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A Z of fund/ pledge raising thought processes-
Just small ways to get us going for bringing in
change and reaching out in our own special way
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A saying from the Sacred Scriptures

• Blessed are the
• money raisers
• for in heaven they shall stand on the right hand
  of the saints.

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The vocation of every woman and man is to serve
other people- Leo Tolstoy
Think out of the box, Fundraising is as simple
as that

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• Ask around, get ideas and support youll never
  know what you could achieve if you dont!
• Art do you know a painter, photographer or
  potter? Get donations and hold an exhibition/sale
• Auction of promises or a slave auction (get
  someone to offer to be a slave for the day or
  your manager to make coffee for the department
  for the week. Colleagues can bid for their
  services).

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The way not to live a monotonous life is to live
for others- Fulton J Sheen
If you think you can you can make a change

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• Baby competition ask colleagues or friends to
  bring in baby photos of themselves. People pay to
  guess whos who great fun and prizes for the
  winners
• Bring and buy, at work, garden, community centre
• Be shameless! Keep talking about your fundraising
  efforts and training. Get people involved
• Babysitting and child minding
• Barbecue parties

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In this world we can not do great things we can
only do small things with great love - Mother
Theresa
Fundraising is an art and skill, Try it and you
will find a new life

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• Car boot sale
• Church, or place of worship collection
• Company contacts ask your suppliers for
  sponsorship, gift donations (get permission)
• Coffee morning, cake sale ask a local cookery
  class or school to help.

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The be all and end all of life should not be to
get rich but to enrich the world- B. C. Forbes
Fundraising is an enriching experience and is
not going out with a begging bowl

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• Dress down for the day. Pay for the privilege
• Diet you, friends and colleagues - 1 per pound
• Drink get sponsored to give up alcohol
• DJ do you, your children or friends know one?
  Ask them to do the music for your event.

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The size of the gift to an institution is not
important. No gift is important no matter how
large, unless it means something to the one who
gives it-R Blair Schreyer
Even US Presidential candidates have to raise
their own funds for campaigning

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• Email invites and reminders to friends, their
  friends friends
• Ever ready keep your eyes open to opportunities
  and your sponsorship form handy (if appropriate).

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Each Citizen should play a part in the community
according to ones individual gifts- Plato
With raising funds you also raise fun and new
friends

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• Fashion show
• Fancy dress party or day
• Fetes and fairs have a stall
• Fine box for colleagues swearing or lateness
• Football kit day at work. Pay to wear one.

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I would rather have originated the Red Cross than
to have written the constitution of the United
States- Will Rogers
To support a cause your efforts in fundraising
are important

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• Golf Day - tournament
• Guess the number e.g. balloons in a car, sweets
  in a jar etc.
• Games monopoly, chess tournament, team trivial
  pursuit, scrabble pay to enter, donated prizes.

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Each one of us can work for a small change in the
world around us- Lamar S Smith
Fundraising is one culture from Europe/ US that
we need to adopt

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• Hobbies what hobbies can help you raise money
  sport, walking, cycling, art and craft,
  aromatherapy, massage etc.
• Horse racing dogs sweepstake at work.

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It is not fair to ask others what you are not
willing to do yourself- Eleanor Roosevelt
Fundraising is a noble action for a noble cause-
Get into it today

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• Ink write to everyone you possibly can
• Indian think about the cause and state youre
  raising money for (if appropriate). Tie it in to
  your party, dinner or stall.

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A human being is happiest and most successful
when dedicated to a cause outside one's own,
individual, selfish satisfaction- Benjamin Spock
Give your mind, body, soul and fund for a cause
dear to your heart

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• Jazz night
• Jumble sale

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When you are labouring for others let it be with
the same zeal as if it were for yourself-
Confucius
When you raise funds you speak out for
addressing the issue

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• Karaoke evening (pay not to sing perhaps)
• Kick-off 5-a-side tournament work, pubs

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There is no greater joy than giving for worthy
causes- Ted Turner
Raise funds and spread the good word for doing
good for society

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• Line dancing evening
• Library get your friends, family, colleagues to
  get a book from the library instead of buying it
  and to give you the money theyve saved
• Lambada party
• Lunch-less set a date for all your colleagues
  to bring in a packed lunch and then to give you
  the money they would have spent.

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How can we expect our children to know the joy of
giving unless we teach them that the greater
pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather
than receiving- James Cash Penny
Children in India sell lemonade to raise funds-
What's stopping us?

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• Matched donation from your company
• Murder mystery party
• Meal ask a restaurant for reduced prices if you
  bring a large party on a weekday evening. Charge
  cover price plus extra. Raffle and games too.

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Doing a good turn may seem a trivial thing for us
grown ups but a good turn done as a youngster
will grow into service for community when one
grows up- Lady Powell Olave
The youth can practice idealism and take stands
by fundraising

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• Never give up.
• Neighbours. Offer to wash their windows, mow the
  lawn or throw a street party (if its big and in
  the street, get proper authorisation). Charge
  admission.

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The highest service we can perform for others is
to help them help themselves- Horace Mann
Think you can and you will be raising funds and
helping causes

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• Organise events within events why not hold a
  raffle at your office for marathon pledges or a
  raffle party or an auction at your sports
  tournament?
• Opera or Theatre try to get a group discount on
  theatre tickets and pop corn or theatre tickets
  and then charge everyone a bit extra for the
  outing.

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Community partnerships, non financial investments
and profitable social responsibility can offer
companies of all sizes new ways to widen their
community relationships. And community
involvement is definitely good business- William
Verity. Jr.
Give a rupee from your salary every month, get
your firm to match it

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• Party 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s beach, Easter, out of
  season Christmas, or no theme just for fun!
• Police Cell ask if you can use a cell for the
  night. Get your work colleagues to sponsor you or
  your boss/director to spend the night there
• Pub crawl (fancy dress or three legged)
• Public humiliations get the director of the
  company in stocks and then throw tomatoes at them
  the more senior the better!

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Corporations must serve society even seek out
ways to do so.- Andrew Hassell
Inspire your colleagues to get involved with a
cause dear to their heart

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• Quiz night organise one, ask your local pubs to
  give you a percentage of the takings
• Quiet time get a local youth group to do a
  sponsored silence with you (Vipaasana)

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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of
our own needs by opening our minds to the
unexplored world of others- Barbara Hand Herrera
Start now- ask all your colleagues to give Re. 1
every month for a cause

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• Raffle get local businesses to donate prizes
• Races Three-legged, egg and spoon, relay
• Relatives Make the most of talented relatives
  who may be able to donate services, artwork etc.
  Get all of your family to ask all of their
  friends to sponsor you/come along to your events
  too.

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Be the change you want to see in the world-
Mahatma Gandhi
Raise funds and spread the experience and the joy
of giving

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• Services ask a hairdresser, beautician,
  masseur, tarot reader friend to come to your
  event and donate their proceeds or a days tips
• Sponsored activities you and friends can walk,
  swim, dance, fast, bungee jump etc.
• Spot the cowpat not the ball! Use alternative
  picture. People pay to play - donated prize or
  cash
• Shave off your beard or someone elses (and get
  people to sponsor you)
• Street party
• Smoking sponsored abstinence, or/and donate the
  money you save

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We make a living by what we do but we make a life
by what we give.- Winston Churchill
All you need to do is ask because you want to
make a change

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• Treasure Hunt
• Twenty-four-hour marathon darts, stay awake or
  dancing. Sponsored or have a team competition
• Tail pin the tail on the donkey. Pay to play,
  donated prizes
• Tin collection tin or bucket to take to events
  (make sure you get permission) contact ICONGO
  for details.

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God has given us two hands one to receive with
and the other to give with- Billy Graham
Fundraising is as simple as shaking hands and
telling it like you feel

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• Use your network of colleagues and friends to
  come up with ideas and help with activities
• Unwanted and unused gifts ask friends and
  family, colleagues use for prizes or car boot
  sale.

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The act of volunteering is an assertion of
individual worth- Edward Linderman
Pledge raising- A noble thought turned into
action

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• Valet service offer to clean cars inside and out
  for all your family, friends and colleagues

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I slept and dreamed that life was happiness, I
awoke and saw that life was service. I served and
found that in service happiness is found-
Rabindranath Tagore
Caring is the art of sharing- sharing is
spreading the joy of giving

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• Website ask work if you can have a bit of space
• Wine and cheese party homemade wine, prizes and
  cheese donated. Guess the wines country game.
  Charge admission and for entering games
• Waltz big band night (use old-time records if
  cant find a band) dinner-dance, admission fee.

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The making of money, the accumulation of material
power is not all there is to living.. And the
person who misses this truth misses the greatest
joy and satisfaction that comes into one's life-
service to others- Edward Bok
The soul is healed by getting people involved
through pledges

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• X-ercise - get your local gym to organise a
  work-out-a-thon
• Xtra, Xtra read all about it write a press
  release about your activity (we can help), or
  write to the Letters Page of your local
  newspaper for support, sponsorship and promotion.

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Noble Deeds and hot baths are the best cure for
depression- Debbie Smith
Experience the joy Spread the joy Feel the joy

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• Young and old organise a big family reunion for
  all ages. Ask for donations, theyre bound to vie
  with each other over who gives you the most!

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Pledge raising can be an exciting, growing and
enjoyable experience. It is truly gratifying to
serve a cause, practice ones ideals, work with
people, solve problems, bring about change,
spread the joy and know that I had a hand in it-
Jerry
Giving and sharing is an Indian tradition- Lets
rekindle the spirit

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• Zest and zeal essential if you are going to
  make the best of your fundraising. Your challenge
  is demanding and exciting and your fundraising
  will make a real difference to peoples lives.
  You should feel proud that youre doing it.