Fundraising Ideas

If you need assistance with funding your costs to come to Mexico with us to build, how about trying some of the following fund raising ideas?

• FundMAX - Many Real Estate agents will donate a sum of money to a charity of your choice when they sell your home. If you are going to be selling a property, check to see whether your agent does this, and if so, register Global Tribe as your charity.  For example, if you live in New Zealand and list your house for sale with an agent registered onFundMAX, Global Tribe will receive a donation of $500 when your property is sold.  Click here for more information. 
• Host a Latin Night – charge a cover charge, get someone to teach Salsa, eat Mexican food and decorate the venue in a Latin theme. Tell people what you are going to be doing on the trip, and you might get other donations.
• Contact your local newspaper or radio station and tell them what you are going to be doing. They may write an article on you before the trip (with an appeal for funding) and after the trip, where you can tell everyone what happened on the trip.
• Rent out a movie theatre and invite your friends, and their friends, and their friends to come along to a movie. Tell people it’s a fundraiser, charge more than the ticket price, and then before the movie starts, spend 5 minutes telling everyone what you will be doing and how they can help you.
• If you attend a church or community group, let them know what you are going to be doing – they may have some people who want to sponsor you on the trip.
• Host an auction night. Go to local businesses or artists and tell them what you are doing. Ask them to donate goods (eg a painting, jewelry etc) or services (eg free hotel night etc) and then auction them off on the night. Promote the auction to local businesses, your church or community group and your friends. Serve chips and salsa, and play Latin music. Spend 5 minutes telling everyone what you will be doing in Mexico on the auction night.
• Sell candy or chocolate as a fundraiser. Log on to a confectionary company’s website and search for their fundraising section for more details.
• Host a Fashion Show. Ballentynes (NZ) are currently offering to help run fashion shows to raise funds for charity. To find out how this works contact Ballentynes directly on 0800 372 2237 

If you have any other good fundraising ideas, please send them through to us at info@globaltribe.com and we will share them on the web.