Retired Greyhounds The Focus of Fundraising Efforts

Tiverton, England - Greyhounds were given center stage at a special fundraising event held at the Anchor Inn this weekend.  The Retired Greyhounds Trust (RGT) met at the Exebridge pub on Sunday for a day to promote the well-being of the dog, as well as raising awareness for the charity.  The trust helps to find homes for almost 4,000 of these dogs per year and is able to keep up to 1000 retired greyhounds in kennels.  At the event, owners and volunteers met and enjoyed stalls, tombola, pin the tail on the greyhound and were able to meet members of the public to give information about re-homing.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Fundraising Event Will Give Public First Chance to Stay at Resotred Historic Hotel

Syracuse, NY — A fundraising event for the Onondaga Historical Association will give the public one of its first chances to stay at the historic Hotel Syracuse when it reopens next year.  The event is scheduled for the evening of April 23 and will include dinner, music and dancing, said Lynne Pascale, director of development for the association. Dinner will be served in three locations in the hotel and involve three levels of service to showcase what will be available when the hotel fully opens in the spring after a $70 million renovation, she said.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Mustaches4Kids Stache Bash Fundraising Event

Hastings, NE - Roaring applause and bright lights were nearly too much for Brian Stock to bear at the announcement of his name for the coveted Sweetest Stache award. Humor and one-liners abounded during the Mustaches4Kids Stache Bash Thursday evening at the Lark. The evening was the culmination of a four-week fundraising event in which participants asked for donations toward their mustache growing efforts. In addition to the Sweetest Stache, organizers presented awards for best costume, best mustache name, worst mustache and most money raised.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

5K Knight-Thon Fundraiser to Benefit Children's Miracle Network

Orlando, FL - Every minute, 62 children enter a Children’s Miracle Network hospital. With this in mind, UCF students decided to take action by organizing the student philanthropy Knight-Thon, with a mission to “educate, inspire and unite our campus and community to provide ongoing support for Greater Orlando Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals,” according to its website. The next fundraising event lined up is the Knight-Thon FT5K, which will take place Sept. 26 at the Reflecting Pond. Runners and joggers will get together and race to help raise money for Knight-Thon’s miracle children.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

16 Restaurants Participate in This Year's Too Hot To Cook Fundraising Event

Longview, TX - Jim Barron says the annual Too Hot to Cook fundraiser always brings in a crowd to his restaurant.  Café Barron's has been participating in the fundraiser that benefits Longview Community Ministries since the event started with half a dozen restaurants, said Barron, who owns the business with his wife, Julia. The one-day fundraiser is aimed at raising money to help the nonprofit group, which operates a food pantry, provides financial assistance and more.  Eighteen restaurants took part in this year's event — one more than in 2014. LCM charged a flat fee to each restaurant that participated.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Jazz Brunch Fundraising Event

Davenport, LA - The sixth annual Jazz Brunch, a major fundraising event for Humility of Mary Housing, Inc.  (HMHI), is taking place on Sunday, September 20,. and will feature the smooth jazz music of the Margaret Murphy-Webb Quartet from Chicago. The event will take place at the Crow Valley Country Club in Davenport, IA.  www.fundraising-ideas.org