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   Fundraising Suggestions

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   Ideas for Your Congregation

USE the bulletin insert and poster in this guide to raise awareness about the Healthy Homes Healthy Families Kit (HFK) project.

BE SURE people know that they can contribute financially as well as by donating kit items. One idea is to ask ten people to contribute $10 each.

RAISE the money first! It is often easier to get donations of material resources rather than financial contributions. Be sure you will have the funds for each kit you plan to assemble before soliciting the kit items.

SEE if a youth group, Sunday school class, or women's group would like to raise the money as a mission project.

HOLD special fundraising activities (bake sale, silent auction, flower and plant sale).

ENCOURAGE contributions from the local business community.

CREATE an HFK giving calendar for church members. Determine a length of time for the calendar and use daily/weekly giving suggestions such as:

Give...
... a quarter for every bar of soap or container of liquid hand soap that is open in your house.
... 5 cents for every time you wash your hands with soap today.
... one dollar on the day trash is picked up from your home or taken to the dump.
... a quarter for every person in your household who had a bath or shower today.
... a quarter for every load of laundry done in your house this week.
... 30 cents for every time you brush your teeth today.
... 50 cents if you put lotion or powder on today.
... 15 cents for every time someone washed dishes today. Give 50 cents if your family used a dishwasher.
... 35 cents for every pair of rubber gloves in your house.
... 5 cents for every towel and washcloth in your home.
... 5 cents for every clean sheet and pillow case in your home.
... 5 cents for each household cleaning product in your home.

   

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Healthy Homes Healthy Families
A Program of
the United Methodist Committee On Relief
and Health & Welfare Ministries,
General Board Of Global Ministries,
The United Methodist Church
in Cooperation with
United Methodist Congregations
& Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc.