Twenty-six children shaved their heads in a fund-raiser for cancer that raised $14,011.71 to benefit the Canadian Cancer Society. This summer they won’t have to worry about washing their hair before they can run out and play. Their generous spirit was appreciated by Tom Shindruk, a 71 year old cancer survivor from Calgary. When asked […]

On Thursday, June 14th, Chef Ilan Hall, winner of Bravo TV’s Top Chef and Executive Chef Ryan Hardy of The Little Nell’s Montagna restaurant worked together to create a delicious lunch all in the name of a very good cause. Fifty per cent of the proceeds from the lunch will be donated to Food & […]

The Horses for Healing Barn Dance on June 9th was attended by 450 people. It is their largest fund-raiser for the year, and includes a silent auction. The Bentonville, Arkansas charity helps special needs children in Northwest Arkansas. This year’s event was quite popular, as the charity chose to combine their fall concert with their […]

Last year, a lunch with the well-known investor Warren Buffett helped to raise $620,000 for charity. Buffett is once more auctioning a lunch to benefit the Glide Foundation. The Glide Foundation is a social services charity that provides assistance to the poor and homeless that live in San Francisco. Bidding for the lunch begins on […]

Students at the University of Texas at Austin danced literally all day and all night – for a very good cause. Their annual dance marathon raised $35,700 for the Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. More than 150 students danced and enjoyed themselves at the event held in the Gregory Gymnasium held on the […]

Temple Beth Sholom has found a great way to raise extra funds for their school – by collecting ink cartridges that people would simply throw away and sending them to the Funding Factory. With just about everyone having at least one home computer, there is great potential for running a program like this. For every […]

I recently got the chance to meet with Roger and Chris of FastTrack Fundraising in their Los Angeles office. (That’s me with Roger Lum in the photo at left.) After our 2+ hour discussion I was truly convinced that this company is the discount card experts! While they offer a variety of other fundraisers, custom […]