Fundraising News From Around the World

Great Falls, MT: Children's museum holds "Night at the Museum" sleepover for children six through twelve to help raise cash for renovations; Charleston, SC: Hotel holds "Yappy Hour" that brings together dogs, their owners and other supporters to collect cash and food donations for pet food bank; Oakbrook, IL: McDonald’s restaurants across the U.S. celebrate World Children's Day to raise funds and awareness for Ronald McDonald House Charities and other children's causes; Lawrence, IN: City holds spaghetti dinner to raise funds to help decorate for special events; Tucson, AZ: Bicyclist concludes 3,000-mile fundraising ride to benefit the March of Dimes; Newark, OH: Chamber of Commerce holds 'Deal or Not a Deal' fundraiser; Little Rock, AR: Dillard's offers Southern Living Christmas cookbook and wristbands with the words "KIDS MATTER to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities; Albuquerque, NM: Student veterans at the University of New Mexico host “Mile of Coins” fundraising campaign to support veterans integration center and to help fight homelessness; Minersville, PA: Fourth grader organizes and hosts musical fundraising event to help local woman defray medical and other expenses in her battle with cancer and recovery from a stroke; Reno, NV: Fundraiser being organized for the first unassisted paraplegic climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa; Syracuse, NY: Chocolate of every kind, from chocolate fountains to specialty desserts, served to raise money and awareness for Hospice Foundation; Bloomfield Hills, MI: School sponsors "Giftorama" fundraiser featuring more than 50 shops and boutiques offering everything from designer clothes to toys to gourmet foods; Durham, NC: Church youth hold ‘30 Hour Famine’ fundraiser to help feed the hungry and raise awareness; Itaewon Seoul, South Korea: Rock bar hosts animal shelter fundraiser featuring prizes, live bands and stand up comedy.

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Do-It-Yourself Fundraiser Of The Month

There are several Center Court Toss fundraising techniques for basketball game halftimes but they can be adapted for other locations. Numbered, rubber stars are sold and then the holders of stars line up around the perimeter of the gym and toss the stars at the center of the court. The closest star to the center gets a prize or a percent of the take on star sales. The kids love it and there is no way to predict where the stars may bounce because of the 5 points on them. Several variations include tossing balls of a putty type density that do not bounce or bean bags into a bucket at center court, and tossing tennis balls (which obviously will bounce) into a deeper container such as a garbage can at center court. This is an easy and cheap fundraiser that is wide open to your creativity.

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Non-Profit In The Spotlight

The basic idea behind MyTwoFrontTeeth.org is both simple and powerfully effective. We research community organizations that work with underprivileged children and carefully choose our partners.  We then give toy catalogs (20 toys under $25, selected by our staff) to these organizations to distribute among the children they support. On each profile card, the children tell us about themselves (name, age, favorite food, etc.), draw a picture on the back, and choose one toy as their holiday wish. After collecting the cards, we scan the kids' drawings and enter their information into an online profile for each child.  Sponsors from around the community can then visit our website, browse through all of the children's profiles, and sponsor a child (or two!) by completing checkout.  The toys are bulk-purchased through our distributors and are shipped to the community organizations where they are wrapped and given to the children a few days before the holidays. Proceeds from the sponsorships are placed into the MyTwoFrontTeeth.org Fund, which is used to fulfill the wishes of any children who were not sponsored.  At the end of each holiday season, ten percent of the remainder is distributed to our community organizations, and the rest is used to help grow our operations.

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This Month In History

The birth of the modern American civil rights movement occurred when Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back section of a municipal bus (12/1/1955); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died a pauper at age 35 (12/5/1791); Pearl Harbor was bombed (12/7/1941); John Lennon was assassinated (12/8/1980); The clip-on tie is created (12/13/1928); British women voted for the first time in a general election and were allowed to run for office (12/14/1918); Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta, Georgia (12/15/1939); Canada adopted a new national flag featuring a red maple leaf on a white background (12/15/1964); European Union leaders announced their new currency would be known as the Euro (12/15/1995); The British House of Commons voted to abolish the death penalty in England (12/16/1969); The Wright Brothers made their first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk (12/17/1903); South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union in a prelude to the Civil War (12/20/1860); Snow White premiered at theaters (12/21/1937); The KGB (Soviet secret police) was abolished by Russian President Boris Yeltsin (12/21/1993); Congress established the Federal Reserve System (12/23/1913); The transistor was invented (12/23/1947); The birth of Jesus is celebrated (December 25th); Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens (12/27/1932); The Stars and Stripes were raised over New Orleans as the United States took formal possession of the territory of Louisiana, an area of 885,000 square miles, nearly doubling the size of the country (12/30/1803).
 

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