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Over the past year, I’ve shared lots of virtual fundraising ideas to help you raise money while social distancing. Now that the pandemic is coming to an end, I’m excited to once again share in-person fundraisers.
Today I’m featuring five more fundraisers successfully hosted by a variety of healthcare organizations. As in the past, I’ll include links so you can contact each of them directly for more information.
Memory Bears
Volunteers at Alice House Hospice will create a beautiful teddy bear from the clothing of a loved one. Free-will donations for each bear help support the services of the hospice. I can also see where this would be a much-appreciated service at your nursing home after a resident passes away.
Hat Day
Life Care Center of Banner Elk paired up with an elementary school to raise money for gifts for their nursing home residents. In return for a donation of $1, the children enjoyed wearing hats to school. The funds provided simple gifts for the residents, such as body wash, flashlights, notebooks, and coloring supplies.
Leaves of Love
Brendoncare in the UK offers the opportunity for you to create a beautiful ornamental leaf to celebrate a special occasion or to honor a loved one. The leaves come in an oak or maple design, and you can have them engraved with the words of your choosing.
You can keep the leaf for yourself, send it to a loved one, or they can display it on a tree at the nursing home. The suggested minimum donation is the equivalent of about $55 in US dollars.
Empty Bowls, Full Hearts
The Newark Senior Center sponsored a soup luncheon to raise money for their Meals on Wheels Program. Local restaurants provided a variety of delicious soups for guests to sample.
To make the event even more fun, each guest received a one-of-kind ceramic soup bowl designed by a local artisan.
Virtual Masked Ball
It’s exciting to ditch our face masks now that the pandemic is diminishing. However, there will continue to be places and situations where masks remain necessary for some time to come.
Monroe County Meals on Wheels found a fun way to use face masks to raise money for their programs. Participants design a face mask, pay a small entry fee and post a photo of their creation online. The public votes for their favorites and prizes go to the top three winners.
You could also collect the masks in person and display them for voting at your nursing home. The fundraiser is most successful when you offer lucrative prizes donated by local businesses.
What are you doing to raise money for special projects at your nursing home? I would love to share your ideas with my readers!
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