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Winner Wanted for the Top Fundraiser Prize
JumpStart Youth Fitness Endowment Foundation encourages Youth Fight for Fitness Marathon Team members to raise a minimum of $500 for the underprivileged youth in our communities.
A special prize will be awarded to the Youth Fight for Fitness Marathon Team runner that raises the most money.
All donations are due no later than November 22, 2006.
All donated checks should be sent to P.O. Box 95432 Palatine, IL 60095.
The check amount and donors name will be added to the official Youth Fight for Fitness Marathon Team fundraising page.
The top donor also wins a prize.
Fundraising Ideas
Car wash
Coordinate a car wash with friends, family, etc.
Coordinate a dance
Hold a supervised dance at your school or at your house and charge for admission.
Intramural fundraiser
Coordinate a fundraising intramural tournament. Sport ideas could include softball,
flag-football, kickball, volleyball, etc. Charge each individual player an entry fee.
Email campaign
Send emails to your friends, neighbors and family members. Many people are excited
to get involved in worthy causes. Local businesses also are often willing to help the community, just ask.
Garage/yard sale
Coordinate a garage/yard sale with family and or friends.
Spread the word it's for a worthy cause in all of your fliers and signage.
Bake sale/ice cream social
Get your friends and family involved and have a bake sale or an ice cream social.
Help out a neighbor
Neighbors will often give pledges to those who will do some extra projects
for them such as cutting their lawn or walking their dog.
Help out more around home
Ask your folks for jobs you can do around the house to earn some
extra money-don't forget to tell them it's for a worthy cause.
Community involvement
Ask for support from clothes stores, popular hangouts or recreational
organizations that you belong to outside of school.
Save Change or make a distribute collection can
Did you ever realize how quickly change adds up?
Decorate a change canister and put all your loose change in it
at the end of each day or distribute the cans to local businesses
and watch your pledges grow.
House sit/baby sit/dog sit
Especially in the summertime, friends, family and neighbors are always
looking for some extra help. Lend a hand, and let them know they
will be supporting a worthy cause.
Get friends involved
The more people you have to cheer you on, the more help you will have fundraising.
In addition, it will be great to see their smiling faces on race day.
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