From ice buckets to boobs: competing charities get creative to secure donations

From ice buckets to boobs: competing charities get creative to secure donations: "Once, charities simply grabbed a colour off the rainbow, sold some ribbons and called it a day. Not anymore. Competition for funds and attention is at an all-time high and charities have to do more than host an afternoon tea to stand out from the crowd.


The world's greatest shave raises money to fight Leukemia. Photo: Andrew Sheargold
Some of these unconventional campaigns have been widely successful, including Movember (prostate cancer and male depression), the Ice Bucket Challenge (motor neurone disease) and The Great Shave (leukemia)."



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BHF launches 'Dechox' challenge fundraising event

BHF launches 'Dechox' challenge fundraising event: "The British Heart Foundation has launched a mass participation fundraising event which asks people to give up chocolate in March.
It is the charity’s first abstinence-based fundraising challenge and works in a similar way to Cancer Research UK’s and Macmillan Cancer Support’s challenges that ask people to give up alcohol for month.
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Charity to host sponsored abseil from Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage | News | NME.COM

Charity to host sponsored abseil from Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage | News | NME.COM: Glastonbury festival’s Pyramid Stage will host a charity abseiling event in aid of Somerset's SOS Africa Charity this September (20/21).

Over the course of the two-day fundraising event, teams of six will ascend the Pyramid and then free-fall abseil from its roof.

Lamborghinis and cows raise HK$821,000 for charity at Stanley Plaza event - Campaign Asia

Lamborghinis and cows raise HK$821,000 for charity at Stanley Plaza event - Campaign Asia: A parade of 30 supercars and a charity auction of cow sculptures featured in “Lamborghini x The Link x CowParade”, which took place at Hong Kong's Stanley Plaza Saturday. Part of Lamborghini's global 50th anniversary celebration, t

BBC: Talk Show World Record to Be Set for Charity - The Hollywood Reporter

BBC: Talk Show World Record to Be Set for Charity - The Hollywood Reporter: LONDON – The BBC is aiming to set a world record for the most questions asked on a TV talk show as part of an upcoming Comic Relief charity fund raising efforts.

BBC News - Two decorated eggs on show in London 'missing'

BBC News - Two decorated eggs on show in London 'missing': Action for Children and Elephant Family said the eggs, two of 200 in London, were reported missing on Saturday.

One was the Egg Letter Box by designer Benjamin Shine, which was on Carnaby Street, and the other, Hatch, was designed by artist Natasha Law.

Pals are doing it for the kids - Community - The Star

Pals are doing it for the kids - Community - The Star: ublished on Monday 19 December 2011 15:30

TWO pals have bared all for a charity calendar which could be the first step towards the building of a new orphanage in Kenya.

They Did It Their Way: CEOs Sing for Charity - India Real Time - WSJ

They Did It Their Way: CEOs Sing for Charity - India Real Time - WSJ: But credit where it is due: Over the last few weeks, top executives from companies like Bain Capital, J.P. Morgan, Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd., Thermax, Axis Bank, Hero MotoCorp Ltd. and Larsen & Toubro have lent their voices to a charitable cause.

They have recorded a CD and revenue from sales will go to a charity organization of the executive’s choice. Each designates a good cause and then proceeds will be divided equally between the singers

Charity Bed Push Dublin Bound - Northern Ireland News: A local manufacturing company is set to undertake a three-day bed push from Belfast to Dublin in a bid to raise more than �5,000 for Irish charity GOAL.

Sick David Walliams may have to abandon Thames charity swim - mirror.co.uk

Sick David Walliams may have to abandon Thames charity swim - mirror.co.uk: Sick David Walliams may have to abandon his River Thames charity swim after falling ill with a serious stomach upset.

Fann Wong's pillows gone in 15 minutes - Channel NewsAsia

Fann Wong's pillows gone in 15 minutes - Channel NewsAsia: SINGAPORE: About S$19,000 was raised for poverty-stricken villagers during a charity sale at Orchard Central on Sunday, organised by the production team of Channel 8's currently airing reality show "Mission Possible".

"Mission Possible" saw local celebrities make their way to rural villages across the region to help improve the villagers' lives.

TheRecord - Ethel's Tray Race

TheRecord - Ethel's Tray Race: Twenty-three teams representing restaurants from around the region asked residents to open their wallets for a good cause: The 10th annual Ethel’s Tray Race, a friendly relay hosted every year by Ethel’s Lounge in Uptown Waterloo.

‘Cruisin’ leaves no bruisin’ | The Columbian

‘Cruisin’ leaves no bruisin’ | The Columbian: "Donations from Saturday’s crowd-pleasing Cruisin’ the Gut event on Main Street will help fill many empty stomachs.

Phil Medina, a lifelong Vancouver resident who founded the classic car spectacle just two years ago, and other leaders dropped off 3,120 pounds of donated food and $3,127 in cash at the Share House on Sunday."

TheSpec - Men in high heels walk for charity

TheSpec - Men in high heels walk for charity: "Almost a hundred men teetered their way through a one-mile course while wearing high heeled shoes for charity."

News - Local News: Towcester and NN12 (NN12)

News - Local News: Towcester and NN12 (NN12): "Towcester Tea Rooms Thames River Challenge Beats Fund Raising Target"

County's cuppas raise charity cash (From Berrows Journal)

County's cuppas raise charity cash (From Berrows Journal): "The charity’s annual World’s Biggest Coffee Morning saw hundreds of events taking place across the county."

Winter Fundraising In Speedos | Voxy.co.nz

Winter Fundraising In Speedos | Voxy.co.nz: "Thursday, 6 August, 2009 - 10:46

6 August 2009 - Raising funds for Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand (AIANZ) comes with a twist this year, as the organisation's Fundraising Manager collects for Amnesty in nothing but his Speedos and gumboots in central Auckland tomorrow.

As part of Amnesty New Zealand's annual fundraising drive, Freedom Week, Fundraising Manager Sam Healey-Cunningham is Fundraising with Dare to help defend people around the world whose human rights have been abused."

TheStar.com | GTA | Turning trash into charity cash

TheStar.com | GTA | Turning trash into charity cash: "hat's because for $10 a bag, or $50 for six bags, Taylor and a couple of friends will pick up your garbage and take it to a designated drop site, with all proceeds going to War Child Canada, a charity providing humanitarian assistance to war-affected children around the world."

North Norfolk News - How town's hippo fund is helping wildlife

North Norfolk News - How town's hippo fund is helping wildlife: "NORTH Walsham's herd of model hippos is helping keep the real animals alive in Africa.

A trail of 50 colourful creatures around North Walsham raised £30,000 for a variety of causes when they were auctioned off, with £7,000 going to the international wildlife charity the Born Free Foundation."

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Coventry/Warwickshire | Charity launches toilet twinning

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Coventry/Warwickshire | Charity launches toilet twinning: "Coventry bishop has given his backing to a charity's scheme to raise funds for better sanitation in Burundi, Africa - toilet twinning."