Australia is a long way from home for all of us and not to mention quite an expensive place to visit so we've all been busy with various fundraising activities. Here are a few of our ideas:
1. We had a fete where we sold bbq sausages, ice-cream and drinks, had a kick-a-goal where the kids pay and if they score a goal against the professional goal-keeper they win a small prize. People donated items they no longer wanted and we sold them (trash and treasure this is called over here as one persons trash may be another persons treasure). We also took this opportunity to try and inform the local people about YPD and Green WYD.
2. The local people here held a concert in the school hall. They charged the public an entrance fee and had bands playing, choirs, Tamil dancers performing, break dancing and all sorts of entertainment. A great night of fun and also a brilliant fundraiser!
3. We had a 'walk to church day'. All the parishioners were informed in the newsletter and by Father Peter in the mass the previous week that if they drive to church on that Sunday they will have to pay a fine of $1. We stood outside the masses with a tin and everyone who drove contributed (usually more than $1). An excellent initiative to get people to be more environmentally friendly and raise money. We definitely noticed fewer cars in the car park that Sunday- excellent.
4. A sweep-stake was held here for a big horse racing event in Melbourne. People paid money to buy a raffle ticket, there were 16 horses taking part in the race. Out of all the raffle tickets 16 were chosen at random. 1 horse was then matched to 1 ticket and the ticket with the name of the winning horse wins. There were also 2nd and 3rd place prizes. Of course this concept can be used for all sorts of events, cricket games, football just use your imaginations.
Another idea that we are still working on at the moment is a bike-ride, we are hoping to get a big group of people to get sponsorship to do a bike-ride to raise awareness for our Green WYD campaign as well as raise funds, get fit and have fun. Also a possible event that we will be holding is a ball on St Valentines day, a night of eating and dancing for which we will be selling tickets.
Good luck with your fundraising. If we all work on it together we can achieve a lot.
1. We had a fete where we sold bbq sausages, ice-cream and drinks, had a kick-a-goal where the kids pay and if they score a goal against the professional goal-keeper they win a small prize. People donated items they no longer wanted and we sold them (trash and treasure this is called over here as one persons trash may be another persons treasure). We also took this opportunity to try and inform the local people about YPD and Green WYD.
2. The local people here held a concert in the school hall. They charged the public an entrance fee and had bands playing, choirs, Tamil dancers performing, break dancing and all sorts of entertainment. A great night of fun and also a brilliant fundraiser!
3. We had a 'walk to church day'. All the parishioners were informed in the newsletter and by Father Peter in the mass the previous week that if they drive to church on that Sunday they will have to pay a fine of $1. We stood outside the masses with a tin and everyone who drove contributed (usually more than $1). An excellent initiative to get people to be more environmentally friendly and raise money. We definitely noticed fewer cars in the car park that Sunday- excellent.
4. A sweep-stake was held here for a big horse racing event in Melbourne. People paid money to buy a raffle ticket, there were 16 horses taking part in the race. Out of all the raffle tickets 16 were chosen at random. 1 horse was then matched to 1 ticket and the ticket with the name of the winning horse wins. There were also 2nd and 3rd place prizes. Of course this concept can be used for all sorts of events, cricket games, football just use your imaginations.
Another idea that we are still working on at the moment is a bike-ride, we are hoping to get a big group of people to get sponsorship to do a bike-ride to raise awareness for our Green WYD campaign as well as raise funds, get fit and have fun. Also a possible event that we will be holding is a ball on St Valentines day, a night of eating and dancing for which we will be selling tickets.
Good luck with your fundraising. If we all work on it together we can achieve a lot.
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