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Archives for July 2008

Sponsorship letter template to send to companies?
Does anyone know of any sponsorship letter templates that i can send to local businesses asking if they would sponsor my partner for a 10,00ft parachute jump he is doing for Great Ormond street hospital in August or have any ideas of what i can write in the letter? Thanks Lisa & Kev https://www.bravetiana.co.uk
Sponsored Event ideas for children
I am arranging a sponsored event for a group of friends and their children, ages range from newborn to 5 years. The event will likely take place at home so I am looking for some ideas that the children can do. It will be for the tommy's charity and 'lunch with teddies' theme, so we will be having a picnic with our bears, I…
Fundraising rules?? (merged)
Hi there - I'd be grateful if anyone can help me with advice. My auntie has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has to has a mastectomy followed by chemo. They had been planning a eurodisney trip with their 3 kids but as my uncle is having to give up his job to care for her and the kids this will be cancelled. I'd love…
Cash to Charities
Hi all, Look at this site? If you want to pass your cashback to a good cause this is for you http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!/animalwelfaredonation
Tandem jump for BLISS
Hi everyone and thanks for having a look. Yesterday I booked a charity skydive for BLISS (the premature baby charity). Having had 2 premmie babies needing special care I thought I would try and raise some money for this worthy charity. I am jumping on 2nd August 2008. Wish me luck and for anyone who would like to sponsor…
Charity Convention
Hi I'm really sorry if I've posted this in the wrong section, but it looked like the most likely place to put it. A group of us are trying to organise a music convention for charity. The charity we're giving to is a pretty well known one and we're in the very first stages of trying to organise this. Basically what we were…
Strawberries and Cream stall - advice please!
Hello I am helping my husband to organise different fundraising events for the RNLI as he is running the New York marathon for them. So far we have done raffles, tombolas, games and an auction. We have been offered a stall doing Strawberries and Cream at a fairly large event coming up in a few weeks and need some advice…
NSPCC/ChildLine
Hey all! All you 13-18 year old soon-to-be authors out there, grab your pens and get scribbling! :j ChildLine (who I'm representing) have a new competition on their website www.spinebreakers.co.uk! The winner will have their entry published, get a stack load of penguin books and have their tale told by a celebrity! What…
Feed me for free
The site is a bit confusing but it's for a good cause Oxfam. http://feedmeforfree.blogspot.com/
Walking 400 miles in barefeet
Can I ask you to look at this blog, barefeetforburma.blogspot.com then, if you ever see this young man in your area, please don't be afraid to approach him, he welcomes it and if you can, offer him a bit of (vegetarian) food or a bit of fruit. He does not ask for food but if offered he will take it. He will not ask for…
Orphans In Need - Signed Arsenal Shirt Raffle
Hi, We are raising money for a very worthy charity called 'Orphans In Need'. All the money raised will go directly to the most needy, children and widows in the most destitute parts of the world - so a very deserved cause. To raise funds, I am raffling a beautifully framed, Arsenal Shirt signed by 21 of the 1st team squad…
Make a difference for FREE
Use a cash machine at Tesco between 26/06/2008 to 28/02/2009 and Tesco will donate money to Marie Curie Cancer Care at 0.0125p per transaction. The minimum donation is expected to be £33,000. So, simply withdraw your cash (for free) while at Tesco instead of where you usually get it from, and help Marie Curie Cancer Care…
Free things for a charity?
First off I'm quite new to this forum so very sorry if this is in the wrong board or I shouldn't have made it as a new thread or something...if I did it wrong please let me know! I am about to start organising a fundraising event for my local Sea Cadet unit. It will be a barbecue fun day type thing and my main idea is to…
Making Money For Charity Tip
I've decided to give myself a challenge and try to raise £1000 in 2 years for Marie Curie Cancer Care, but what can I do to raise this amount? I will be selling a few things on eBay of which 100% of the proceeds will go to, but apart from that I'm stuck for ideas. I have set up a JustGiving page for tracking and donations:…
Deaf Education Through Listening and Talking (DELTA)
Hi, My son is deaf and this is a charity that have supported us well. The site enables you to buy things from retailers that support the charity and also provides discounts etc as well as donations to the charity http://buy.at/DELTA Hopefully it'll provide money saving deals and support the charity at the same time Welcome…
free chairs? help with removal?
We are a registered charity in Sheffield (www.parentlifeline.org) and we are soon to move offices. We are in need of chairs, if anyone could help please contact us via our website. we are also looking for a removal company who would be willing to donate their time in helping us move?

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