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.

   As the only national grassroots membership organization to focus solely on issues unique to women as they age, the Older Women’s 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.
 

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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