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Amy Passmore
Amy Passmore has years of experience in fundraising for nonprofit organizations, clubs, schools and groups. Visit her website,
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Buttons of Hope is a company that produces custom photo buttons that can be used in your fundraising efforts. You can use the buttons as a part of your fundraising campaign or the buttons themselves can be a fundraiser.
Nonprofit organizations, clubs and teams can run a Makehope button fundraiser completely online through the Buttons of Hope website. You simply upload your photograph, design your buttons, and create your own button gallery. Your supporters can visit your gallery online and order buttons that are then mailed directly to them. Your button gallery can be password protected for privacy or made public.
Your organization doesn't need to collect any money or deliver the buttons. You can also set your own price for the buttons according to how much money you need to raise. One dollar of the cost of each button is automatically donated to a charity of your choice. In addition to the photo buttons you can also sell "button stix," which are stands that can be used to display the buttons at home or in an office.
When you visit the Buttons of Hope you can get all sorts of ideas on how to use the buttons to fundraise. Do you need to raise money for an upcoming school team trip? You could create a button gallery with pictures of each student on the team. Then ask parents, other relatives and friends to buy a button for $10 each to help finance the trip.
Some of the many other ways you can use the photo button are:
Charity Walks, Relays and Marathons - Wear a button in honor of a loved one or to support a friend.
Memorials - Make a button to honor and remember loved ones or those killed in the line of duty, such as military, police officers and fire fighters. Some people wear them every day.
Military - Wear a button to support a loved one serving overseas. The buttons are great for families to wear prior to a deployment and even better to celebrate homecomings.
Missing people - Wear a button as personal billboards to help in the search for missing persons.
The creator of Buttons of Hope is Michael Gibbons, a man passionate about fundraising and helping to make the world a better place. Gibbons believes that Buttons of Hope can help energize, motivate and inspire people to make their charity events more meaningful and successful. I recommend visiting the Buttons of Hope website at http://www.buttonsofhope.com to see how you can use photo buttons for your next fundraiser.
Article by Amy Passmore of DIY Fundraising. Visit www.diyfundraising.com for do-it-yourself fundraising ideas for nonprofit organizations, clubs, schools and groups.
Published by Amy Passmore on January 18, 2008 04:03 PM
