Thinking about planning a fundraiser for LE&RN but not sure what you want to do?

Make sure it is going to be something within your comfort level and an event you will enjoy hosting. The “tried and true” ideas of a dinner/dance, a Walk-a-Thon or Bike-a-Thon, holding a bake sale with a 50/50 raffle, or even a jewelry party, are not only good traditional ideas but people know what to expect.

Here are some non-traditional ideas from the LE&RN Chapters:

Create a T-shirt and sell it online via Booster.com
You dictate whom proceeds go to. The representatives at booster will help you create the shirt.

Host a house or online shopping party, for example check out Shoppe Lula Mae Party www.shoppelulamae.com or a Tupperware Party, yes they still happen!

Dollar chances to win a prize (sports memorabilia or tickets, tickets to concerts or other shows, etc.). Get a prize donated. Sell tickets to family/friends in person or
through fundraising page online. Use social media and local news agencies to promote.

Jeans day at work. Anyone who makes the donation is able to wear jeans on a specially declared Lymphedema Day. If jeans are already OK at work, have everyone wear the same color and make the donation.

Neighborhood pop bottle/can collection. This is easier now that recycling centers are popping up everywhere.

Have a garage or yard sale and donate the proceeds.

How many items in the jar guessing game. You can do this online by posting the photo of the jar with a link to a fundraising page or PayPal account. Donation per guess and winner gets the jar of goodies.

From Lisa A. Johnson McPartland:  Instead of having a bridal shower, my husband, Patrick, and I hosted my last “Stick it to Cancer” fundraiser to mark my 10th anniversary of being cancer-free and to raise money for LE&RN’s NY Walk for Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases in 2014. The bridal shower fundraiser raised about $2,000 for the Walk. My husband and I were married on August 23, 2014, and we decided that for our honeymoon, we would attend the Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge in person. We spent a whirlwind two nights and three days in the Big Apple to support this wonderful cause!