Can Drive Fundraiser
When we decided to start this charity to help other families & create awareness we knew we would need to come up with fundraisers to raise money. We know times are tough so we decided instead of asking people for cash we would ask a few of our friends to save their cans & bottles for a month & we would collect them & take them out to the redemption center in Stuart each Friday.
We mentioned it to a couple people & they mentioned it to a couple people & before we knew it we had over a truck load in less than a week! Seeing that it was taking off way more than we expected, we talked to a couple businesses to have as drop off locations & printed up some flyers. We set it up with the West Central Redemption Center in Stuart where people could just drop cans & bottles off & tell them it was for John’s Charity & they keep a running total for us! Shelene’s Daycare (which is also John’s grandma) was another drop off location in Stuart. We also had two locations in Adel; Marc-Stephens Salon & Wells Fargo Bank.
We would collect cans on Thursday. Then on Thursday after work Steve & I would set up in the garage & take all the tabs off the cans. We are saving the tabs to donate to the Ronald McDonald House!
We promoted this fundraiser through the month of February & first 2 weeks in March. We are no longer promoting, since things always slow down & we want to make this an annual event! If people keep saving their cans we are still collecting them & taking them out as we get a truck load!
We were hoping to raise at least $100 with this fundraiser. I am excited to announce that we have raised over $450 with this Can Drive!
Thank you to all our friends, family & even strangers who participated in our can drive! We feel it is a very successful start to John’s Charity!
$450 in cans? That is Awesome!