Fundraising News From Around the World

Reston, VA: High school teacher kept a promise to her students by getting a Mohawk haircut after students raised $20,000 for a fellow student battling cancer; Owega Tioga County, NY: Habitat for Humanity holds first annual Build-It Bowl: Fergus Falls, MN: Cub scouts hold chili contest fundraiser; Sanford, ME: High school band performs concert fundraiser; Royal Oak, MI: Elected officials take over restaurant cooking duties to help preserve golf course; Lodi, CA: Scouts raise funds picking up discarded Christmas trees; Shippensburg, PA: Swimming teams hold basket bingo fundraiser; Jackson, MS: 'We (too) are Marshall' movie and a meal inspires fundraiser for student athletes; East Peoria, IL: Volunteers jump into very cold waters for the annual Polar Plunge fundraiser for local children's charities; Escondido, CA: Participants purchase hot air balloon rides to help purchase prosthetic leg for teen; Murfreesboro, TN: High school team holds all day scrapbooking fundraiser to help pay for tournament expenses; Odessa, TX: Fundraiser features dinner and dance lessons to support humanitarian trip to Africa; La Cañada, CA: High school choral department "Song-a-Gram" fund-raiser a huge success; Pittsburgh, PA: Male belly dancer participates in belly dance fundraiser for humane society; Altamonte Springs, FL: Nuns kick off traditional habits to dance the night away at fundraiser for community center; Naples, FL: Rug sale fundraiser helps children facing health-care hardships; Augusta, ME: Arboretum holds nature walk/snowshoe fundraiser; Lansing, MI: Baseball team lets non-profits raise funds by working in stadium concession stands; Ithaca, NY: College wrestling team hosts community challenge to support local library; Goshen, IN: American Girl Doll Tea fundraiser held to raise funds for Alzheimer's services; Surprise, AZ: Soroptimists sponsor "pampering with a purpose" to benefit women's shelter.

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Do-It-Yourself Fundraiser Of The Month

A Spirit Chain is a great fundraiser for high school students, but could be used with other groups. Have a competition within the different classes in the school (senior, junior, sophomore, freshmen) to see who has the most school spirit. Each class has two colors that their paper chain consists of. Sell each strip of paper for 25 or 50 cents. Keep the chains hidden and then at an assembly have class representatives bring out the huge paper chains that have accumulated over time. Which ever class’ chain is the longest receives bragging rights for the rest of the school year. This is a great activity to do right before homecoming or other school functions when school spirit is high. The only thing you have to pay for is the paper and staples/glue/tape.

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Non-Profit In The Spotlight

When a child loses a loved one, who do they turn to? What feelings go through their young minds? What can we do to help them in their grieving process? To help answer these questions, Baptist Trinity Hospice created Camp Good Grief, the Mid-South's first children's bereavement camp. The goal of the free annual bereavement camp is to give area children - ages 7 to 12 - an enjoyable, accepting and supportive environment in which they can freely express their feelings about the loss of a loved one. Under the guidance of professional bereavement staff, campers have the opportunity to meet with other children who have experienced similar losses, and to engage in activities involving art, music and recreation through which they can explore their grief. Support groups are also a part of the day camp, enabling the children to explore their grief.

 
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Interesting or Fun Facts

Beetle Bailey, created by Mort Walker, is among the oldest comic strips still being made by the original creator, and remains among the most popular comic strips today. In 1948 and 1949, Walker submitted his comics to the Saturday Evening Post whose editor suggested he draw some comics in a college setting. Walker did so and featured one character, who wore a hat down over his eyes, whom he named Spider, after a fraternity brother. Walker then decided to do a comic strip about college, putting all of his fraternity brothers in it and changed the name from Spider to Beetle. During the Korean War, Walker had Beetle enlist in the Army. All characters other than Beetle were dropped, and new ones created. The strip became the focus of feminist animosity in the 1990s because of Gen. Halftrack's unrestrained (if ineffectual) libidinous approach to women. Reacting to this, Walker put the General through a bit of sensitivity training and dressed Miss Buxley more professionally.
 

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