My daughter is raising money to go to Canada for a mission trip. She has raised over 800.00 in less than a month by baking and selling brownies. Have you ever raised money? If yes, what creative ways did you raise money?
Shoveling snow and working in the school canteen. Theres also a website called fiver that a friend told me about. I have never used it but the idea is you put in your skills and people pay $5 for you to do a small job for them (eg. design a birthday card)
I used to make and sell macrame jewelry to be able to afford new surfboards (I have my boards custom made to my exact specifications). My current board is nearing retirement so maybe I'll start doing that again 😁
My wife's (and daughter's) Senior Girl Scout troop raised money every year by picking up people's Christmas trees and taking them to the designated dumping sites. We had it organized where a dad would drive the pick up truck and two or three girls would go along and load the trees in the truck and pick up the donation envelope from under the front mat. We had people call our answering machine and leave their name and number, then we would call them back to schedule their pick up. As we replied to the phone messages, we would fill out a form for our use, which recorded their name, address, and phone number, so we could contact them by postcard the next year for repeat business. The girls raised in Knouff money each year to take a major trip. One year they went on a cruise, another year to New York City, another to New Orleans, and another year to Minnesota to go river rafting. But the best may have been their spring break trip to hike across the Grand Canyon.
Lots, now that I think about it, from school age on. Ran a Sadie Hawkins dance once. Worked for Goodwill and organized a silent auction of donated goods I called around to collect. That was incredible: I learned that just about any company will cheerfully, even joyfully, donate products to causes they like. Totally got me over the fear of soliciting donations.
We did a lot of fundraisers when I was in sorority. It might be a good idea to team up with others who need to raise money for the trip and do some fundraisers. Some of the things we did were yard sales, car washes, and fundraisers with local restaurants where people come in with a flyer and a percentage of their bill goes to your fundraiser
When I was 12 I wanted a computer, which was 1,200, so my dad made a deal if I raised 600 he'd match it and pay the tax. So the way I raised money is me and my mom made sweets for my neighborhood, church, school, and my parents work. In the me and mom made 1,700.
That's incredibly sweet. That wasn't the purpose of the poll so I'm very unprepared for that. I can give you the name and address of the church. You could write a check to the church (which would make it tax deductible) and include a letter specifying that it go to the VG (high school choir) Calgary trip.
That's the only way I can think of you doing it without mailing me (or my daughter) a personal check.
Mission trips are for any place where there are people who don't know Christ. They can be to the slums of Africa or the suburbs of DC.
Per capita, there are VERY few Christians in Calgary. Our church had planted several churches in the city. The youth are going to go do block parties and serve some of the communities surrounding the churches.
Calgary is a place where people gather from all over the world. The hope is to make a difference there and then those people will go home to other parts of the world and they will change the world.
Wow. That's incredibly judgmental and speaking from a position of ignorance. People everywhere have needs and needs aren't just physical.
My church has sent people to China, the slums of Iraq, Cuba, war torn Berma, refugee camps all over the world, orphanages, Russia, several countries in Africa, disaster areas in NC (flooding), and the aftermath of Katrina.
And yes, we send people to places like NYC and Calgary. There are poor people everywhere. There are people suffering everywhere. Who gives you the right to tell people that their needs (starving children, homeless, run down schools, broken communities) are not as big as another city? Whether that city is Calgary, Havana, or even Winston Salem NC?
@Nuclear I ask, have you gone to serve? Not necessarily spiritual needs. What have you done?
You were doing this as a 14 year old high school student?
I do not wish to take anything away from your service. You have chosen a career of service to your country. You are to be honored and respected for that choice. You are protecting me and my family and you are giving us safety so that we can go other places to serve. Thank you for that.
That said, the service that you have chosen and the service that my daughter has chosen are two different things. I believe neither should be disrespected and both should be honored for what it is.
Again, you are speaking out of ignorance. You honestly think we are taking 150+ high schoolers across a continent and putting them on street corners with bullhorns? If that were the case, I wouldn't support it either.
They will spend their days repairing playgrounds, doing camps and parties in underprivileged neighborhoods, cleaning up schools, and many other things.
We are partnering with people who are established in the community currently who know what the needs are. They inform us of those needs and then we go and we take care of those needs.
Yes, the ultimate goal of the trip is to spread the Gospel of Christ, but we aren't going to spend the majority of our time speaking about Jesus. Instead, we are spending the majority of our time showing the love of Christ to people through our actions and our service.
I seriously can't believe I am having to defend my daughter and my church for raising money in order to serve other people. No matter the reasons.
How is it self serving that in the last month, she has baked, sold, and delivered over 70 pans of brownies all while still being a full time student? How is it self serving that she will go out of her comfort zone and help other people where they live?
Our world is full of self absorbed teenagers who think of nobody but themselves and you are denigrating a group of students for wanting to do something, ANYTHING, for someone else because you disagree with the message? Can you not see how messed up your position is?
I could use the same tactic against you. You are being paid to serve your country. You are using that service to better your life. You are using that service to provide for your family. That's self serving. Does that lessen you or your service in my eyes? Not one bit.
First. I never said that I did anything selflessly.
Second. No matter how you spin it, these things can be done without religious pressure put on anyone else.
Third. I don't really care specifically about your daughter so you can stop feeling personally attacked because it's not about YOU. In fact, that's the very point.
Fourth. No, I don't think the people of Calgary are in that desperate need. Its also pretty nice there. More like a vacation where you do community service.
I think it's utterly prentious that people brag about mission trips. You go somewhere, find the most easily manipulated and down on their luck people, do something nice for them, then guilt them into some religious dogma. Why not just do good? The church obviously wants something out of it.
1. No, you didn't say you ever did anything selflessly. You just judged others.
2. You are assuming that religious pressure is being applied. It's not.
3. While you may not have personally attacked me or my daughter, you invited this discussion by commenting on the poll in a passive aggressive way. I felt the need to defend myself after reading your comments.
4. I'm glad that you have been to every part of the city of Calgary. You must know that everyone's emotional, physical, and spiritual needs are met. You know this better than the people we are partnering with who live in those communities.
5. It is not my intention to use your profession against you. Quite the contrary, I honor it.
So you serve people's spiritual needs without religion? Give me a break. It's proselyting wrapped in charity to gain favor. It's not anything to pat one's self on the back for.
However you're right, I'm being kind of a bitch and I'd like to formally blame it on the pain killers from a surgery yesterday. Haha
I didn't mean to insult your daughter, it really was never my intention, and I apologize for not saying so sooner. I'm sure she's worked very hard, more than she has to, and it's good she's giving back, although I disagree with the medium (but that's my gripe with society, not you).
When I was in high school, a nonprofit did a Kiss a Pig contest. Local celebrities participated and you could donate money as votes for which local celebrity you wanted to kiss the pig.
Her high school choir is taking a group of about 150 students to Calgary Canada this summer. They haven't released how much money it will take, but she wanted to be proactive. She is selling them for $12.00/pan of brownies. They are VERY good.
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