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Make your Fund-Raising EASY and make a positive
difference in the world at the same time!
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JOIN WITH IDEA4IDEA TO:
Leave a legacy of positive ideas and actions; Inspire the future; Make the world a better place to live;
AND... RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR SCHOOL, GROUP, EVENT, or CAUSE! IT'S EASY AND FAST!
Raise the money you need now and on an ongoing basis while encouraging
and collecting positive ideas and actions for peace, green-living, and health. |
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GET STARTED WITH YOUR FUND-RAISER NOW! THIS IS HOW YOU
DO IT: 1. If you want to use the "Idea4Idea"
name and allow "Idea4Idea" to publicize your fund-raiser and efforts, please contact Idea4Idea at fund-raiser@idea4idea.com and describe your fund-raiser and the timeframe. Idea4Idea will decide if the purpose
of the fund-raiser is consistent with the principles of Idea4Idea to encourage positive ideas and actions and positive world
change. (The focus of your fund-raiser and positive idea and action event does not necessarily have to be peace,
green-living, and health.) 2. If your fundraiser
does the above, then Idea4Idea can help provide you, if you want, with samples of fundraiser email and letter
templates you can distribute to potential contributors. 3. As with any fundraiser, you
will need to email or write your family, relatives, friends, associates, colleagues to let them know that you are fund-raising
for your group or cause and you would like them to donate. Tell them why you are raising funds. It is also important
to give them a period of time and deadline for sending in their donation. 4. Share with them the Idea4Idea
mission to honor ideas and actions for peace, green-living, and health and encourage positive habits for positive world
change. 5.
Give them instructions on how to donate. With a one dollar donation, they also donate an
idea or action for peace, green-living, or health. The ideas or actions can be very simple or very complex
(e.g. "I recycle my cans and bottles every week" (action) or "I want to set up a foundation to help children
in poverty..." (idea)). Ask for their permission to publish their ideas and actions on your website (if you
have one) and/or the Idea4Idea website. If shared on the Idea4Idea website, your fundraiser ideas and actions will help
inspire current and future generations to adopt positive daily habits for world change. The more ideas and actions you
can generate and share, the more examples we set and the momentum grows. 6. Another great way to fundraise (for example, at a school) would be to
have students get pledges for donations from parents, family members, friends, relatives, etc. for each positive idea
and action they generate during a specific timeframe, or just people can just give a straight dollar amount donation.
Supporters and contributors to the fundraiser will be encouraging children and youth to develop a daily habit of positive
ideas and actions. This type of fundraiser is similar to a child gathering donation pledges for running laps.
7. If you have a fundraiser that promotes the
Idea4Idea principles and practice of positive ideas and actions, please let us know here at Idea4Idea. We want to hear
about it! Thank you so much!
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Let's talk about time: Think about the time it takes for one person in a group to send out 10 or more emails to family and
friends. It is minimal. Think about the time it will take your family and friends to donate. Compare this time to the time it takes to do a bake sale or car wash or to sell candy bars!
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What's the benefit? You may ask, what is the benefit to the people who donate since they do not get a
cookie, brownie, or candy bar, etc.? First of all, they are donating to two important causes. They are
donating to your fund-raiser and they are also donating their own idea or action to help set an example
and leave a legacy to make the world a better place to live. They are making a personal contribution and investment
in a bank of ideas and actions that will generate great future returns. If we engage in repeated ideas and
actions for peace, green-living, and health, we can achieve these goals through the shear momentum and force of habit. As you know, people will pay to walk or run a 5K. Why? Because they
know that physical exercise is a good habit and makes them healthy. This fund-raiser is no different. Engaging
in the exercise of sharing an idea or action for peace, green-living, and health is just as good a habit and helps the
world stay healthy.
So, go forth and fund-raise! At
the same time you raise money, both you, the donors, and the world benefit from the creativity and altruism of the people
who donate their shared ideas and actions for peace, green-living, and health. You will benefit from both
the monetary donation as well as the influence of positive ideas and actions. For schools, scout troops, and any
organization, this is a win-win. It is a fund-raiser that gives not only to you, but also to the world! Use this
opportunity to learn and inspire your school, class, group, or organization to engage in promoting peace,
green-living, and health in the world.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act but a habit."
Aristotle
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