Youth Fundraising Guide - Light The Night Walk

Kids
Can Make
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Youth Fundraising Idea Book

2013 Walk Schedule
Northern Virginia
Reston Town Center
Saturday, October 5
Montgomery County, MD
Rockville Town Square
Saturday, October 12
Washington, DC
Freedom Plaza
Saturday, October 19

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
5845 Richmond Highway, Suite 800
Alexandria, VA 22303
Welcome to the 2013
Light The Night Walk Season!
Hey Kids!
We are so excited that you will be joining your family for one
of this year’s Light The Night Walks. We have designed this
booklet especially for you, the children of our teams! As
each year passes, we are so pleased to see so many of you
volunteering your time with your families to support Light
The Night!
This year, we invite you to become a Champion For Cures!
What do you need to do to be a Champion? It’s easy, simply
raise $100! In this booklet, you will find many ideas on how
you can help raise the much needed funds to continue our
research to find a cure. The ideas are simple and fun.
You are welcome to get your Boy Scout Troop, Girl Scout
Troop, youth group or athletic team involved to help you!
Just give us a call if you need help with your fundraising
project. Thank you for making a DIFFERENCE!
Your Light The Night Team,
Mary, Melissa, Laura & Emily

Idea #1 Money Jar
Ask your mom or dad to help you find a jar
with a lid. If using a plastic container, cut a
small hole in the lid, large enough to insert
coins. From now until October, any pennies,
nickels, quarters and dollar bills you find
laying around the house, go into the jar. Be
sure to check in-between the seat cushions of
the sofa, in the car or at the bottom of your
school backpack.
Make some extra jars and ask your grandparents and other
family members to collect their change for you. Take an extra
step and ask a friend if their family will collect change in one of
your Money Jars for you. Be sure to check with your friends
and family every two weeks to see how their collection efforts
are doing. Always thank them for their help!
Idea #2 Word of Mouth
Have your parents or teachers ever told you that
you have a big mouth? Here is your chance to
take advantage of that! Tell 10 people every day
about your involvement with Light The Night. Explain
to them that you are trying to make a difference
in the lives of blood cancer patients. Ask
them to sponsor you or join your walk team and raise money.

Idea #3 Paper Balloons
Do you help run errands on Saturday? Are
there any places you ALWAYS go? Ask
your favorite Saturday donut shop or your
families cleaners if they would be willing
to sell the Light The Night paper balloons
for you. All the supplies you need are at
the Chapter office and are free of charge!
You will need to be sure to arrange a time
with the merchant to pick up all donations once a week. You
can do this while picking up breakfast every Saturday!
Idea #4 Garage Sale
One man’s junk can be another man’s treasure!
Ask your friends, family and neighbors
to clean out their closets,
garages and attics and donate any used items
to your garage sale. Everyone will be happy
to clean out their homes and garages for a
GREAT cause! Set up tables and display all
your items neatly on the tables. Put up flyers and posters
around the neighborhood to advertise your big sale. Make
sure you have plenty of small change. Don’t forget to tell
your customers that all proceeds will go to your charity!
Tip: Sell water and soda if it is a hot day. Check with your local
grocery store to see if they will donate the drinks!

Idea #5 Ice Cream Night
Summer is around the corner and what is better
than ice cream! Organize an ice cream night!
Contact a local ice cream parlor or yogurt shop
to see if they would be willing to give you a
portion of their profits for every customer you
bring in on one given day or night. Invite your
friends and family by asking your parents to
send out an e-vite. Be sure to also invite all
your teammates on your sports teams, school
class and any other organization you and your
family are a member of. Not only will you have fun socializing and
seeing your friends, you will bring free publicity to the ice cream
shop.
Make sure you or your parents contact the manager of the location
you are planning your event well in advance so to fill out any
paperwork that is needed.
Idea #6 Letter Writing Campaign
Draw a picture and write a short letter to your coach, Sunday school
teacher, pastor, etc., explaining your involvement
with Light The Night and your goal of becoming
a Champion For Cures! Explain why you are
walking and why it is important. You don’t even
need to buy stamps. You can deliver your letters
in person.
Don’t forget about writing a letter to your
friends’ parents too!

Idea #7 Restaurant Night
Visit a local restaurant you like and ask
them to allow you to sign up for a night to
have your friends and family come and
eat. A lot of places will donate a portion
of the profits for a certain night to a charity
of your choosing. Each place is
different, so talk to a manager about what
they can do. Then ask your parents to also
invite their friends, co-workers, etc. The
more people you invite and encourage to come, the more money
you can make.
Tip: You might also be able to incorporate other things into your
night. High school kids sometimes like to have a pizza eating contest
and have prizes donated form area stores.
Idea #8 Glow Sticks
Sell tubes of those kid-favorite glow stick necklaces and bracelets for
a fraction of the cost vendors sell them for while making money for
your Walk team, and saving money for those who buy them.
A great web site to purchase from is www.glowrus.com

Idea #9 Parking Spot
Auction off a prime parking space on your
school’s campus for a lucky student who can
park in that prime space for a week.
For example, auction off the head of school’s
spot for a week. The head of school would then park in the spot the
student normally parks in.
Idea #10 Mural of Memories
Approach your head of school and student body
about securing a wall in a school building for a mural.
Allow students, faculty and staff to handprint the wall
for $5. This allows those participating to have a
stamp on the school forever and reminds everyone
how important your efforts are.
Idea #11 Pie in the Face
Easy to organize! Get a group of
friends to help you with this or
ask your sport team or
organization for assistance. Get
coffee filters as pie containers
and buy whipped cream as the
filling. Use white whipped cream not chocolate!
Ask people to donate $5.00 to give a “pie in the face” to a member
of your team or organization. Easy as pie!

Idea #12 Bake Sale
Today’s moms and dads are more than
willing to help you whip up favorite
treats from the kitchen. Why not use
home-baked treats to make some
money for your Light The Night Walk?
Design and send home flyers asking
parents to bake one or more of their
favorite treats to sell. Sell the delicious
treats for $.50 per cookie or brownie, $2.50 per loaf of bread,
etc.
Decide on a location for your bake sale and package your items
nicely so they are appealing – easy!
Idea #13 $100 in 10 Days
1. Make your $10.00 pledge
first (offer to do chores
around the house)
2. Ask your mom for a $10.00
donation
3. Ask your dad for a $10.00 donation
4. Ask your grandparents for a $10.00 donation
5. Ask your aunt for a $10.00 donation
6. Ask your uncle for a $10.00 donation
7. Ask a friend for a $10.00 donation
8. Ask a neighbor for a $10.00 donation
9. Ask another neighbor for a $10.00 donation
10.Ask a teacher or coach for a $10.00 donation

Idea #14 Birthday Gifts
Birthdays are always an exciting time of year
for all of us! If you have a birthday coming
up, ask your guests instead or in addition to
a gift, that they contribute $5.00 to your
Light The Night fundraising efforts. Many
times the gift will be much larger than $5.00.
Idea #15 Lemonade Stand
You know how to do this one!
Idea #16 Car Wash
Are you on a soccer, basketball or
softball team? Ask your coach or leader
if he/she would help you organize a car
wash. Ask all of your team members to
make posters, bring along car soap and
towels and spend the afternoon
washing and drying cars with your
friends. Don’t forget the chapter has Light The Night signs you
could glue to your posters. Ask for donations for your efforts.
This will be a wonderful community service project as well as a
team building event for you and your teammates!
Tip: Most fast food restaurants and 7-11’s will allow car wash
events to be held on their property if they are properly
supervised. Make sure you have access to water close to where
you are having patrons park their cars.

Idea #17 Ice Skating
Keep cool during the summer by hosting an ice
skating fundraiser at Fairfax Ice Arena! All you
have to do is contact Gary Cocuzzi to help you
organize an ice skating fundraiser.
Email: garyc@fairfaxicearena.com
Phone: 703-323-1132
Idea #18 Can Drive-Collect Empty
Bottles & Cans
One or two weeks ahead of your
collection date, begin mailing or passing
out flyers door to door telling your
neighbors that you will be coming around
on a designated date to collect cans and
bottles to raise money for your Light the
Night Walk team. On the date that you
chose, you will need to go door to door
to collect all the cans and bottles. Ask your parents to help you load
the cans into their car or truck and take them back to a location to be
sorted. After sorting, take them to the recycling center and collect the
dollars.
Ask your principal or school counselor if you can set up bins in the
lunchroom for all recyclables. Make posters to attach to bins. Promote
your recycling efforts through your schools morning announcements.
This is another idea how you can get an organization you belong to
within the school to get involved!

Thank you for participating in
Light The Night and working to become
a Champion for Cures!
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
National Capital Area Chapter
5845 Richmond Highway, Suite 800
Alexandria, VA 22303
Phone: 703-399-2941
Web: www.lightthenight.org/nca
Have fundraising questions?
Need help with ideas?
Contact:
Melissa Dentch
T: 703-399-2916 E. Melissa.Dentch@lls.org
Laura McDowell-Washington, DC
T: 703-399-2923 E: laura.mcdowell@lls.org