This is my blog about online and personal fundraising pages. I watch TV online. I read online the books I buy online. Not to mention my newspaper online. Just joking I don’t read the paper. I pay my bills online. I date online. It’s going great. I talk to my nephew online and my uncle and I have never talked offline. I work out with an online yoga teacher. In fact I do so much online that no one’s seen me in a few years. I did get confirmation of my good looks from a photo radar ticket that came in the mail the other day; plus, the sunglasses I just bought are a real winner. I was wearing them in the ticket picture, thankfully. So, I figured this time, it was time to get out, especially having looked so good in that ticket. I was going to host a real live in person event fundraiser.
I started cleaning the house, thinking of fabulous hors d’oeuvres, and sending out invitations: Fundraise Online From My House! Don’t forget your laptop, your charity fundraising page, and if you don’t have one, we’ll help you create one on Crowdrise, and Raise Money Online for your favorite Charity or some great looking girl’s that you want to ask out later!
I left that last part out but it’s true.
The party was a hit. We had tables of apps and table of laptops set up with internet donation pages and online fundraising pages. We had smoked salmon and people talking about not smoking salmon. We had fondue and people not eating fondue too scared of H1N1, talking about immunizations in the world’s poorest countries. We had friends wanting to create their own online donation pages for the most noble charities so they could raise money online, too. We had trivia table and the prizes were a donation to your fundraising page. We had a poker table and the chips were worth donations to charity so at the end of the night, if you had chips, you could pass them out and your friends had to make online donations to your online donation page in the amount of the chip. What was supposed to be a happy hour lasted into the night. What was supposed to be a small event turned out to be my volunteer community.
Not to mention that one boy who asked me out after he donated to my online fundraising page seven times. I think it was because I was wearing my Crowdrise hat.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Four Year Olds Can Fundraise, Too!
It was her third birthday and Liza was having none other than a princess party. There were jumpers and bumpers, bubbles and balloons. Then there was pizza and cake, tired parents, gift bags and, lots and lots of presents. To name a few, Liza got a Dora doll, Bratz doll, and and Ugli doll. She got another princess, another horse, and, of course, the kitchen set she wanted forever and couldn’t wait until dad put it together. She got arts and craft and things to play with in the bath. She got bikes too big and trikes too small, cute little skirts, colorful tights, and books to tuck her in with at night. She got everything she wanted and more – but one thing she got struck her parents to the core – an online donation to the Make a Wish Foundation in the name of Liza.
On Liza’s fourth birthday, there were the princesses, those don’t go away in a year. But some things did change: Liza’s parents sense of community, their volunteerism, online fundraising all within Liza’s fourth birthday invitation and party. It read: “If you wish to give Liza a present this year, please make an online donation to the Make a Wish Foundation. You can make an online donation in honor of Liza’s fourth birthday by donating online through our personal fundraiser page. While Liza might have been too young for the bike she got on her third birthday, we learned she's not too young to contribute to her community.
On Liza’s fourth birthday, there were the princesses, those don’t go away in a year. But some things did change: Liza’s parents sense of community, their volunteerism, online fundraising all within Liza’s fourth birthday invitation and party. It read: “If you wish to give Liza a present this year, please make an online donation to the Make a Wish Foundation. You can make an online donation in honor of Liza’s fourth birthday by donating online through our personal fundraiser page. While Liza might have been too young for the bike she got on her third birthday, we learned she's not too young to contribute to her community.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Top 10 Ways to Fundraise, Letterman Style
Top Ten Ways to Fundraise Letterman Style
10. Donate online to research for heart disease and if you have it, get all your friends to donate, too.
9. Run a marathon and collect a dollar per mile from everyone you know and donate all the money to Oprah's schools, not because you care that much, but because you want her to know how much you really do like her.
8. Start a personal fundraising page about pants. But fundraise, too.
7. Volunteer in your community by raising money for Doctors Without Borders just to meet a handsome doctor.
6. Fundraise in your community by getting your friends to volunteer for Doctors Without Borders so they can meet handsome doctors if you have heart disease or are even worried about getting it.
5. Start a strike and grow a beard if no one you know is donating online. Be the first to do it.
4. Make sure your personal fundraising page includes the American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming. What in the world does that mean.
3. If you aren't a runner, you can still have a marathon fundraising party for someone who is running. A friend. Someone you want to kiss. Or you can say you're running and fake an injury last minute like my brother. It's a great way to fundraise and not have to run, ever. You don't even have to train. You can leave the house with your shoes on pretending you're going for the run of your life and go for a nice relaxing cup of coffee.
2. When you have your fundraiser, even if you are super funny, do not talk for 90 minutes.
1. Your friends will be there for sure. And they won't even sit in your chair. They'll respect what you're doing so don't be afraid for a second to start your fundraising page and send it out.
10. Donate online to research for heart disease and if you have it, get all your friends to donate, too.
9. Run a marathon and collect a dollar per mile from everyone you know and donate all the money to Oprah's schools, not because you care that much, but because you want her to know how much you really do like her.
8. Start a personal fundraising page about pants. But fundraise, too.
7. Volunteer in your community by raising money for Doctors Without Borders just to meet a handsome doctor.
6. Fundraise in your community by getting your friends to volunteer for Doctors Without Borders so they can meet handsome doctors if you have heart disease or are even worried about getting it.
5. Start a strike and grow a beard if no one you know is donating online. Be the first to do it.
4. Make sure your personal fundraising page includes the American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming. What in the world does that mean.
3. If you aren't a runner, you can still have a marathon fundraising party for someone who is running. A friend. Someone you want to kiss. Or you can say you're running and fake an injury last minute like my brother. It's a great way to fundraise and not have to run, ever. You don't even have to train. You can leave the house with your shoes on pretending you're going for the run of your life and go for a nice relaxing cup of coffee.
2. When you have your fundraiser, even if you are super funny, do not talk for 90 minutes.
1. Your friends will be there for sure. And they won't even sit in your chair. They'll respect what you're doing so don't be afraid for a second to start your fundraising page and send it out.
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