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Fundrai$ing Corner
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Texas Bowlathon
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| The CARES Bowlathon in Houston, Texas was a huge success. We all had a great time being together and bowling for a great cause!!! Even our little bowlers enjoyed themselves! It was nice to see the CAH families that came. I enjoyed catching up with them.
So far we have collected $2,866.61 in donations!!! I wanted to thank Krogers for donating a $50.00 gift card prize and yummy cookies for our bowlers. I also wanted to thank Carrabas Restaurant for donating dinner for two as another one of our Bowlathon prizes. Most of all, I wanted to thank all of our friends and family and friends of our friends who were so kind to give of their time, energy and money. I hope we can do it again next year!!!! Sandra Billings, |
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United Way Campaigns A small bit of your time can go a long, long way...
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| We need your support!! CARES Foundation is looking to become a registered agency with your local United Way chapter. The United Way organization includes approximately 1,400 community-based United Way chapters. Each is independent, separately incorporated, and governed by local volunteers. We need volunteers to contact their local chapter and help fill out the forms necessary to get listed. Please consider taking the small amount of time it takes to help us in this worthwhile endeavor.
You can find your local chapter at the United Way national website: http://national.unitedway.org/ . Just enter your zip code on their home page and it will give you the chapter that covers your community. ŻŻŻŻ
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Attention CALIFORNIA Members!!
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| CARES just received a very generous donation from Cars 4 Causes – a California non-profit public benefit corporation established in 1997 to raise money on behalf of schools, hospitals, religious institutions, social service agencies and other non-profit organizations. We received this donation because one of our members generously donated one of their vehicles to this organization. Cars 4 Causes will sell your donated vehicles (car, motorcycle, boat, etc.) and will make a cash donation from the proceeds to the non-profit charity of your choice.
Vehicles are accepted whether they are running or not. Cars 4 Causes will tow your vehicle away at no charge to you. They will provide you with a Kelly Blue Book evaluation to aid in the determination of the fair market value of the vehicle, a thank you letter to the donor, and a donation receipt to be used for taxes. For more information on how to participate, visit their website: http://www.cars4causes.net . | |
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Fundraising Guide
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Want to run a CARES Fundraiser ,but need some fresh ideas? Check out this really COOL Website: |
| Interested in having fun and helping CARES? Here is your chance. CARES has a Fundraising "How to" Guide that can help you to help us. The Guide has over 20 ideas to entice your imagination, and "how to" explanations to guide you through the process. Not only does it explain how to run an event but it also has resources to assist you, template letters for the media and so much more! It is simple, comprehensive and has a convenient check list to help you organize and plan your event. If you are interested in holding a fundraising event and raising awareness in your community about CAH, please contact CARES to receive a copy of the Fundraising Guide. You can email: info@caresfoundation.org or call toll free: 866-227-3737.
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| Thank You...
Thank You!!!
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| To all of our wonderful supporters who have given so generously of their time and money and their willingness to reach out to their family and friends for donations.
We would especially like to thank Larie Hall, Stephanie Erb and Arthur Hanket from California, Krista Breeding from Pennsylvania, Jenny Hendricks from Indiana, and Sandra Billings from Texas, for their successful and creative fundraising efforts. Larie Hall raised money for CARES through her Valentine’s Day Goodies Sale and the Science Workshop for kids that she taught. Many thanks to the teachers and families at her children’s school who contributed. Stephanie Erb and Arthur Hanket donated their vehicle to Cars for Causes - a "charity that gives to charities" (see above article for details). Krista Breeding had CARES added to her school’s Casual Dress fundraiser. Now CARES will be part of the rotation of charities that the Shikelammy school district will support each year. Jenny Hendricks donated a portion of the profit she received from the Cody Cares Medical Alert Jewelry sales to CARES. (See the Cody Cares advertisement on back cover of this newsletter). This is an ongoing fundraiser, so please consider purchasing this jewelry to benefit your child as well as CARES. Jenny is also planning a Golf Outing to benefit CARES. It will be held on September 19, 2004 at the Valle Vista Golf Course in Greenwood, IN at 1:00 pm. There will be 18 holes of golf, a luncheon and an auction. Prizes to be given away also. Indiana families willing to help can contact Jenny at contact@codycaresid.com . Sandra Billings organized a wonderful Bowlathon in Houston, Texas (see above article for Sandra’s article). Thank you all so much for your continuing support and contribution to our mission.
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