From Yams to Riches
This is sort of story but still an idea.
Eleven-year-old Claire was accepted to travel on People to People Exploring Australia delegation in late winter and she only had three and a half months before her delegation travelled. She and her mom, Susie, knew they didn't have much time to complete a winter fundraising campaign, so they dug around in their craft bins to see what they could come up with. They found two simple supplies that they used to raise $700.00 in just six weeks.
What they ended up with was a set of $12.00 knitting rings and a few balls of yarn and Claire was on her way to creating her unique, handmade hats! Friends and family were happy to giver her unused yarn, and making the hats was easy to do while watching TV. Even Dad helped with the knitting.
At first they sold the hats for $5.00 but at the suggestion of friends and family they raised the price to $10.00. A friend of the family, Dr. Brooks, even ordered 20 hats to donate to the local neonatal intensive care unit and Claire went with Dr. Brooks so she could hand deliver them. Once spring arrived and hat sales slowed down, Claire moved on to her next creative fundraising venture.
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