"Got Grit" Fundraiser for Local Principal

Grandville, MI -- The Grandville community does not shy away from a fight.  Nearly 2,800 people, many wearing "Got Grit" T-shirts, filled Grandville High School’s gym for a cheerleading invitational on Wednesday, Feb. 5, that became a cancer awareness and fundraising event for the school’s principal, Chris VanderSlice.  VanderSlice, 37, is being treated for leukemia.  The VanderSlice family will receive about $17,400 through Ivanrest Church from various fundraising events, including T-shirt and bracelet sales, raffles, a silent auction, coin collections at schools and donations from a local restaurant.  The district raised nearly $11,000 from pre-ordered T-shirt sales designed by Mike Leiter, one of the high school assistant principal’s and VanderSlice’s close friend.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Dance For Life Fundraising Event

Palm Springs, CA - AIDS Assistance Program supporters and many of their guests were literally dancing in the aisles when a record crowd of 425 discerning dance fans turned out for the third annual Dance For Life event. The evening began with a champagne reception in the sculpture garden of the Palm Springs Art Museum, catered by Spencer’s and followed by the Dance For Life performance in the museum’s Annenberg Theater.  Hosted by Mark Walberg of the TV show “Antiques Roadshow”, this year’s highly anticipated encore performance featured a spectrum of dance genres from contemporary jazz to classical ballet and avant-garde modern to technical Broadway.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

E-Scrap for Camp Fundraiser

Depew, NY - Sunnking Inc., in partnership with Camp Good Days and Special Times, has created a program called "E-Scrap 4 Camp." This program facilitates the recycling of old electronics from participating local businesses to generate funds for Camp Good Days and Special Times.  2014 marks the fourth E-Scrap 4 Camp fundraising campaign. In the first three years, a total of 991,006 lbs. of electronics were collected and recycled, resulting in more than $30,000 donated to Camp Good Days on behalf of Sunnking. For the month of April, Sunnking will provide free electronics recycling supplies and pick-ups at participating schools, businesses, nonprofits and other organizations in the Buffalo and Rochester area. Organizations are encouraged to collect old and unwanted electronics from employees, friends and family. Sunnking will donate money to Camp Good Days for every pound of electronics recycled. www.fundraising-ideas.org 

UNICEF Day for Change Fundraiser

London, England - Pupils from Dunottar Reigate Schools for Girls left their uniforms in their cupboards and opted to wear something blue instead in a fundraising event for children around the world.   For the girls raised £190 in support of UNICEF’s Day for Change fundraiser. Dunottar was one of thousands of schools across the country which took part in a range of sponsored and money-raising activities to support the event.   Day for Change is the brainchild of UNICEF, the world’s leading organisation for children and their rights, which is working to change things for the estimated 68 million children around the world who do not have access to education.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Zumba Fundraiser for Those with Heart Ailments

Gainesville, GA - Since she was a 14-year-old sophomore at Lakeview Academy, Vidya Medepalli had a vision of helping raise awareness and funds for people suffering from heart ailments. To achieve this goal, Medepalli conducted a Zumba fundraiser, not knowing if it would succeed in raising money. Now 18, Medepalli is a freshman at Georgia Regents University in Augusta. Saturday, she held the fourth annual Party Hearty Zumba Fundraiser event at the J.A. Walters Family YMCA in Gainesville. Medepalli, a certified Zumba instructor, said 165 people attended the event, raising $852 in donations for the American Heart Association.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Fundraiser to Rebuild Playground Destroyed by Arsonists

Mount Joy, PA - Mount Joy community members are looking for some Valentine's love this year to help rebuild a playground that arsonists burnt to the ground in 2012.  After the fire destroyed Kids Joy Land playground, a committee of community members took the reins to raise money for the project.  The Kids Joy Land Rebuild Committee raised about half of the $175,000 goal earlier this year, and now it is looking for a boost this Valentine’s Day weekend at one of its biggest fundraisers for the year.  On Saturday, Feb. 15, the committee will hold a Valentine’s dinner, dance and auction at Acorn Farms Banquet Center at 3141 Mount Joy Road.  www.fundraising-ideas.org