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fundraisers again
2008-May-10, Saturday 11:34 amOne thing I forgot to mention in the weekend lineups for May here in Minnesota. There's the annual plant sale for the local Quaker school. I've gone for several years. It used to be small enough that they had it right there on the grounds of the school. In recent years, though, it's expanded so much that now it's at the state fairgrounds. I noticed that this year they expanded some more and had a fenced off area outside the building. The Friends plant sale expects to raise more than a million dollars.
And the email I got from last week's Walk fundraising...
So what could the local autism society do to raise money in an annual event? "Walks" are overdone at this point, so we need a different idea. Elsewhere in the U.S. they have a motorcycle ride. That's a bit too specifiic though. Like the golf event locally, or their horse race event. What if we found a few city blocks to beautify and we planted them with something that bloomed at a particular time consistently, then we had a plant sale there or a walk around the block or... something quiet that would still interest individuals and families to get them to come out and/or donate? Even a bubble-blowing day in the park or something!
Any other ideas? I could try to talk some of the locals into organizing it. Even if it started only as a fundraiser for the NoLAR conference. If we ever raised more than $3000, then we could start funding the children's events and even the autism society itself. They need more office space, more meeting space, more library space, and more than one psychologist on staff.
Any suggestions?
And the email I got from last week's Walk fundraising...
7,700 people and 3,300 pets participated in the Golden Valley and St. Paul Walk for Animals. Together we raised more than $1 million for the animals - making it the largest animal walk in the country. Thank you!So why isn't the autism society raking in this kind of dough? We're in the news more than either of these other groups. We're supposed to be an "epidemic", aren't we? But the office space isn't large enough for the groups who want to meet there. We have to worry about $3000 to have the autism retreat. Where's our million bucks?
So what could the local autism society do to raise money in an annual event? "Walks" are overdone at this point, so we need a different idea. Elsewhere in the U.S. they have a motorcycle ride. That's a bit too specifiic though. Like the golf event locally, or their horse race event. What if we found a few city blocks to beautify and we planted them with something that bloomed at a particular time consistently, then we had a plant sale there or a walk around the block or... something quiet that would still interest individuals and families to get them to come out and/or donate? Even a bubble-blowing day in the park or something!
Any other ideas? I could try to talk some of the locals into organizing it. Even if it started only as a fundraiser for the NoLAR conference. If we ever raised more than $3000, then we could start funding the children's events and even the autism society itself. They need more office space, more meeting space, more library space, and more than one psychologist on staff.
Any suggestions?