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Fund rasieing ideas please Stalls at car boots coffee mornings sponserd walks a big no no ( they are not well supported ) Anyone got any good easy fund rasieing ideas ? christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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no that won,t work . fund rasieing is hard work at moment Sponserd things are a no go but then most things are at moment . need something unuseal . christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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sponserd things and fund rasieing is very hard work at monemt . people don,t seem to want to come or spend if anyone has a very good idea .please can i have it . some areas you can walk all day with posters though every door and still have no one . So i need something your self would love to come too and enjoy . any ideas please . Have took loveley stuff too car boots and been a no go .If every thing was 20 pence you might make it . i can not do a raffle as we don,t belive in gambing ( most supporters would come from a church back ground so not on ) i(could be doing the raffle for the get togeter but thats a other thing .as its not church related .) I had a non going on coffee morning here this morning but rasied £30 for Antonys schools fees and £35 for Vision Africa .baby unit . But the support came before .Coffee morning they would rather go out .Though summer time if i do one i have people who like sitting in the garden and will come and bring cakes .( this year thats also been a no goer ) So need to something exciting and i can hire a hall for next too nothing so any ideas please christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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An Ann Summers party? YES I'VE CHANGED, PAIN DOES THAT TO PEOPLE.
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JulieM wrote:An Ann Summers party? too rude we are christains The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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Ah! I'll think again then. YES I'VE CHANGED, PAIN DOES THAT TO PEOPLE.
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How about holding an auction? It is not gambling and you could get people to donate things or approach local businesses: travel agents, restaurants, hotels, beauty parlors and so forth. It's a good way to raise money, especially if hiring the hall doesn't cost too much.
Re approaching business: start of with a leaflet describing the charity you are aiming to help and mention that the business would also gain as the auction will act as a free advertising space and at the same time would be helping a charity.
Good luck!
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Barbara XXXXXX
PS Will think of some more ideas!
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Or a recipe book- people to give a recipe, include some ones from Africa perhaps?
A BBQ or picnic in the park, in the summer where people pay a tenner and you get the nearest gospel choir to come and sing for free.
Gift exchange system like the Oxfam one
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/oxfam-unwrapped
so you buy someone a "goat for an African family" for their 50th birthday etc
We have also made cards for a few evenings to sell in sets for people to take into work and sell.
Jenni xxhow to be a velvet bulldoser
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How about a jumble sale? YES I'VE CHANGED, PAIN DOES THAT TO PEOPLE.
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Tombolas are usually popular.
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I f you knew a friendly band, you could have a ceilidh dance - Nick`s band would be good, but we`re a bit far from Norfolk! Kathleen x ps How about a sponsored pole dance - we could all sponsor Jean.
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My children's scout group gave each child a box of smarties and asked them to return the tubes filled with twenty pences. The kids get to eat the smarties and a filled tube apparently holds £10. I can't confirm this as yet ... two tubes to fill and only about six coins in each so far Joanna
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barbara-o wrote:How about holding an auction? It is not gambling and you could get people to donate things or approach local businesses: travel agents, restaurants, hotels, beauty parlors and so forth. It's a good way to raise money, especially if hiring the hall doesn't cost too much.
Re approaching business: start of with a leaflet describing the charity you are aiming to help and mention that the business would also gain as the auction will act as a free advertising space and at the same time would be helping a charity.
Good luck!
love,
Barbara XXXXXX
PS Will think of some more ideas! I had thought of this .As i have a few vauleable bits which sit in the house i could get £100 for the lot .I would get something ? christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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joeyvt wrote:My children's scout group gave each child a box of smarties and asked them to return the tubes filled with twenty pences. The kids get to eat the smarties and a filled tube apparently holds £10. I can't confirm this as yet ... two tubes to fill and only about six coins in each so far Joanna Yes the scout group did a wonderfull job last year .THEY ran for us and collected pennies let me have the hall for a coffee morning .I have got flim pots for them a hudge bag to fill .They rasied quite a lot and the founders of Vision Africa came ( they are both 79 ) And thanked every one and gave a talk . much needed money it went too the baby unit where abanoand babies live .( some mums give birth on side off road and die so the babies go too the unit and more ) but this year they have there big Jamoee so had to fund rasie for them selfs .They also collceted football kits and scout stuff and its now in Kenya . even if you collcet pennies you will be amazed how much you can get . But the trouble is we need too fund rasie all the time poor us . I don,t have to do it but do it for the children . www.vision-africa.org and i know the founders children get 98%too100% As we do Admin for free unless something has to come out of it . christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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Kathleen_C wrote:I f you knew a friendly band, you could have a ceilidh dance - Nick`s band would be good, but we`re a bit far from Norfolk!
Kathleen x
ps How about a sponsored pole dance - we could all sponsor Jean. Yes we had one for someones 50th he gave all moneys to Vision africa we rasied about £600 and sold £70 in gift cards ( thats 100% gift )they get the gift you have brought and don,t always have the money to buy . And i did a display and got 3 children sponserd .If you ever come to Norfolk yes please . The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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yes fund rasieing is becoming harder .I am allways looking for things . i used to try and rasie a £1,000 a year but 3 years ago that was easy now its hard .It used to be easy a cake sale coffee morning but now they are not well supported .So then i change and take a stall out too a car boot with good stuff .But its was a no go rasied £12 .50 .But its like this all over .Not the only one . i don,t have to do it .But i do for the children . christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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jenni_b wrote:Or a recipe book- people to give a recipe, include some ones from Africa perhaps?
A BBQ or picnic in the park, in the summer where people pay a tenner and you get the nearest gospel choir to come and sing for free.
Gift exchange system like the Oxfam one
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/oxfam-unwrapped
so you buy someone a "goat for an African family" for their 50th birthday etc
We have also made cards for a few evenings to sell in sets for people to take into work and sell.
Jenni xx Going to send the recipe idea to Kenya too see what they say .We do the gift cards .I also sent this link out too see if we can do better or more with the gift cards . Not knocking Oxfam but they would take 17% off the money they get but there prices are good .We now have goats on our gift cards and chichens .And got a famlie of cows going though the gift cards which are used for milk breeding and meat .And the income keeps a childrens home going as well as in milk which is good for the diet . christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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Hi Chrissie,
I think it's just amazing what you are doing to help other people. As a South African myself, I can tell you that most people here in Britain can not comprehend the suffering that goes on in other parts of the world and how grateful those people are for even just the smallest bit of help.
Keep up your fantastic work!!!
Joanna
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