How does this whole fundraiser thing work??? I don't think that I can afford to do this trip(british and irish heritage) but I really want to go.

Fundraising is something you figure out yourself, you can put together bake sales or yard sales, if you are crafty you can make stuff and sell it.


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England and France:
http://www.p2p4life.webs.com

European Heritage 2009 (Not Finished):
http://www.europep2p09.webs.com

Ecuador and the Galapagos (Not Finished):
http://ecuadorandthegalapagos2010.webs.com/

try getting sponsors or donations (that's what I did)

Best advice I can give is to draft a letter telling a little about yourself and the trip you want to take.  Let people know what you hope to learn and gain from the trip, as well as how much it costs.  Then ask for any help or donation they can make ($5, $10, $20, $100).  Anything helps.  Then send that letter to all your family and friends.  Emails are just as good now too.  Have your parents or older relatives put it up at work as well or  even ask if their jobs will give toward it (usually counts as tax write off for businesses).  Another idea is to call your local paper and tell them about the trip you are hoping to take.  Usually they will do an article about you in the local section and put something in where they can give to help.

Besides those, try and do small jobs around your area.  Maybe neighbors would be willing to let you wash their car or cut lawns to put toward your trip.  Most people are much more generous when they know the money is going toward a good cause.

I went to Australia back in 1995 and it was a 3 week trip for $4000.  I managed to raise $2000 through these things and my parents were generous enough to cover the rest.  Its worth the effort for the experience.  Good luck!

Wow! The trips now are like $6,000+!

benjaminn. wrote:

Wow! The trips now are like $6,000+!

wow... My first trip was 4,000 and the one after was 5,200. Sad to see they raised the prices again for you all.

My trip is 7,499. But all the alumni going on it got 1,000 off of the tuition.


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\"...you don\'t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.\"-An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

England and France:
http://www.p2p4life.webs.com

European Heritage 2009 (Not Finished):
http://www.europep2p09.webs.com

Ecuador and the Galapagos (Not Finished):
http://ecuadorandthegalapagos2010.webs.com/

let your mind lead the way to your ideas for fund raising

BrownEyedGirl1c4 wrote:

Fundraising is something you figure out yourself, you can put together bake sales or yard sales, if you are crafty you can make stuff and sell it.

pretty much do this, also make something creative and original.

are you really corbin blue?

Check out our fundraising blog: http://payyourway.blogspot.com/

There are lots of good ideas and tips to get you started!

Greg