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The Fundraising
Hotline
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by the Fundraising Ideas & Products Center
17,726 Subscribers |
July 2003 |
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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
Penny Drive: Jars
are placed outside of each classroom for 15
minutes at the start
and at the end of each day, with someone monitoring
of course. For every penny added to the jar
a classroom receives one point. Every nickel, dime, quarter,
added and the class loses points according to the value of the coin. A
dollar in the jar and the class loses 100 points. Kids
are allowed to place coins and dollars in
any jar they want, so they could make a classroom with the most points
that day lose points by placing everything but pennies in the jar.
Points are posted every day and the money
collected in the office at the end of the day where student helpers
wrap pennies, nickels, dimes and so forth. It's great fun! Every
class comes out a winner. The class in first place wins a
pizza party or sundaes!
All other classes get ice cream cones as prizes. |
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Famous Former Cheerleaders
You may find some surprising names in the
following group of former cheerleaders. Paula Abdul,
Marliece Andrada, Gladys
Bankston, Toni Basil,
Kim Basinger, Angela Bassett,
Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock,
George W. Bush, Belinda
Carlisle, Charisma Carpenter,
Ana Maria Carrasco, Deana
Carter, Katie Couric,
Courteney Cox, Sheryl Crow,
Jamie Lee Curtis, Cameron Diaz,
Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Sally Field, Calista Flockhart,
Vivica Fox, Leeza Gibbons,
Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
Janet Gunn, Jenilee Harrison,
Schae Harrison, Teri Hatcher,
Tina Hernandez, Lauryn Hill,
Lauren Holly, Samuel L. Jackson,
Ashley Judd, Cheryl Ladd,
Tina Landon, Trent Lott,
Mary McDonnell, Reba McEntire,
Shirley MacLaine, Debra
McMichael, Madonna,
Ann-Margret, Steve Martin,
Debbie Matenopoulos, Mandy
Moore, Lenda Murray,
Kelly Packard, Annie Potts,
Priscilla Presley, Ronald
Reagan, Donna Rice,
Franklin D Roosevelt,
Diane Sawyer, Cybil Sheppard,
Alicia Silverstone, Aaron
Spelling, Jimmy Stewart,
Meyrl Streep, Sunny,
Uma Thurman, Cheryl Tiegs,
Kiana Tom, Sela Ward,
Raquel Welch, Vanna White,
Karime Zarate and
Renee Zellweger. |
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The Grass Roots
Fundraising Book
by Joan Flanagan
Practical,
comprehensive, and readable, this new updated edition offers an
indispensable resource for novice community fundraisers.
Professional fundraiser Joan Flanagan
includes foolproof money-making strategies already tested by hundreds
of successful fundraisers, the basics of organizing special events,
advice on approaching philanthropists, a step-by-step guide to direct
mailing, and the how-tos of door-to-door canvassing.
You can find a copy at Amazon.com for about $12.00. |
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Featured Fundraising Ideas
JustForFundRaising.com: Raise funds with today’s most
popular selection of DVDs. This DVD fundraiser is perfect for
teams, groups, leagues, churches, schools and organizations of
any size in need of a proven, profitable and simple fundraiser.
It is the only movie studio approved DVD fundraising program
available in the USA and our partners are Universal Studios and
Columbia Tri-Star Entertainment. Your group keeps 40% of the
monies collected with no up-front costs, no inventory, no
delivery, and no unnecessary effort. Visit
www.justforfundraising.com for samples and additional
information. |
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State Sales and
Use Tax Information
According to the Association
of Fund-Raising Distributors & Suppliers, schools,
school groups, PTAs, PTOs, youth sports leagues and other
non-profit organizations raise nearly $2 billion
each year by selling merchandise to
the public (product fundraising). As
you can imagine, the different states' provisions,
practices and procedures related to the transactional taxation
of fundraising sales, products and organizations
vary widely.
Check your state.
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Biography of Uncle Sam
Historians aren't completely
certain how the character "Uncle Sam" was created, or who (if
anyone) he was named after. The prevailing theory is that Uncle Sam
was named after Samuel Wilson who was born in Arlington,
Massachusetts in 1766. During the War of 1812, Wilson was in the
business of slaughtering and packing meat. He provided large
shipments of meat to the US Army, in barrels that were stamped with
the initials "U.S." Supposedly, someone who saw the "U.S." stamp
suggested -- perhaps as a joke -- that the initials stood for "Uncle
Sam" Wilson. The suggestion that the meat shipments came from "Uncle
Sam" led to the idea that Uncle Sam symbolized the federal
government. Uncle Sam's traditional
appearance, with a white goatee and star-spangled suit, is an
invention of artists and political cartoonists; Samuel Wilson did
not look like the modern image of Uncle Sam. The single most famous
portrait of Uncle Sam is the "I Want You" Army recruiting poster
from World War I.
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Choose from the traditional, unique and sometimes bizarre
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