Do-It-Yourself Fundraiser Of The Month

Reverse Raffle: Give a free ticket to everyone attending a regular organization meeting or special event. Tell them they are automatically included in the drawing for a special prize. If they don't want to be eligible for the prize, they can "sell" their ticket for $1 to $10 - depending on your attendees. Why would they want to get rid of their ticket? Consider prize options/activities that can be completed during the event itself such as singing a song standing on a table; wearing a silly hat or mask; having their face painted; wearing a funny costume; etc. Be creative! You will find very few spoil-sports who won't go along. If nothing else, they will "sell" their ticket to keep from looking foolish. Your only expense is the raffle tickets. Ticket stubs are placed in a hat or other container from which one "lucky" number is drawn. The drawing is normally held early in the event to make sure that the "lucky" holder is present.

   The Partnership for Animal Welfare (PAW) is a non-profit group of volunteers chartered to facilitate the rescue and adoption of homeless domestic animals, mainly dogs and cats, and place them in loving and stable homes. Adoption shows are held in the suburban Maryland area several times a month to allow prospective owners to meet with the animals and with volunteers. Send a $25 donation to the PAW medical fund, and they will name a PAW dog or cat after your choice of name. Honor a friend or favorite pet, and help PAW animals at the same time!  

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Support our troops and your organization’s fund raising event at the same time. Dog lovers, owners, and dogs will support our troops as these bandanas are worn. At WeSaluteYou.Net we support the troops. Our goal is a healthy America. The bandanas come in 3 solid colors, red, white & blue with the support our troops ribbon displayed and one of two slogans: “Bark! If You Support Our Troops” or "Wag Your Tail! If You Support Our Troops” Retail $5.00/each. Visit: WeSaluteYou.Net or click on the picture image. Thank you for supporting our troops.

Fundraiser News Briefs 

Windsor, CT: Chamber of Commerce sponsors "Windsor Feud" to be broadcast on live TV; Janesville, WI: Boys & Girls Club sells Janesville-Opoly as fundraiser; Jackson, MI: Salvation Army brings back famous doughnuts created in WWI; Long Beach, CA: Annual Fire Chief's Ale fund-raiser held to support charities; Tampa, FL: School leases property for cell towers to raise funds; Paradise, CA: Local businessmen parade around in drag to support Boys & Girls Club; Venice, FL: Rotary Club holds Duck Pluck to support school program; Springfield, IL: Lawmakers approve lottery game as a fundraiser to help fight breast cancer; Maitland, Australia: Community participates in the World's Greatest Shave for a Cure for the Leukemia Foundation; Tampa, FL: PTA snags Wiggles star for fundraiser; Chattanooga, TN: Restaurants showcase wares to support Boys Choir; Newport News, OR: Humane Society holds fundraiser for the construction of a new shelter facility; Marquette, MI: Pigs-N-Heat charity hockey game helps people displaced from their homes due to fire; Millbrook, NY: Students participate in Jump Rope for Heart fund-raiser; Franklin, MA: 500 ceramic bowls made for the Empty Bowls charity fund-raiser; Fashion Island, CA: Annual spirit run supports elementary schools; Brown County, IN: Psi Iota Xi holds annual ‘50s and ‘60s fund raiser dance to help senior centers.
 

Interesting or Fun Facts

Early in the 1900s, Earl Mitchell was visiting a company store that catered to the coal miners. He asked them what they might enjoy as a snack. The miners said they wanted something for their lunch pails. It had to be solid and filling. “About how big?,!” Mr. Mitchell asked. Well about that time the moon was rising, so a miner held out his big hands, framing the moon and said, “About that big!” So, with that in mind, Mr. Mitchell headed back to the bakery with an idea. Upon his return he noticed some of the workers dipping graham cookies into marshmallow and laying them on the window sill to harden. So they added another cookie and a generous coating of chocolate and sent them back for the workers to try. The response they got back was so enormous that the MoonPie® became a regular item for the Chattanooga Bakery. [Source: Chattanooga Bakery]

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