News & Information Success Stories Supporter Endorsements Newsletter News & Information PADS Program Director Column Services Day Center Transitional Home Transportation Program Preventive Services Emergency Services Donations Donate Now Ways of Giving Monthly Giving Program Enroll In Monthly Giving Adopt-A-Bed Program Wish List Volunteer Info Getting Involved Fundraising Ideas Crisis Program History of PADS Events Events Pedal For PADS Staff Communications Pioneer Center Website Speakers Available Galleries ± SiteMap < September > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 18 - Pedal for PADSBike A Thon Our Vision... To end homelessness in McHenry County one person at a time. Our Mission... To reconnect homeless men, women, and children with the community by providing emergency, transitional, and preventive services and to raise public understanding regarding homelessness in McHenry County.	Home  |  Location  |  Contact Fundraising ideas Financial support is critical for the future of PADS. Clients receive programs and services like food, shelter, mental health counseling, prescription and medical assistance, transportation, transitional living home and more free of charge! Your help in keeping PADS FINANCIALLY SOUNDS helps to sustain these valuable services!! 30 top "FUN" RAISING IDEAS 1. Set up pledge-a-Thon on PADS website and send emails to family, friends, co-workers to make a donation, you can make it a competition by collecting charity badges. CONTACT Christin Kruse for information :ckruse@pioneercenter.org 2. Get your family, friends and co-workers involved! Start a email giving chain. Send PADS donation link to everyone in your email asking them to help the Homeless! 3. List PADS as your favorite charity on Facebook and other websites! 4. Make donation cans and distribute to surrounding area stores, pick up proceeds 5. Make some kind of pins for homeless awareness and sell them 6. Organize a garage sale, carwash, bake sale, etc… and give proceeds to PADS 7. Get pumpkins donated and sell them (October) 8. Have a spook house/funfair in gym to benefit PADS (October) 9. Host a bowling night to benefit PADS 10. Do a christmas caroling event at the malls to collect for the homeless or gift wrapping 11. Have an around the world dinner party Organize tables representing various countries’ traditional meals and charge guests a flat fee where they can choose foods from the different tables Each class picks a country and hosts a dinner party example: Japan- transform your classroom into a Japanese eatery- work with an area Japanese restaurant to decorate room and get food- Charge families to attend Another class room could do Ireland and have an area restaurant sponsor that classroom The class will learn about the different cultures while they are fundraising for a cause and the participants can try and see all the different cultures too 12. Hold a tournament 13. Organize a dinner/dance 14. Work with a business where a percentage of the money taken in during a particular day goes to PADS 15. Hold a 50/50 raffle 16. Canvassing for awareness and donations in your neighborhood 17. Non-perishable food drive Organize a drive to collect foods that can feed families and individuals staying at PADS’ Emergency Sleeping Rooms After collection, food can be dropped off at the PADS office 18.Start up a Community Care Club in your school, work or neighborhood and be good will ambassadors for PADS through creating awareness of the organization and planning fundraisers 19.Gift card drive *Gift cards will allow a person to purchase medication, or obtain other necessities such as clothing, personal hygiene supplies, etc After collection, these items can be dropped off at the PADS office 20.Host a fund drive at work (with permission from employer) 21.Host a phone-a-thon 22. In lieu of giving a holiday / birthday gift, donate to PADS in honor of that person / office / group 23. Recruit your favorite local band to do a fund raising gig 24. Gather up pens, pencils and supplies and donate them 25. Donate towels 26. Donate a magazine or newspaper subscription to a homeless shelter so guests can use it 27. If you have tickets to a sporting event or a cultural event, donate them to PADS 28. Join the monthly giving program with a set donation $10 on up per month 29. Closing of the church sites drive: When the church sites close our guests camp and they need supplies like: Tents Sleeping Bags Cooking pots Pillows Blankets Sun screen Coolers 30. Get your Church involved.
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