Cracking Fundraiser

I recently did some eggcellent fundraising by holding a couple of Easter raffles. To make my prizes look pretty we grouped a couple of different sized eggs together and wrapped them in cellophane and tied them with raffia ribbon. The eggs were bought when the first offers were good earlier in the year with about £10 spent on each raffle.

I held one raffle through the Scout Group where I am a Young Leader. The Beavers were very keen to win and I sold raffle tickets at £1 a strip. The only downside was having to ‘turn out’ every Thursday for a few weeks so that the Cubs got to take part, but even that wasn’t too bad as I got to see the Cub Young Leader who I went to Scouts with but don’t see very often as we go to different schools – who is now begging me to lend her some walking trousers for her DofE.

I held the other raffle at my school and my friends really wanted to win the delicious chocolate prizes. At school I did it slightly differently so as too maximise my profits, 50p a ticket or 5 tickets for £2 (to get the odd change left over from bus money!)

Congratulations to all my winners.

Together the raffles raised nearly a 25th of my fundraising goal so I’m already planning on doing it again next year and have bought (in the Easter sale) some very large cuddly bunnies to include as prizes.

It’s a long way to West Virginia, it’s a long way to go

Today while I was shopping in an outlet shopping centre I spotted another WSJ participant, busy cycling his way to West Virginia to aid his fundraising.

His Mum was very happy to share fundraising ideas especially as she is a fundraising expert having been through it all before with the WSJ to Japan with her older son.

A big shout out to Unit 77 and good luck with your future fundraising.

Catch Up

I managed to complete my #UNPLUGGED week without getting a perm and singing 80s songs at the top of my voice. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

To catch up with my jamboree story I recently held a quiz night and have signed up for more bag packs.

I have also been selected by my unit to attend a consultation day with the UK’s unit team. I will go along with my other representatives in my unit and we will meet up with other units in our region to help make some of the big decisions regarding kit etc.

I have also come up with some more fundraising ideas, including an Easter raffle at my school and another with my Scout Group and have started to make kumihimo bracelets and paracord people. We’ve been on the lookout for Easter egg offers in the supermarkets and thanks to Hobbycraft having a 20% discount day which enabled me to buy craft supplies.

 

#UNPLUGGED

This week I will be going undercover and back to the 80s. I just hope I don’t end up with a perm and shoulder pads!

I will be completing the #UNPLUGGED challenge by turning off my mobile phone for a whole week and not using social media.

It’s a great opportunity to be sponsored and fundraise.

So here’s to getting through the week. I should be so lucky, I’m never gonna give you up …

The 12 days of Christmas

My first county meet up got cancelled because of the weather – we got snow which rarely happens which meant traveling would have been dangerous.  I spent the day making a snowman and having snowball fights with my sister.

In the evening I had to attend my Unit Carol Service, which despite the snow went ahead and made it feel very festive. My fellow Jamboree Explorers and I set up a stall selling Christmas items and sweets to help our fundraising.

Also in the run up to Christmas I had the opportunity to help Santa raise funds for charity.  The local Round Table’s Santa goes round collecting for charity with a door to door collection, I was able to help with this to add to my own fundraising on a 50/50 basis with another local charity.

Further fundraising during December was by putting on a pyjama movie night for the local Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Rainbows and Brownies.  We ate hotdogs and popcorn and had a thoroughly enjoyable time.

More Bag Packing opportunities at yet more ‘local’ supermarkets, 40 minutes away, where on the weekend before Christmas people were donating generously.

After reading this post for so long I guess I ought to tell you why it’s titled 12 days of Christmas. Well … since my first joint meet up where we sang the 12 days of Christmas, I’ve since sang it at the Unit Carol Service and at my school Christmas show. I don’t think I’ve ever sung it so many times before. On the first day of Christmas …

 

 

 

A Weekend of Fundraising

The weekend started early on Saturday morning when I had a tombola stall at a Christmas fayre. I raised a modest amount and I was really pleased given it wasn’t that busy.

In the afternoon I travelled 30 minutes to my next ‘local’ bag packing. I was suffering from a cold so people took pity on me and donated generously.

The following day I had yet another bag packing fundraiser but it was a double shift so I stayed all day in another ‘local’ supermarket 30 minutes drive away.

Whilst doing these bag packs a lot of people were telling me how some of their family had been on a jamboree and others had themselves been to a jamboree. I met people who attended the UK Jamboree in 1957 and Australia in 1987. It was very interesting to hear where everyone had been to.

Bag packing, part one …

An easy way to raise funds for my trip is by bag packing at local supermarkets. Some keen parents have organised this with supermarkets around the county.

My first such adventure was on a Sunday morning, the supermarket was 30 minutes away so hardly local! I spent the morning helping to pack bags, smiling sweetly and explaining why I was there.

It turns out that bag packing is a great way to fundraise and I’m kind of looking forward to next time.