Canadian Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan Fundraiser

Kelowna, BC, Canada - Fourteen performers are putting on a show for visitors at an event held today to raise funds for the Canadian Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan relief effort.  Country musician Melissa Livingstone was recently doing a sound-check in a local coffee shop when event organizer James Blonde asked her if she'd be interested in playing. "I didn't even know this (fundraiser) was going on. Then I heard about it and I (thought): I'd love to be part of that—I'd love to be able to help people in another country," said Livingstone, whose new album is set to release Friday.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Fisher Cats Fundraiser Sets Record

Manchester, NH - With a retrospective video and a burst of confetti, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats announced tonight that the 2013 edition of the Granite State Baseball Dinner has pushed the event's fundraising total beyond a milestone marker. Tonight's proceeds, which are still being finalized, have driven the money raised by the dinner since 2007 beyond $1 million to benefit the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (CHaD), the Ted Williams Museum, and the Fisher Cats Foundation.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Beauty Queen to Host Fundraiser for Typhoon Haiyan Victims

Newcastle, UK - A Filipino beauty queen from North UK is doing her bit for her typhoon-stricken home country. Kallula Dixon, whose mother is from the Philippines, had to watch helplessly as friends and family went through hell waiting to discover the fate of their loved ones in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. 25-year-old Kallula has decided that she wants to be part of the relief effort in a show of patriotism to her Filipino heritage. The account manager from Newcastle said: “I was crowned Miss Philippines UK in September and I thought ‘I’m going to use my title to try and raise the profile of what’s happened and raise as much money as possible’. The event will see live performances from X Factor’s Karen Harding as well as casino tables, a raffle and an auction. Prizes include a six-week Speedflex course, £50 restaurant vouchers, spa days and many more.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Gospel Industry Partnering with Hearing-Impaired for Fundraising Video

Royal Oak, MI — The gospel industry is partnering with the hearing-impaired community on a music project.  A video for The Clark Sisters' hit song, "You Brought The Sunshine," has been remade and features Larry Callahan & Selected of God and the Deaf Dynamic Praise Choir of San Francisco.  The video is being unveiled at a fundraising event Sunday in Royal Oak and on the Word Network on Wednesday night.  Proceeds will benefit the Deaf Professional Arts Network and The WAY Academy's Detroit campus.  D-PAN is a nonprofit that promotes professional development, job opportunities and access to the entertainment, visual and media arts fields for those who are deaf or hearing impaired.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Fundraiser to Give Incarcerated Women a Second Chance

Santa Cruz, CA -- A program to help incarcerated women turn their lives around will celebrate its 10-year anniversary on Friday with a fundraising event at First Congregational Church.  Gemma, a program of the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County Inc., helps highly motivated women learn skills to reunite with their families obtain jobs, step out of homelessness and become productive people. The group's seventh annual fall fundraiser will raise money to help its clients. There will be hors d'oeuvres, a buffet dinner, silent auction, live jazz from the group Skylark and acapella singing from UC Santa Cruz's HiTones. Guests also will hear testimonials from Gemma women and men from the similar Rise program.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Pluck-A-Duck Fundraiser for Children't Hospital

Orange County, CA - Student Development Office Assistant Natalie Hart said on Wednesday that the Pluck-A-Duck fundraiser event had reached its goal of $3,000, which will go to the purchase of 150 "Chemo Ducks" that will be donated to the Children's Hospital of Orange County. The event began on Oct. 19, when the Student Development office began selling rubber ducks for $10 each. For every three rubber ducks sold, the money would be used to purchase a "Chemo Duck." The money that was raised will be able to buy 100 "Chemo Ducks" for children at CHOC. Hart said that the Gabe's Chemo Duck Program will donate an additional 50 "Chemo Ducks" as part of a matching program. On Tuesday, all of the rubber ducks that were purchased were placed into an inflatable pool in the quad, where four drawings were held to award prizes. Each duck would have a number written on the bottom of it, and the winners were able to choose from various prizes donated by 20 local businesses.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Up 'Til Dawn Fundraiser for St. Jude's

Waco, TX - A cancer-fighting student organization is taking some time to celebrate a semester’s worth of crusading against the disease. The Baylor chapter of Up ‘Til Dawn, which arranges on-campus fundraisers for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and promotes awareness of pediatric cancer, is playing host to The Big Event. The event will be held in celebration of the end of a fundraising campaign, in which participants, in groups of six, were given one month to raise as much money as possible for St. Jude pediatric cancer research. Alexandria, La., sophomore Tori Hinton, the organization’s Education Mission Chair, said the event will feature four main activities for attendees: dodge ball, capture the flag, Zumba and a painting station.  www.fundraising-ideas.org