Sweet acts of kindness and charity families can participate in together
We know you Bunchlanders are good eggs all year round. But around the holidays, we think everyone’s looking for inspiration on how to be extra sweet and help out other folks who don’t have it as good as we do. So when it came time to round up ideas, we went straight to our wonderful readers, asking you to share the ways your family gives back. Here are the stories and suggestions that made us melt and got us motivated to do some good deeds of our own before the year is over.
1. Organize a charity bake sale or lemonade stand.
Serving up yummy treats in exchange for donations is usually a no-brainer. Susana and her friends raised $12,000 with their Cupcakes for Haiti bake sale, held earlier this year, and by following her pointers your own could be just as lucrative. Read more...
Susana Molinolo shares tips on producing a bake sale that makes lots of dough for your favourite charity
1. Have a variety of products for sale. In order to give a bake sale zing, ensure that you will have, at minimum, baked goods donations from at least 30 bakers. Also, see if you can get donations from professional bake shops or private bakeries so that there are items people would be willing to pay any price for. Plus, offer a variety of beverages like juice boxes, hot chocolate, apple cider and lemonade.
Tip: If you plan ahead, many local coffee shops are able to donate beans or coffee urns and more to your event!
2. Varying price points are worth their weight in gold. You’ll get a variety of customers, and many of them will be kids, so you’ll want to offer items starting at 25 cents. At the other extreme, there are many big pocket/big heart generous souls who don’t balk at donating 10 or more dollars for a designer cupcake. Read more...
Buy handmade while chipping in for a great charity
As if we needed another reason to love Etsy, home of lovingly crafted plush play food, impossibly cool graphic tees and alphabet posters we want for our own bedrooms, never mind our kids’. If you’re feeling charitable this year, but also happen to need a few gifts for the little people in your life, satisfy your inner Santa by buying from sellers who donate some or all of their earnings to their favourite non-profits. We’ve done the work for you and rounded up nine giftable handmade items that will be a hit with their wee recipients and give you that warm feeling you get when you know you’ve done good.
Bunchland.com, Sloan’s Chris Murphy and Andrew Scott and their beautiful families DARE YOUR FAMILY to bang a drum and help raise money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation and the fight against AIDS in Africa!
We dare you, awesome kids and parents, to bang a drum and show your solidarity with African families affected by AIDS, who face big challenges everyday.
On Saturday, Dec. 4 and Sunday, Dec. 5th there are free Dare to Drum workshops taking place in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. All you have to do is register to attend, make a donation (we suggest $10 per person) and come to the workshop with your kids. You’ll take part in a drum circle, have lots of fun, and raise money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s A Dare to Remember campaign.
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