Fundraising News From Around the World

Lufkin, TX: Scrap Pink scrapbooking fundraiser held to support breast cancer research; Slidell, LA: Rotary club holds skeet shooting fundraiser to support local restoration projects; La Jolla, CA: High school foundation fundraisers save four full-time teachers jobs; Concordia College, MN: Hotel sponsors Bucks and Bras fundraiser in which women donate old bras and $5 that will be included in a bra garland strung on the hotel the week of the event; West Deptford Twp, NJ: Proceeds of high school spirit fundraiser pledged to the March of Dimes; Spring Hill, FL: Chorus and barbershop quartet waits on tables and sings tunes … a portion of the tips and donations collected benefit Center for Autism & Related Disabilities; Stuart, FL: Habitat for Humanity hosts trivia challenge fundraiser; Monroe, LA: Bark in the Park fundraiser held to support animal league; Blackfoot, ID: Bank holds "No Child Forgotten - Coats for Kids" fundraiser; Moreno, CA: Couple stages wedding in a dog park for their Chihuahuas as a fundraiser for the humane society; Tallahassee, FL: Youth Board of Kids Voting hosts voter registration drive and a Chick-Fil-A fundraiser to get people registered to vote in time for this year's election; Drury, MO: Amidst cardboard cut-outs, stray pieces of duct tape, and the air of competition, students build their own shantytown abode to help raise money for local Habitat for Humanity efforts; Los Angeles, CA: Celebrity pinball tournament & arcade game show fundraiser held to benefit families affected by autism; Columbia. MO: Animal shelter holds "Pawsitively Inked" fundraiser which raised $15 for every 1.5-inch tattoo imprinted by local tattoo artists; Halifax, NS: High-heeled fundraiser lets men show their feminine side in support of the YWCA’s Walk a Mile In Her Shoes charity.

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Do-It-Yourself Fundraiser Of The Month

One animal shelter put a Pet Remembrance Tree in the center court of a local mall near Christmas.  For each $5.00 donation, they illuminated a light for someone's pet --- a red one "in honor of" and a white one "in memory of". They asked for a picture of the pet and hung it with a red or white ribbon. In addition to the fixed $5.00 donations, they had a fish bowl out for general donations. They also took a thick foam board and put them on wreath stands .. a red board for the honored pets and a white board for a memorialized pets .. with the names listed on each board. They earned over $3,000 from the tree and fish bowl. Twice a week, they updated the pictures on the tree and names on the boards. They had a stand in front of the tree explaining what it was for and kept forms on that stand for people to fill out. They would simply put their name, the name of the pet, whether it was in memory of or honor of, etc. Then they would send it to the address at the bottom of the form. The really big money maker was something they almost did not do. They told people that if they wanted to buy a light in honor or memory of someone else's pet, they would send that person an acknowledgement card. Many people made donations like that for Christmas presents. In addition, when the person received a card, they often turned around and made a donation either for their pet or someone else's. They initially thought it would be necessary to have someone at the tree at all times, but knew they could not do it. Turned out, they did not need anyone there except on weekend nights when the mall was really crowded.
 

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Non-Profit In The Spotlight

Keep America Beautiful was formed in 1953, long before being "green" was fashionable, when a group of corporate and civic leaders met in New York City to discuss a revolutionary idea — bringing the public and private sectors together to develop and promote a national cleanliness ethic. We believe that each of us holds an obligation to preserve and protect our environment. Through our everyday choices and actions, we collectively have a huge impact on our world. It's really a simple concept, but one with far reaching effects. Keep America Beautiful follows a practical approach that unites citizens, businesses and government to find solutions that advance our core issues of preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying communities. The diverse American landscape consists of many different "community environments," each with their own interconnected needs and challenges. With a national network of nearly 1000 local affiliates and participating organizations, we combine education with hands-on stewardship to address the needs of communities on an intensely local and effective level.

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This Month In History

The Bra was patented (11/1/1914); Clarence Birdseye marketed frozen peas (11/3/1952); Iran hostage crisis began (11/4/1979); Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th U.S. President and the first Republican, receiving 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40 percent of the popular vote (11/6/1860); President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term (11/7/1944); Cartoonist Thomas Nast depicts Republican party as an elephant in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly (11/7/1874); First broadcast of "Sesame Street" (11/10/1969); Direct dial telephone service is first available coast to coast (11/10/1951); The U.S. Marine Corps was established (11/10/1775); Irving Berlin's God Bless America was first performed (11/11/1938); Vietnam Memorial dedicated (11/13/1982); The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation on public buses was unconstitutional (11/13/1956); The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18 (11/13/1942); The U.S. Congress met for the first time in the new capital at Washington, DC (11/17/1800); A Connecticut school teacher proposed a uniform time zone plan for the U.S. consisting of four zones (11/18/1883); Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address (11/19/1863); President John F. Kennedy was assassinated (11/22/1963); Charles Darwin publishes his theory on evolution (11/24/1859); The first horse-drawn streetcar carried passengers in New York City (11/26/1832); The "Grande Ole Opry "debuts on radio (11/28/1925); First Army-Navy football game played (11/29/1890).
 

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