August Fundraising Ideas Archives

GE Donates $1 Million To MLK Memorial

Backers of a permanent memorial to Martin Luther King on the National Mall are one million dollars closer to reaching their 100 million dollar fund-raising goal.
General Electric executives visited the memorial site on the east bank of the Potomac River today to announce the donation. 
Representatives of Yellow Transportation have also agreed to launch a traveling billboard campaign […]

School fundraising exhausts parent support

School fund-raising projects just a form of panhandling
The shopping spree for school supplies I had to do recently reminded me of something else I don’t like about this time of year - the deluge of school fund-raising notices.
The notices come in the packets of information my children receive along with the usual emergency and medical […]

Voice Your Donation Request

Fundraising letters are about people. People talk. So your fundraising letters should include the voices of people.
In a novel, the characters come alive only after you hear them talk. What they say, how they say it, when they say it, where they say it, and to whom they say it, deepens the meaning of the […]

Nude Fundraiser

The Caliente nudist resort hosts the American Cancer Society’s first-ever nude Relay For Life. Event T-shirts were optional for participants.

Some folks marched about in nothing but a T-shirt. A topless woman charged $5 for a smooch at the kissing booth. Another topless woman coated her breasts with red and silver fabric paint, then blotted them […]

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