Hot Harley Nights Fundraising Event for Make-A-Wish

Sioux Falls, SD - Hot Harley Nights raised more than $170,000 for Make-A-Wish South Dakota. The money will be used to grant wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses throughout the state of South Dakota. Since it began 19 years ago, Hot Harley Nights has donated more than $2 million to the non-profit. More than 1,200 participants from 15 states registered for the casino run, and more than 4,500 motorcycles were in the parade. "Not only does this event raise a significant dollar to make wishes come true for ill children, but it also positively showcases Sioux Falls' hospitality and generous nature of local businesses and the community," said Char Roth.  www.fundraising-ideas.org  

Club Comingo Casino Fundraising Event

Joplin, MO -- The group is holding a fundraiser called Club Comingo. It will be held on October 25th at Downstream Casino. Former Kansas City Chief Will Shields will be the guest speaker. This is the groups biggest fundraiser of the year. Last year they were able to raise $40,000 and it will go back to the kids.   "It's great to have events like this. It helps us keep our lights on. It helps the kids, it helps us purchase items for the kids for after school programming like books, paper, pens. The staffing that it takes to support the kids," said Rhonda Gorham, Boys and Girls Club.  Tickets are $75 a person, or $750 for a group table.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Fundraising Event for New Dog Beach Park

Gulf Shores, AL-- Gulf State Park officials are working toward opening a new lakeside dog park and a fundraising event is in the works.  The park will host Paws in the Park Saturday at the Gulf State Park Lake Shelby Picnic Area, where the new dog-friendly area will be located, next to the Hummingbird Zipline, just off the beach highway.  The event will not only serve as a dog park fundraiser but a dog adoption day in conjunction with the American Kennel Club's Responsible Dog Ownership Days, according to Gulf State Park Special Events Manager Brittney Bagley.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Taste of St. Celestine Fundraising Event

Elmwood Park, IL - Last year’s Taste of St. Celestine was without fried dough, a popular favorite, but it’s coming back this year as part of the Elmwood Park parish’s annual fundraising event.  Laura DePillo, assistant business manager for St. Celestine Parish, makes the homemade fried dough and was sick last year and couldn’t make it. This year she’s looking forward to being a part of it and making her fried dough. “It has become a pretty big hit here,” she said.  Her booth will be one of 10 selling ethnically diverse food made by church parishioners at the event, which takes place from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 6 in the church’s parking lot and the church’s school gymnasium.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Downs Syndrome Baby gets Fundraising Dollars for Heart Surgery

Colorado Springs, CO -- Dutch Bros. Coffee will be holding a fundraising event called Love for Luna at all four Colorado Springs locations. It's all to help raise money for a family in Colorado Springs.  Luna, the rock star, as her family would call her, was born with Down syndrome and a heart condition that required surgery. "She had a heart condition called atrioventricular heart canal defect," Jessica DePoy, Luna's mom, said. "Where her heart didn’t form normally and it didn’t have separate chambers so all of her blood mixed together.  Luna had surgery in July to help fix her heart defect. But with a serious illness also comes big bills, lots of doctors’ appointments and time off from work”…and so the fundraising event was born.  www.fundraising-ideas.org 

Drive for a Difference Fundraising Event

Worcester, MA — In its 16th year, the Reliant Medical Group Foundation's "Drive for a Difference" charity auction and golf classic raised more than $300,000 in net income, a record for its annual cornerstone event held recently at The International Golf Club in Bolton.   The sold-out Hollywood-themed charity auction and dinner featured an extensive silent auction with items ranging from paintings to vacation packages, with entertainment by Rat Pack-era celebrity impersonators who serenaded guests. The evening included a live auction as part of the night's fundraising efforts, bidders raised $53,000 for the event's Fund-A-Need item, which was Reliant Medical Group's Bariatric Boot Camp. The following day, a record 212 golfers teed it up on the Oaks and Pines courses to continue the fundraising efforts.  www.fundraising-ideas.org