Category | Children

School Fundraising News

Posted on 22 September 2008

My name is Jim Berigan.  I am the managing editor of Top School Fundraisers, which is a sister site to Step by Step Fundraising.  Our single goal is to connect schools with great fundraising ideas.
If you’d like to know more about school fundraising, I’d like to encourage you to check out the website and [...]

Powerful Video: JDRF

Posted on 04 June 2008

This video is a great example of powerful storytelling through online video. It takes just four minutes and tells of one child who is overcoming many obstacles because of Juvelile Diabetes. Thanks to Paula Werne of Holiday World who posted a link to the video on the Charity Mile blog. [...]

World Vision - Storytelling in Multimedia

Posted on 27 May 2008

In last week’s Resource Roundup: What’s Your Story? I featured World Vision as an example of a non profit that is always telling its story well. An email newsletter that I got from World Vision after publishing Friday’s post confirmed this once again.
While they had already published a video and other news alerts [...]

Taylor’s Angels 5K Run Benefits Children with Cancer

Posted on 04 March 2008

Editor’s Note: The article first appeared on Step by Step Fundraising on March 4, 2004. Since that time Taylor’s Angels changed its name to Heroes for Children. This nonprofit organization provides financial and social assistance to families, within the state of Texas, with children (0-22 yrs of age) battling cancer.
An Interview with Larissa Linton of [...]

11-Year Old Holds Fundraising Carnival For Birthday To Raise Money For Infants

Posted on 27 August 2007

Elsie Hester, 11 hosted a fundraising carnival to raise money for the Pregnancy Care Center of Southeast Texas on Friday, August 24th in Huntsville, Texas. Instead of getting the traditional birthday presents this year, Hester used birthday money to obtain a moonwalk, a slip-and-slide and food. Guests that attended the carnival gave a donation of [...]