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Gave each GM a March Calendar. Instruct to ask one person a day to pledge $10 or two people a day $5 each...each girl can set a personal goal of $300.  Bring in each week and color in goal reached.

EXCITED!

Kim Browning, SCDGMD
kimberly_72@live.com

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It's coming! I just have to get it from my computer at church!

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C4K Special Touch Fundraising Packet!!! 

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C4K Special Touch Fundraising Packet!!! 

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Christie & Gay...Y'all are an amazing team! Wish I had worked with you way back in my GA days!

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Christie & Gay...Y'all are an amazing team! Wish I had worked with you way back in my GA days!

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kimberly_72@live.com
SC District GM Director @SCDGMs on facebook

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This video is great!😂  I had a trapper keeper with horses on it. Loved it.

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Thanks for inspirational missions workshop! I love your enthusiasm!

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Yay...I made it in...Angi W

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Yay, I am on here! Thanks for your help!

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Loved your presentation! So much great information!!

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Thank you for putting padlet together. It is awesome. 

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Thank you for putting padlet together. It is awesome. 

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Thank you for your hard work and dedication to girls ministries!!!!!

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Coins for Kids 2018 - Special Touch Ministry - Wonderfully Made

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When the things that make you special also make you different from other kids, sometimes it's easy to feel alone. . . but that's where Special Touch Ministry comes in! They help kids who are differently abled get what they need, and teach them about how much Jesus loves them.

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Here's a cheap and easy fundraiser that says "thanks" to the congregation for their help with your last trip, and kick-off your fundraising for the next trip.

Purchase a couple cases of mini M&M's candies in tubes. When you have your youth share their experience from the last Youth Gathering or Mission Trip with the congregation, have them give congregation members a "thank you" of mini M&M's for their support of the Missions and Ministry of your church's Youth Ministry. Then have one of the youth encourage the congregation to empty the candy from the tubes, fill them with quarters (one small tube holds $14 worth of quarters, and the big ones hold $22) and return them. Be sure to let the church members know that the M&M stands for "Missions and Ministry," and more important than the money, ask them to pray for your group's mission trip every time they add a quarter to the tube or eat some M&M's. It helps to set a deadline for returning the tubes of no more than four weeks (but don't stop accepting filled tubes just because your deadline has passed). It also helps to set a goal for your congregation. For example if you know the approximate cost per youth of your next mission trip, set that as the overall goal for your congregation. Be sure to give weekly updates of how much money has been brought in so church members can see if they are close to the goal. Don't forget, everything we have is blessing from the Lord, so be sure to tithe your fundraisers. Finally, before you hand out your "thank you," be sure to attach to the M&M tubes a message similar to this one:

This sweet gift to your family was provided by (YOUR CHURCH NAME) Youth as a thank you for supporting the Mission and Ministry of our Youth Ministry.

Our goal with this treat is to raise money equal to the cost of one youth attending our next mission trip to (YOUR TRIP LOCATION) this summer, $(THE AMOUNT FOR ONE YOUTH).

How can you help?

1. Eat the sweet treat of mini M&M's in this container.
2. With your pocket change from everyone in the house fill the container with quarters.
3. Each time you put a quarter in the tube, or eat some M&M's, say a prayer for our mission trip to (YOUR TRIP LOCATION).
4. Hand it in to the office by Sunday (YOUR DEADLINE DATE) for the youth mission trip this summer.

As always 10% of money raised will be given to (NAME OF ANOTHER CHARITY, OR IF TITHING BACK TO THE CHURCH, INDICATE THAT) , 90% will go straight to the youth that are going to (YOUR TRIP LOCATION). Thank You!

If you choose not to return your container that is Okay!!! Have a sweet treat on us!

Thanks to DCE Mark Engelhardt for this great fundraising idea! It was previously published on thESource and updated in March 2012.

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Here's a cheap and easy fundraiser that says "thanks" to the congregation for their help with your last trip, and kick-off your fundraising for the next trip. Purchase a couple cases of mini M&M's candies in tubes.

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If group reaches goal, a leader and pastor gets a pie in the face. (Also can use Pie Face game.)

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A Cute Idea For Churches Fundraising - A Baby Photo Competition

There is something that should be born in mind by all churches Fundraising should always be fun and engage people with both the church and each other.

Below is a great example of a simple idea that has been used successfully by many different churches

Fundraising with a Baby Photo Competition.

Get The Pictures

Ask members of your clergy, choir, church-wardens and prominent members of the congregation to bring in a photograph of themselves as a baby or young child. You need between 12 and 20 photographs.

Scan the photos and return the originals to their owners. At the same time take a current picture.

The idea will be for people to match the baby photo to the member of the church community.

This can be done in different ways.

At a church fete or fair

Have all the pictures blown up to A4 (21cms X 30cms approx).

Give each baby photo a letter and each current photo a number.

Pin them up on a wall or display board.

People buy an answer form on which they try to match the correct photos.

All correct entries are placed in a draw which is made at the end of the fete when the true identities of the babies are revealed.

As a simple competition anytime

Make up a simple sheet with the photos on one side and the entry form on the back. Run the competition in your Parish Magazine or hand out the forms at the end of a service. You may like to add intriguing little notes such as sporting achievements or youthful pastimes of the mystery subjects in the baby photos.

As an extra bit of fun you could also ask contestants to nominate the photo they think is cutest! Nothing like a bit of friendly competition amongst the congregation!

If your church has a website

Got a computer nut in your congregation? Put their skills to good use and devise a way the whole thing could be done on-line. This is also a great way to promote your church web-site and attract visitors to it.

So there you have it. Coming up with good church fundraising ideas is always important. But its not just about money. A baby photo competition will keep the congregation happy and the cash flowing in at all sorts of different churches

Fundraising is always easy if you keep the ideas nice and simple.

And....
Who'd have thought that the vicar
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At The Best Churches Fundraising Ideas Are Always Lots Of Fun

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There is something that should be born in mind by all churches Fundraising should always be fun and engage people with both the church and each other. Below is a great example of a simple idea that has been used successfully by many different churches Fundraising with a Baby Photo Competition.

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National Girls Ministries | Coins for Kids

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P: 417.862.2781 E: ngm@ag.org Assemblies of God National Girls Ministries 1445 N. Boonville Ave. Springfield, MO 65802

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Raised $1700+

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Raised $2300+

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Raised $1500+

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2-Min Drill with Fundraising Idea

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Today's 2-Min Drill describes a BGMC fundraising idea that I have used to raise $7000.00 in one event.

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Find resources, videos, and more here!

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National Girls Ministries | Coins for Kids

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Nationwide Girls Ministries Event not only benefits the national missions project but also contributes to BGMC when mailed to the national Girls Ministries Department.

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Roda has cutlery, utensils, stoneware and recipe books. It really sells itself and has a 40% profit. One year a child sold $600 worth. The products are well made and made in USA. We usually do it in the Spring before Mothers Day and/or before Thanksgiving for Christmas.
Submitted by Amy Harris, GA

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Your church, school, club, team or youth group can make a 40% profit by fundraising with Rada Cutlery products. There are no upfront costs. Find out more now!

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1. Go to your local hardware store and get one ruler...paint stirrer or yard stick per Girl....u might could get this donated.2. Line the ruler...paint stirrer or yard stick with stickers.. front and back or just front...it is up to you...for example.. January - Snowman or Snowflake.3. Have the Girls take the ruler ...paint stirrer or yard stick with stickers on it home with them and instructions to tape a Coin wherever a Sticker is for their Coins For Kids Project....it could be Pennies....Nickels...Dimes or Quarters or a Combination of them all.4. You could award prizes as the Girls bring their rulers or paint stirrer or yard sticks in each month...if u want to....for example- for most giving or for participating- each month they bring this in and you take the coins off and Change out the sticker and send it back home with them.. Sticker suggestions are listed below for each month.5. This Fundraiser is called One Foot at a Time6. Sticker suggestions are..Jan. - Snowman or SnowflakeFeb.- HeartMar. - ShamrockApril - Easter EggMay - FlowerJune - ButterflyJuly- FlagAugust - School SupplySept. - Fall LeafOct. - PumpkinNov. - TurkeyDec. - Christmas Tree
Submitted by Karen Simpson, GA

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Write a letter about the project and asking for a donation. Attach a picture of the Girls Ministry group.  Mail the letter to friends and family.
Submitted by Lori Wilson