Fundraising Ideas: Send Freedom
It costs an average of $1,000 for us to rescue a child from slavery on Lake Volta.
Because we know that $1,000 is a lot of money, we have created these ideas for you to come together as a family or group of friends to fund a rescue together.
Stay Home and Keep It Simple:
Create a personal fundraising page here and invite friends and family by email or text to raise $1,000 together to fund a rescue: www.manyhopes.org/fundraiser
Host a Party or Gathering:
BBQ or Cookout:
Fire up the grill and invite your neighbors and friends over. You can share what you are doing and invite them to participate in your goal of rescuing a child. Have a $20 or $50 suggested donation.
Happy Hour:
Snag a table at your favorite local bar or restaurant and invite your friends and coworkers to join. Or consider hosting a get-together for your neighbors in your backyard or at home. You can talk about why you are part of Many Hopes and invite your friends to donate in a bucket or on your fundraising page.
Give the People What They Want:
Bake Sale:
Bake some treats and sell them to friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors, explaining that all proceeds go to rescuing a child in Ghana with Challenging Heights.
Car Wash:
Nothing says fun like squeaky-clean cars and lots of bubbles! Advertise that all proceeds go to rescuing a child in Ghana through Challenging Heights.
Yard Sale:
Clean out your drawers, closets, and cushions, and set up shop in the yard or garage. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure! All proceeds go to rescuing a child in Ghana through Challenging Heights.
Get Started
Visit our Many Hopes website, where you can start a campaign, and donations can be made toward your goal.
Idea for an Email
To help invite friends and family to join you in providing freedom – copy, paste, or edit any of this you find helpful:
Friends and family,
I hope you are doing well. You might know that I have been involved with an organization called Challenging Heights in Ghana for many years. We work to rescue children from slavery on the fishing boats of Lake Volta and get them into school.
You might not know it, but 21,000 children are currently enslaved in the fishing industry on Lake Volta in Ghana. I’m doing something to help fundraise to provide freedom for one child. It costs $1,000 for Challenging Heights to rescue one boy or girl and get them to school.
I’d love your help by giving anything you would like to my personal fundraising page [INSERT LINK TO YOUR FUNDRAISING PAGE].
If 10 friends give $100 each, or 20 friends give $50, we will have together rescued a child who is right now living in the cruelty of modern-day slavery. Challenging Heights will send us pictures from the rescue we help fund later this year.
Thank you for joining me in providing freedom,
YOUR NAME
Ideas for Social Media Posts
There are 21,000 children enslaved in the fishing industry on Lake Volta in Ghana. It costs $1,000 to rescue one of them, and I am working to do just that. Visit my [INSERT EVENT] on [INSERT DATE] at [INSERT TIME]. All proceeds will go to rescuing a child from slavery in Ghana! (INCLUDE LINK TO FUNDRAISING PAGE)
I am working to raise $1,000 to rescue a child from slavery in Ghana through Challenging Heights. 21,000 children are enslaved in the fishing industry on Lake Volta in Ghana. I’m committed to seeing one of these kids receive the love and care every child deserves. Visit my [INSERT EVENT] on [INSERT DATE] at [INSERT TIME]. All proceeds will go to rescuing a child from enslavement in Ghana! (INCLUDE LINK TO FUNDRAISING PAGE)
Help me rescue a child from slavery in Ghana! Visit my [INSERT EVENT] on [INSERT DATE] at [INSERT TIME] to do some good. $1,000 saves a child’s life. (INCLUDE LINK TO FUNDRAISING PAGE)