Archive for 'The Fundraising Challenge' Category

Sausage Sizzle Success

Jan 6th, 2009 by lisad | 0

 

Hi everyone,
Well the sausage sizzle was a success! We raised over $1500 towards the expedition on the day. A big thanks to my sister Jenny, and brothers Chris and Alex to help me set up. Thanks to Michael to teach us the MacDonald’s way of food prep, cash and cooking work flow Also […]

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Charity Christmas Cards

Nov 2nd, 2008 by lisad | 0

Have you got your Christmas Cards yet?
We are registered as a community on a website called ‘Our Community’. They are running a Christmas Card campaign, where if someone buys Christmas Cards via their site, they will donate $1 from every card to the community group of their choice. All you have to […]

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Australia loves its sport

Oct 26th, 2008 by lisad | 0

I was on the treadmill and I glanced up at the SkyNews just in time to read the words the Prime Minister and Bipolar in the same sentence. “What was that?” perked my interest. It took another 15 minutes of persistence treadmill before the sentence appeared again. “PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd will join rugby league […]

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Slow and Steady

Oct 14th, 2008 by lisad | 0

Well the fundraising has been slow but constant so I should be happy with my efforts so far. Slow and steady wins the race. That’s the best way to be. Always when I trek I keep this mantra of slow and steady. I don’t have to be the fastest but I get there in the […]

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and I’m a Tupperware Demonstrator too…

Sep 27th, 2008 by lisad | 0

You would think I had enough things to do in my life than sell Tupperware but I confess it is not a job but a fun avenue to meet new people, make new friends and have fun with a great product. I started Tupperware with a friend from work last year. Now, this is a […]

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Its tough business the charity market

Sep 10th, 2008 by lisad | 0

To tell you truth, fundraising is hard! I fully commend the organisations and people who do this on a full time scale. For instance it is really competitive to break into the charity market with most commercial companies already allocating a proportion of their budget to key national charities. Local community fundraisers need to think […]

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