True Life Fundraising Stories

by the people who did it!

We're all inspired by true stories of success - so here's a small selection of real life stories from the fundraisers themselves.

Each fundraiser has been involved in different activites , organiztions and events - related to their chosen church , charity or school - but there's something to be learned from each individual story .

Enjoy reading them and learning from their experiences, good and bad !

• Church Youth Group Raises Money
  
  When we needed a creative idea to raise money for our youth group, the pastor decided that it was time to do something a little different
• Meatball Supper Fundraiser
  
  One small town created the famous meatball supper., where people would come from all over the place to come and enjoy the meal
• Raising Funds for a Childrens Playground
  
  Our old playground in the village was very old, and probably dangerous too, so we decided we should just rip the old playground out and fit a shiny new one for the local children
• Raising Funds for My Church
  
  With old church buildings, it's not unusual to have to raise funds for repairs. We learnt to work together to come up with ways to raise money to repair the church roof
• Raising Funds For New Stained Glass Windows for Our Church
  
  Celebrating the millennium for our church meant that we listed all kinds of ideas before we finally came up with fitting new stained glass windows
• Raising Money to pay for a School Group Trip
  
  Every year the Spanish group goes on a trip to Mexico. That sounds like a lot of fun! There is only one problem - it's a long way to Mexico.
• Small School Fundraising
  
  Our small school needed to purchase some new computers for the children , as these don't come cheap, we had a big job on our hands

These are genuine stories written by the fundraisers themselves, we'd love to add your story too.

Just email us in Word or RTF format with around 500 words, telling what your challenge was and how you overcame it.

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