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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 27522" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Here's one for you that is also highly appropriate. How about you use Ian Keirnan's ideas? He proposed (and was able to implement) "Clean Up Australia" which began some years ago as not much more than a one-man venture. I'd had a similar idea years ago but had never had the guts, the experience or the connections to do it. It's a variation on the old Walkathon fundraiser, only you don't get sponsored by the mile. There are no sponsorships at all, in terms of walking door to door and singing people to sponsor you.</p><p>But you do get sponsorships from aid organisations, from various businesses and other organisations. You also can plug into environmental funds from governments, to support what you're doing.</p><p></p><p>You need to look at it at least initially as a community service, rather than a fundraiser. But you can award prizes as incentives for the people who collect the most bags of rubbish, or clear the largest area.</p><p></p><p>The bags - these need to be specific "Clean Up [wherever]" bags, with logo. They're a fixed size and usually brightly coloured. It's cheap to get these printed. Collectors leave full bags by the side of the road or wherever convenient and later on someone with a truck comes round to collect them. You work alone or in a group - it can be a lot of fun collecting rubbish together on a Sunday. Bung on a barbie afterwards to reward the collectors and to help with the official functions and carnival atmosphere. You can also combine this with a recycling sorting station so you can literally cash in aluminium, for example. The media love it, businesses love it (because to sponsor it make them look good) and civic authorities love it. It also teaches a lot of community working together and responsible environment management to the youngest kids.</p><p></p><p>If you look for "Ian Kiernan" or "Clean Up Australia" on Google, you might get more detailed info. husband says he's been going around the world to explain how to do it. We had our "Clean Up Australia" day a couple of weeks ago.</p><p></p><p>The thing is, you want to provide trails in your area - this is a good way to alert people to the need for a clean environment and the chance to enjoy it. Then the more people who enjoy the outdoors, the more pressure on local authorities to provide the amenities. It's great publicity for those who care enough about trails and getting into the wilder places, and it's showing that you care enough about the environment to clean it up and want to encourage others to do the same. Get the media involved in that and sponsorship should bring you the results you need.</p><p>I suspect that if you ask, you'll get Kiernan himself helping you through it, which will gazump the other young upstart.</p><p></p><p>This is REALLY rolling up your shirtsleeves to get busy!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 27522, member: 1991"] Here's one for you that is also highly appropriate. How about you use Ian Keirnan's ideas? He proposed (and was able to implement) "Clean Up Australia" which began some years ago as not much more than a one-man venture. I'd had a similar idea years ago but had never had the guts, the experience or the connections to do it. It's a variation on the old Walkathon fundraiser, only you don't get sponsored by the mile. There are no sponsorships at all, in terms of walking door to door and singing people to sponsor you. But you do get sponsorships from aid organisations, from various businesses and other organisations. You also can plug into environmental funds from governments, to support what you're doing. You need to look at it at least initially as a community service, rather than a fundraiser. But you can award prizes as incentives for the people who collect the most bags of rubbish, or clear the largest area. The bags - these need to be specific "Clean Up [wherever]" bags, with logo. They're a fixed size and usually brightly coloured. It's cheap to get these printed. Collectors leave full bags by the side of the road or wherever convenient and later on someone with a truck comes round to collect them. You work alone or in a group - it can be a lot of fun collecting rubbish together on a Sunday. Bung on a barbie afterwards to reward the collectors and to help with the official functions and carnival atmosphere. You can also combine this with a recycling sorting station so you can literally cash in aluminium, for example. The media love it, businesses love it (because to sponsor it make them look good) and civic authorities love it. It also teaches a lot of community working together and responsible environment management to the youngest kids. If you look for "Ian Kiernan" or "Clean Up Australia" on Google, you might get more detailed info. husband says he's been going around the world to explain how to do it. We had our "Clean Up Australia" day a couple of weeks ago. The thing is, you want to provide trails in your area - this is a good way to alert people to the need for a clean environment and the chance to enjoy it. Then the more people who enjoy the outdoors, the more pressure on local authorities to provide the amenities. It's great publicity for those who care enough about trails and getting into the wilder places, and it's showing that you care enough about the environment to clean it up and want to encourage others to do the same. Get the media involved in that and sponsorship should bring you the results you need. I suspect that if you ask, you'll get Kiernan himself helping you through it, which will gazump the other young upstart. This is REALLY rolling up your shirtsleeves to get busy! Marg [/QUOTE]
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