For those of you who do not have a lot of extra money lying around, first of all, thank you for reading this blog in the first place! Here are some ideas, if you do want to help me reach my goal, but haven’t been sure how!
- Donate Stuff to Sell: If you have something you would like to donate/sell on behalf of my trip, the World Race, I am thinking of making a Facebook fundraising page with things to buy/sell on there. You can post things to sell through that page. If that’s something that interests you, let me know.
- Referrals: Do you know anyone who might be interested in donating? Or know someone who might know someone who might know someone? You can either refer them to my blog, (www.ashleyhable.theworldrace.com), have them contact me directly, or give me their contact details and I can send them a support letter.
- Share my Blog: Similar to the first, you can post my blog to your Facebook page (Copy and paste the link, please, so your other friends will see it, not just our mutual friends). This will spread the word and potentially reach new donors!
- Free Labor: If and when I do a “real fundraiser” whether it’s a carwash, dinner, whatever, I will need help. If you live near me (or feel like having a fundraiser wherever you are in the world!), you can volunteer and help make the event a success!
- Donate $1: Yes, for real, any amount helps! My blogs, since I’ve started writing them, have had anywhere from 93-296 views! I definitely do not have that many close friends… So even if you read this, think you don’t know me that well, and only want to donate a small amount, if everyone did that, it would make a huge difference!
- Pray: Please ask God to supply the money for me and all of my squad mates to go on the World Race in January!
Current Fundraisers
~ For the 15th and 20th donor, you will get a surprise gift! The 10th donor (anonymous unless she chooses to be otherwise, won something already!)
~For everyone who donates $57 (the rough cost of about one day on the Race), you can choose any day between January 15th and December 15th and I will write you a postcard or letter on that day saying what I did.
My desire is really to spend more time and effort giving back to my supporters in a meaningful way (prayer, encouragement, etc), rather than spending effort preparing events which may or may not be successful. I would appreciate prayer for this as I try to figure out exactly what it is God wants me to do or not do. If you haven’t read my last blog, it’s all about that, so please read it!
My first goal is $5,000 by September 28. Checks need to be in by September 13th and online donations need to be in by September 25th. I’m pretty close! Thank you all for being a part of this journey with me!
