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September 2005 In this issue - - Fundraising Ideas Contest As you know September has been a difficult month for many people here in the USA. If you or your family has been effected by recent hurricanes (now including Ophelia) please know that my heart and prayers are with you. Many of the hurricane survivors have come to live here in Texas at least temporarily. Some have even ventured as far north as my town of Wichita Falls, which is about 2 hours north of Dallas. Local apartment complexes have given free rent, usually for at least 2 months, and the agencies here are helping to find people assistance. Last week we heard that several thousand survivors were going to be coming here from the shelters in Dallas. However those plans were later put on hold -- and for a positive reason. The Red Cross and other agencies have been able to find permanent housing in the Dallas area more quickly than anticipated. Donations, food drives and fundraising events continue to help those effected by this disaster. Have you been involved with a particularly well done fundraiser for hurricane relief? If so I'd be interested to hear about it...feel free to email or post on the forum.
** Fundraising Ideas Contest ** There's been several great ideas posted at the forum. Which one will claim the the prize of a free copy of my book, The Beginner's Guide to Fundraising? Post your idea and it could be you!
Contest guidelines: - register at the forum - please read the forum guidelines and then post your favorite unusual or fun fundraising idea - You can reply to a topic already started or start a new topic. Just include "Unusual Fundraiser: (then your idea)" in the title of the subject. - If you own or work for a fundraising or other company feel free to include a link to your site in your signature and profile, but please do not nominate your own products/services as an unusual fundraising idea. ;) - all submissions must be posted on the board in order to be eligible to win the contest. Go ahead, register and post today. We'd love to hear your ideas!
** Get Your Fundraising News More Often ** I've been writing the Step By Step Fundraising Monthly Newsletter nearly since starting the site in November 2003. (Hint: if you'd like to see the old issues, they're archived here.) For me and perhaps many of the subscribers, a monthly schedule works out pretty well. However if you'd like to get more fundraising news & ideas, there's two ways that you can do this. 1. By Email: First you can get an email update each time a new article is posted on the website by signing up for a handy little service called FeedBlitz. This is a separate email system that will automatically send one email each day articles are posted. So if there's 5 new articles added in the same day, you'll just get one email to let you know about all of the new articles. On the other hand if there's no new articles for any given day, you won't get an email. One thing that I should mention is that the notification emails will come from FeedBlitz and not Step By Step Fundraising or my name, so just be watching for "FeedBlitz" in the from address and subject line. All you need to do is add your email to this list. You'll get an email from FeedBlitz with a password and a link to confirm your subscription. 2. Online Services / Feedreaders Do you use My Yahoo or My MSN? You can add custom content to these pages including "feeds" from websites like mine. A feed is just an updated list of most recent articles on the website. When you add the Step by Step Fundraising Feed to your My Yahoo or My MSN homepage, it will add a small box that contains the 5 most recent headlines. Then if something interests you, you can just click through. Simply click on one of the buttons below to get online notifications:
** Recent News & Notes ** In the past few weeks I've added several new articles or short posts about grants, chocolate bar fundraisers and fundraising tips - just to name a few. To find out more visit the news section of this site. That's it for this month's Fundraising Newsletter. I hope you find these resources helpful and as always, if you have any questions, just let me know.
To Your Continued Fundraising Success,
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