If anyone has ANY fund raising ideas, links to grants or no interest loans, or ideas on financing adoptions, please send them my way?

I have some fundraising ideas that might help they are straight from my blog at www. [email protected] Church Fund Raising Meals. Projected Earnings: $200.00- $500.00 I have found that a good way to earn a couple hundred bucks towards our set up fund is by throwing a fund raising meal at different churches.

Call up the pastor of a church and let him know what you are doing. Ask him if it would be all right to have a meal after one of the services. Make sure to ask him if it would be all right to announce a week or two ahead of time that their will be a meal following the service.

Include the recommended donation of $5.00 and stress that you would be responsible for any cleanup that will need to take place. If you know of friends that attend another church, ask them if you could call their pastor and use them as a reference when calling. We have found that this works well and pastor's of smaller congregations are very happy to have you come and have your fund raising meal.

If you can drop a name of one of their congregation it works a lot easier than just cold calling. Look around, find some sort of an in. Make sure that when you pick a meal to have it is low cost.

Keep cost's down and you make more money. Also Try and make the food the day before so all you will need to do is heat it up. Car Wash Projected Earnings $150.00 -$300.00 Though car wash's may get overlooked, we have had a couple car wash's and have been very pleasently surprised with the return.

Contact your local youth group and ask the youth pastor if you could talk with the youth about helping with a car wash. Several of the students may be very excited to help a missionary out. Talk with your younger friends who may not be able to help you financially but would be very willing to help you for a Saturday washing cars.

Halo Tournament: Projected Earnings: $800.00 Get your unsaved and saved buddies together and charge each of them 50.00 dollars to participate in a Halo tournament. Halo is a big deal amongst many gamers and they would very easily pay 50.00 to participate in a night of gaming. I know several people that love to play Halo.

Talk with your friends who have the counsels and the game to see if they would be willing to participate in the action. Offer a prizes to the winners. Think of things that you have laying around the house that you plan on selling anyways.

For instance I have a game cube with some games. I think that I will use that as a prize for the winning person at the end. Invite as many people as you can.

If they are not participating in the actual tournament they can be honing their skill and getting ready for their next battle. Try and get as many t.v. S as you can.

Keep everyone busy and provide chips and pop. Better yet see if everyone will bring a little something to contribute; pop, chips, whatever. Halo can host four xbox's a total of 16 people at one time.

If you can get 16 people, have them invite friends etc... 16x50 =800.00 You can make $800.00 from a simple night of gaming fun. *Even better it is a good excuse to go hang out with the guys for a night of vids.

I have some fundraising ideas that might help they are straight from my blog at www. [email protected] Church Fund Raising Meals. Projected Earnings: $200.00- $500.00 I have found that a good way to earn a couple hundred bucks towards our set up fund is by throwing a fund raising meal at different churches.

Call up the pastor of a church and let him know what you are doing. Ask him if it would be all right to have a meal after one of the services. Make sure to ask him if it would be all right to announce a week or two ahead of time that their will be a meal following the service.

Include the recommended donation of $5.00 and stress that you would be responsible for any cleanup that will need to take place. If you know of friends that attend another church, ask them if you could call their pastor and use them as a reference when calling. We have found that this works well and pastor's of smaller congregations are very happy to have you come and have your fund raising meal.

If you can drop a name of one of their congregation it works a lot easier than just cold calling. Look around, find some sort of an in. Make sure that when you pick a meal to have it is low cost.

Keep cost's down and you make more money. Also Try and make the food the day before so all you will need to do is heat it up. Car Wash Projected Earnings $150.00 -$300.00 Though car wash's may get overlooked, we have had a couple car wash's and have been very pleasently surprised with the return.

Contact your local youth group and ask the youth pastor if you could talk with the youth about helping with a car wash. Several of the students may be very excited to help a missionary out. Talk with your younger friends who may not be able to help you financially but would be very willing to help you for a Saturday washing cars.

Halo Tournament: Projected Earnings: $800.00 Get your unsaved and saved buddies together and charge each of them 50.00 dollars to participate in a Halo tournament. Halo is a big deal amongst many gamers and they would very easily pay 50.00 to participate in a night of gaming. I know several people that love to play Halo.

Talk with your friends who have the counsels and the game to see if they would be willing to participate in the action. Offer a prizes to the winners. Think of things that you have laying around the house that you plan on selling anyways.

For instance I have a game cube with some games. I think that I will use that as a prize for the winning person at the end. Invite as many people as you can.

If they are not participating in the actual tournament they can be honing their skill and getting ready for their next battle. Try and get as many t.v. S as you can.

Keep everyone busy and provide chips and pop. Better yet see if everyone will bring a little something to contribute; pop, chips, whatever. Halo can host four xbox's a total of 16 people at one time.

If you can get 16 people, have them invite friends etc... 16x50 =800.00 You can make $800.00 from a simple night of gaming fun. *Even better it is a good excuse to go hang out with the guys for a night of vids...

I don't know exactly what you would need the money for but there is a site that helps you find all the grants and benefits you are qualified to receive. They will furnish personalized documentation revealing your prospective eligibility to receive a Private Grant, Government Grant or other Financial Assistance available. I suggest you check them out.

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