I have to admit, twitter is actually an amazing networking tool. I have yet to actually physically meet anyone from it, but I've made some good "virtual" friends and I know I will meet some of them in the future. It's such a great network for everyone to help each other (of course some peope abuse it and some people are just kids playing around but that's unavoidable).
I've also found that when you're working towards a good cause, you will be able to find many good people to step forth and help you, even complete strangers. This has been working with raising money for cancer and I hope that it will continue to help with my Haiti fundraising as well. I plan to go out this weekend with a group of friends (I'm praying that it won't rain that one day) to raise money from complete strangers on the street. That ought to be interesting!
I want to learn how to get businesses to help out, specifically with donating items to be raffled and donating their space to have a fundraiser. I'm not sure how to approach this so I will be talking to some people from Team in Training to see who has done this before and how they have done it. They should be able to help me.
So far I am at $145 towards my fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I have a feeling I will actually surpass my goal, which would be awesome. I also have a feeling I will be doing most, if not all of my husband's fundraising (I need to get him off his butt!), which will mean that I will be raising at least $3500 for the both of us. We shall see...
I do still want to continue with my Raising Money for Families idea and see if I can set that up as an actual non-profit organization, but I still have a LOT of research to do for this (at least I have someone who will be able to do my logo! Yay!). I still haven't decided on the name and I need to sit down and write an actual business plan for it. Coming soon, to a blog near you :)
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I guess the first step is to ask for businesses to help. Many years ago as a manager for Jamba Juice, we got requests for donations quite often. I never turned anyone down for a few free items to arrange a gift basket for a raffle (mugs, smoothie card, sometimes even t-shirts). Grocery stores are good about donating food items for fundraisers (BBQ's) etc. Keep it up:).
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Good to know! Thanks! I think I'll try some out today and see what happens. I'll try hitting up a few of my local Starbucks and seeing what happens :) Thanks for all your help.
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