Will
You Rock or Walk to Washington DC?
Mary Hurt
LLLI Public Relations Associate
from LEAVEN, April-May 2004
“Planning is the
key to making something you really want to happen actually happen.
If you are considering going to the LLLI Conference, don’t let
the financial aspects scare you away. There is enough time now to
plan and raise the money to fund your trip. Some ideas on how to individually
supplement your trip include saving a little ‘extra’ from
paychecks, asking that any gifts received during the year be in the
form of cash toward the trip, and collecting coins in a large change
jar,” writes Janet Walkup in Palmetto Palette, South Carolina’s
Leader letter.
She goes on to say that
there are many fundraising options available including yard sales,
bumper stickers, recipe books, catalogue parties, car washes, and
more. Janet states, “We are limited only by our imaginations.”
Leader Robin Rziha and
the Great Bend LLL Group recently used their imaginations and completed
a very successful fundraiser. The Great Bend Group covers approximately
a 75 square mile area of rural Kansas, USA. Robin states that she
wishes Leaders everywhere would participate in the World Walk for
Breastfeeding. “It really is a great fundraiser.”
The Great Bend LLL Group
has had successful Walks in the past, but this year they decided to
try a new angle. They held a World “Rock” for Breastfeeding.
Robin writes, “Our 2003 World Walk for Breastfeeding wasn’t
a Walk at all. Instead, our Great Bend Group collected donations for
a chance to win a beautiful glider rocker. The glider rocker was donated
to our Group by a local furniture store.”
The suggested donation
for a ticket was one dollar (US) or six tickets for five dollars.
All members were encouraged to try to collect 25 US dollars in donations.
The Group sold the tickets from August 1st through September 30th
and advertised the drawing at an art exhibit and a women’s exposition.
They also had the rocker on display and tickets available at a children’s
clothing store in Great Bend for the month of August.
In all, the Group collected
over $3,000 in donations for chances to win the glider rocker. In
addition, they donated 100 percent of their breast pump rental and
sales income for the month of August to the World “Rock”
for Breastfeeding. The grand total for ticket donations, sales, and
rentals was $4,385, making it a very successful and easy fundraiser
for the Group, Area, Division, and La Leche League International.
Whether you Walk for breastfeeding
or hold another fundraiser, the single most important thing you can
do is to begin your project. Why not begin today by taking just one
baby step in your “Walk” to Washington DC. Ask members
of your Group for help or look up fundraising ideas in the Leader’s
Handbook, past issues of Leaven, and on LLLUSA’s Web site at
www.lllusa.org/lllusa/fundraising.html.
Plan now so that you will
be celebrating Breastfeeding: An Ancient Art---A Modern Miracle at
LLLI’s 19th breastfeeding Conference to be held July 2-5, 2005,
at the Hilton Washington and Towers, Washington, DC, USA.
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