Fundraising Fundamentals

When I started the Post-Graduate program here at Loyalist, we were introduced to a year long project in our fundraising class. This semester would be all about the basics of successfully organizing and undertaking an event such as a fundraiser and next semester would be executing our carefully organized plan. The group I am undertaking this assignment with is the same group I have had the pleasure of doing the United Way of Quinte fundraiser with, as well as various class assignments. Kristen Ricketts, Nick Imrie, Jeanette Rodrigues, and Corey Black are all just as motivated and dedicated to this fundraiser as myself.

We decided to make this fundraiser as big and as loud as possible. Our ideas and goals are huge but they only make us more determined to actually get out there and get sponsors and donors to help us achieve what we would like to accomplish (I'm not going to actually talk about any of our prizes, etc., until they are actually secured!).

Our mission is to raise as much community awareness and support for our cause - The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC). We have finally contacted and made a partnership as a third party representative for the CCFC and they have excitedly accepted our fundraising idea. The CCFC has sent us forms to bring us on board with them and are going to be supplying us with educational resources (such as brochures, information on the disease, and even volunteers for the day of the event if we need any). We could not be any more pleased or excited with the cooperation we have so far received from this organization. It only makes the future look brighter and our ambitions higher.