hope that each issue will contain information
that is beneficial to you.
Good luck on your fundraising efforts. We know how much work it can
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Do-It-Yourself
Fundraiser Of The Month
Dog Walk: Call it what
you will – Jog Your
Dog, Canine Constitutional, Paws in the Park, Wag and Walk.
A sponsored pet walk where the walkers (and their pets)
solicit donations for how far they walk. Or, participants pay a
set fee to enter and walk their dog.
OR, bring homeless dogs who need
walking. Remember the pooper scoopers. This could
culminate in a pet talent show or some
other event where you solicit additional donations. Use it to
present spay/neuter message, or message of
finding homes for all the homeless ones. Ask people to
sponsor a homeless dog to see how many
laps (limit of four?) he can do. More Details |
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Every time you
use your Target Visa or Target Guest Card®,
Target will donate an amount equal to 1% of Target Visa and
Target Guest Card purchases made at Target and target.com, and
1/2% of Target Visa purchases made elsewhere, to the eligible
K-12 school of your choice. Thanks to
the Target School Fundraising program, more than 114,000 schools
have been able to pay for computers, playground equipment, field
trips and uniforms for students whose families couldn't afford
them. (Details at
target.com. Click on the
Target Guest Card link under Financial services). |
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Featured
Fundraising Ideas
FundraisingArt.com - Try the
best new idea in fundraising: fine art prints & posters! The
same high quality publications sold in museum stores and art
galleries. Your group keeps 50% of art and frame sales, with no
upfront costs required. Sell from our printed catalogs & flyers
or from our website, and we¹ll take orders for you online. Over
150,000 pictures to choose from! From museum art prints to music
& movie posters. Art is the intelligent alternative that
delivers lasting value. It¹s beautiful, healthy, educational,
and there¹s something for everyone in the family to appreciate. |
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Traverse Bay Farms
Gourmet Fruit Products – Fruit never tasted so good! Make your
next fundraising event fun and exciting by offering a wide variety
of great tasting, high-profit, gourmet fruit products. Our line
includes: dried and certified organic dried fruit, cherry and wild
blueberry juice concentrate, fruit salsas and no-sugar added (juice
sweetened) preserves. You'll never look at fruit the same again.
Satisfaction guaranteed! Have a healthy and wealthy fundraiser with
Traverse Bay Farms. Visit
www.traversebayfarms.com before choosing your next fundraiser. |
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Fundraiser News Briefs
Brenham, TX: Paw prints
raise funds for school athletics; Grand Forks, ND:
UnFORKettable
fundraiser to benefit Healthy
Families and Community Violence Intervention Center;
Baltimore, MD:
Polar Bear Plunge held for
Special Olympics; Erie, PA: Souper
Bowl supports local soup kitchens and food banks;
Alberta, Canada: Students
hold 'trike wars' to help local families;
Inter Lake, MT: Bank
president fights charity boxing match for Boys and Girls Clubs;
Durham, NC: Duke fundraiser targets
dateless coeds; Ipswich, UK: World's largest swimming
fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Relief;
Brandon, MS: Students begin "19-Cents
a Day" fundraiser for the UN; Langley, Canada:
Grinch tree tops tree festival hospital fundraiser; Albany, OR:
Students, staff and parents
hold McDonald's fundraiser to help needy students; Erwin, TX:
Humane society sponsors annual Pet Portrait Day; Sarasota, FL:
Thousands of bikers turn out for the United Way; Tulsa, OK:
Women's rowing team event supports Habitat for Humanity; Kare, MN:
Governor plays in hockey game for WWII memorial; New Castle, NH:
Rotary Club raises funds with Polar Bear Swim; Adrian, MI:
Great Pasty Project raises money for
Habitat for Humanity; East Windsor, NJ:
Needy
children and animals benefit from Bless the
Beasts and Children fund-raiser; Valdosta, GA:
School holds annual reverse draw fund-raiser.
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Birthday Certificates & Newsletters
What happened the day you were born? Birthday Bios creates
attractive, personalized certificates, newspapers, and web pages
that reveal interesting information about the day you were born, or
any date between January 1st 1900 and December 31st 2003. When you
own Birthday Bios, you can create an unlimited number of "The Day
You Were Born" certificates. You can also create pictures of the
prints to send in emails, or post on the web. You can even create
your own templates! Owners of Birthday Bios can download free
upgrades that include updated information and features.
Easy and inexpensive fundraising tool. Sell
certificates or newsletters at schools, churches, sporting events,
carnivals and more. Works with decorative stationery or plain paper.
Try it free. |
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Elvis Lives!
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The King still wears the money crown. Rock
’n’ roll legend Elvis Presley, dead for more than 26 years,
led the list of top-earning deceased celebrities for the
third year in a row, to the tune of $40 million for the year ending
September 2003. Runner-up on the list was Peanuts cartoon creator Charles Schulz,
earning $32 million; third at $22 million was writer J.R.R. Tolkien.
Former Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison earned $19 million
and $16 million, respectively, putting them fourth and fifth on the
list. Rounding out the top 10 were children’s book author Dr. Seuss, race
car driver Dale Earnhardt, rapper Tupac Shakur, reggae star Bob
Marley and movie star Marilyn Monroe. In
addition, Elvis
has sold 120,000,000 albums - more than any other single artist. Garth
Brooks is second with 105 million; Billy Joel, 78.5 million; Barbara
Streisand, 71.5 million; and Elton John, 67.5 million. |
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The
All Fundraising
Companies Directory has over 1200 fundraising companies.
Choose from the traditional, unique and sometimes bizarre
alternatives. Review options by product category or by state,
province or country if you prefer a company in your locality. |
The
Fundraising Hotline is published monthly by the
Fundraising Ideas &
Products Center, where you will find a wide variety of do-it-yourself
and commercial fundraising ideas. You can also
download a free
directory containing information on products and services from 100 of the top U.S. and
Canadian fundraising companies and products. How
to advertise in The Fundraising Hotline. |