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October Awareness: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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Every October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Breast Cancer Awareness Month serves as an annual reminder of the importance of early detection and preventative care for breast cancer, as well as an acknowledgement of breast cancer patients, survivors, and researchers who do important work searching for a cure for the disease.

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Father’s Day Fundraising: 9 Ideas That Will Get People Donating

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Father’s Day is a great day to plan a fun fundraising campaign to honor the Dads in our community. Giving your supporters a way to celebrate their Dad and give back can be a wonderful tradition to start in a community. Dodd created the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910.

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An Insider’s Guide to bbcon 2023 in Denver

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World champion Chaunté Lowe, sharing the inspiring story of her victories as an Olympian and American Record holder, as well as a breast cancer survivor. She’s used her personal experiences to raise awareness of triple negative breast cancer, driving research, early detection, and eradication. Celebrate each other and the work you do!

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18 Successful (Yet Untapped) Fall Fundraising Ideas

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Now is the time to take a good look at your plans for the final months of the year and find a fun, unique fall fundraiser that will make you and your donors feel comfortable and supported. To make it even more fun, consider having a local celebrity (i.e. The purpose of no-shave November comes from cancer awareness.

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6 Ways to Stop Your Website from Leaking Potential Online Donors

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If they’ve lost someone to breast cancer, they’re most likely interested in funding that type of cancer. The Nomensa report offers a great example from Cancer Research UK : 2) Offer the opportunity to “join the club”. Brand it as an exclusive, meaningful, and fun online experience.

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11 Creative Charity Fundraising Event Ideas

CauseVox

And while there’s nothing wrong with your standard fundraiser, sometimes it’s fun to do something a bit different. Athens Rotary Club is holding a plunge event in February and encouraging costumes, teams, and all kinds of fun for their plunge. Golf tournaments are a great deal of fun for participants. Polar Plunge. 5K/Marathon.

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Case Study in Free Agent Fundraising @AbolishCancer

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In Darah’s words: I basically started the site in November as a combination of social media interests and helping others in their fight vs cancer. The end result would be more followers for us, great PR for the sponsor (and a good deed) and $ and awareness through tweet to the cancer charity.