http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog Your Local Fundraising Guys Nationwide Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:56:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The students of Edmonton-area school using their Valentine’s Day fundraiser to help those in Haiti devastated by the recent earthquakes in their area. The students were originally going to be exchanging candy grams, but due to a recent change brought on by the students the fundraiser has been changed to ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/students-use-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-fundraiser-for-haiti-relief.htm A heart touching story comes to us from Palm Springs California. The students from Raymond Cree Middle School all unanimously decided to divert their fundraising efforts to help fellow classmate Ciria Silva. Ciria lost her mother and three siblings in a tragic New Year’s Day fire at their home. Ciria was ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/students-use-fundraising-money-to-help-a-classmate.htm Silicon Valley’s four-week “Stepping Up to Algebra” summer school program helped boost algebra scores 20%. The program accepts eighth graders from neighboring school districts and preps them for algebra in high school. The foundation also brings in people who are currently employed in the work force and who use algebra ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/fundraising-to-continue-summer-education.htm Many of us are familiar with “Night at the Museum” movies. When it came time for the annual fundraising event at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, they decided to hold an event where people could visit the museum and watch some of the displays come to life as they have ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/unique-museum-fundraising-idea.htm Bishop Savaryn Elementary School had great success on their unique school fundraising idea. The school, inspired by their 6th grade student Julian Alex, decided to create and sell Braille Christmas Cards for $1 each. Julian is unable to see through the center of his eyes making it impossible to read print. ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/school-fundraising-with-braille-christmas-cards.htm Students from the Friends of Christ Church School gathered up their creativity and their favorite recipes to assemble a cookbook. The pupils’ helped take pictures of the product as well as hand crafted drawings of some cakes. The Church plans on selling 400 cookbooks. All money raised from the books will ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/cookbook-fundraiser.htm When children at the Family Development Center are in need of supplies such as boots, coats, and toys for Christmas, the kids from the Silverhouse (a small learning community where students learn “survival skills”) at Roseburg High School know how the chip in! This year the students raised $2,400 running laps ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/school-fundraising-for-the-needy.htm Students from the Pennsylvania College of Technology baked pastries to sell in an auction and helped raise more than $1,600 for the Habitat for Humanity. The pastries ranged from 12 chocolate houses to cakes, cookies, candy-filled chocolate boxes, and yule logs. Food Show entries were judged by hospitality professionals who awarded ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/fundraising-with-food.htm Summit High School has seen its share of budget cut backs. As with all schools, they needed to find a new source of income for some of their teams. The debate team needed to rise nearly $1,000 for their travel expenses. This year the school decided to hold a different kind ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/school-host-festive-fundraising.htm With the winter season well upon us, many schools are witnessing some of the kids showing up with insufficient clothing to protect them from the harsh elements. The teachers at Lincoln Elementary have been helping these children for 25 years now. The teachers used to just provide for around 12 students ... http://www.wowfundraising.com/blog/school-fundraising-rallies-support-for-needy-children.htm