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We could not run our organization without fundraising and the generosity of family, friends, acquaintances and community members who continue to return year after year to support our cause.
At the end of June (2011), we had a wonderful Girls Afternoon Retreat on Vancouver Island. Participants went on an hour-long hike through the beautiful trails in Nanoose and then "retreated" to a beautiful lake-side setting for delicious appetizers, desserts and massages. This raised enough money to provide each of our sponsored students and their families with food for a week!
One of our local elementary schools took on a service project of collecting enough change to purchase chickens for each of our sponsored families. As a reward, the Chicken Monster (aka the school principal) visited the school and did an impromptu chicken dance with the whole school participating!
A local middle school home-ec teacher (and 2011 volunteer) had her students make a beautiful quilt which was then raffled off. Proceeds from this fundraiser went towards purchasing stoves to be installed by the volunteers on the trip.
Students who wanted to participate in an easter egg hunt were each asked to bring in a pair of new socks. Over 400 pairs of socks were collected!
Bottle Drive
Bake Sale
Collect "Chicken Change"
Silent Auction
Car Wash
Make a family or office decision to donate instead of buying Birthday or Christmas gifts
Footwear in good condition (especially children's sizes)
Personal hygiene items
New school supplies (excluding paper)
Back packs
Blankets
Christmas presents