Success Stories « Living Fundraisers

Twice as good!

Cath ran two fundraisers simultaneously: for Wild Cherry Kindergarten and Tambo Upper Primary School. She achieved great results for both. “It was an easy fundraiser. It wasn’t as time consuming as most of the others and we had a really good return thanks to the high percentage we earned,” she said. The committee ordered the [...]

Read More » | February 27, 2012 | Category: Early Learning, Herb Growing Kits, School, Success Stories, Vegetable Growing Kits | Comments: none

A breath of fresh air

“A breath of fresh air”, is how Samantha described her fundraising experience with Living Fundraisers’ products. Shoalhaven Heads Public School is a small school with 165 children. The school was sick of the same old lamington drives or chocolate drives and wanted something that would support and raise funds for their Edible Garden Program. When [...]

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Raising funds to help improve the world

St Pius X High School is a school dedicated to making the world a better place. Students are encouraged to look beyond their own backyards and see what they can contribute that will make a difference. St. Pius chose our Christmas cards for their fundraiser. Ministry Coordinator, Amanda, managed the event. How they ran their [...]

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To be sure, to be sure!

Small groups often have a difficult time raising funds. The task falls to the same people and the same families every time because there is no other option. Choosing a fundraiser that it a little different is a great way to get people excited so that they tackle the job with enthusiasm. The Sunraysia Irish [...]

Read More » | January 12, 2012 | Category: Christmas Cards, Clubs & Groups, Success Stories | Comments: none

Fast money!

St Mary’s Primary School, Casino is a large school of 380 families in a regional area, which can make the management of fundraisers a difficult task. That didn’t happen with the Living Fundraisers fundraising event. With a big school it can be hard to get family involvement especially if you are running the same old [...]

Read More » | October 25, 2011 | Category: Herb Growing Kits, School, Success Stories, Vegetable Growing Kits | Comments: none

Munch and move those fundraisers!

Keep those kits coming! A child care centre in a regional area it isn’t just a child care centre; it’s a community centre. Everyone gets involved and that’s what makes it exciting. When Jason and the committee decided to raise funds for the centre using the Living Fundraiser vegie growing kits, they knew they were [...]

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A Curriculum Based Approach to Fundraising

What’s the best way for an early learning centre to raise funds? You might be surprised to hear that for the Victoria Point Early Learning Centre it was without mentioning money or fundraising at all. Instead, the centre focused on the learning and development of the children and chose a fundraiser that would support the [...]

Read More » | August 31, 2011 | Category: Early Learning, Herb Growing Kits, Success Stories, Vegetable Growing Kits | Comments: none

Choosing the healthy option with no up-front costs

When you run a small after school program there isn’t a lot of money available to support your normal activities, let alone your fundraising efforts. That was the problem that Dyan from Eight Mile Plains Early Learning Centre in Brisbane faced when searching for a way to raise funds without having to spend money that she [...]

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Dancing With Health

Fundraising for a dance troupe has to be a carefully chosen thing. With an emphasis on strong and healthy bodies our Healthy Snack Food fundraiser was the perfect solution. Fundraising is often a difficult thing to do in a small town because your group has to compete against the fundraisers of other groups running at [...]

Read More » | August 1, 2011 | Category: Success Stories | Comments: none

Hot Drinks All Around

Jenny ran her first-ever fundraiser recently and the products were so popular that she has come back for more. She chats to us about what she learnt about running a successful fundraiser… Jenny organised the fundraiser for the Kalamunda branch of the Australian Breastfeeding Association. It was the first fundraiser that Jenny had ever run [...]

Read More » | June 28, 2011 | Category: Success Stories | Comments: none | Tags: fair trade, Mothers Day, organic