Fundraising... cont..

Okay, so my brain doesn't stop. Lol. I keep thinking about-everything! the IUI, the foster care, the adoption, but most importantly-our child/children! I'm excited!!!

Here are some more ideas I had found for fundraising...

Puzzle Piece fundraiser:

Step 1: buy a piece of the puzzle for $5/$10 (or more whatever you like!) then we'll write your name on the back of the piece. Step 2: once it is completed we will hang it in our child's room in a double sided frame so you can see the back with all the names of the people that helped to bring him/her home!

Baby Bottle Campaign.
Buy bottles in bulk and design a paper flyer to go in each bottle telling about your adoption. Then distribute them to friends, family, businesses, churches, schools, daycares- whoever is willing to put their spare change in the baby bottle. Give them one month to see if they can fill the bottle and then collect them. One crisis pregnancy center that does this averages $20-25 per bottle so this idea can really add up. It's also a great way to get kids involved

Support Letters.
Mail letters to friends and family telling them to about your plans to adopt. Send it out like a birth announcement. Share with them the estimated costs and ask them to consider helping.

Donate your old cell phones and print cartridges.
Every print cartridge is worth $1 and cell phones can be redeemed for a few dollars all the way up to a couple hundred dollars each.

Fundraising Sales.
Do a fundraiser similar to what youth groups or schools do to raise funds for a mission trip, band trip, senior trips (ie. car wash, bake sale, etc).

Yard sales.
Have friends and church family donate items and have a huge yard sale with all the proceeds going to your adoption

T-shirts.
Sometimes you can get these for discounted if you know somebody! Or have a designer friend make up a design! Most adoptive families charge around $20-25 for t-shirts so they can make good profit on shirt sales. You can see a list of t-shirts here. Be creative and don't copy someone else's design!

Sell Old CD's, DVDs, books,etc. to a bookstore that takes them.



Hopefully I can find more stuff later. I am praying for God to open our hearts more if this is in His will. I guess in a couple of months, everything will be made clear. :)

Keep praying...