The Ontario Ride to Conquer Cancer

wizzo_29 · Veteran Member

getting started for 2013

Herbie · Veteran Member

The 2012 Ride was my 3rd year and I raised my $2500 without sending out letters or donations forms.

I raised close to $1000 with a raffle. I used my American Express points to "purchase" prizes so there was no overhead.

I also make homemade chocolate turtles which I sell over Christmas & for special occasions. I've been told they are better than store bought ones.

I also connected with a company called "Think Recycle". I collect old/used cell phones, blackberries, digital camera's, ipod's, laptops, ink & laser cartridges. I send them to Think Recycle and they pay me for items collected. They also pay the shipping and if I send in 10 items & use my own box - not one supplied by them - they credit my account for $3. You won't make a fortune but every item sent in means another item that won't wind up in a landfill. I made just over $200 this year with Think Recycle. Their website is www.thinkrecycle.com Anyone can do this. It can be a slow start, but once people are aware of what your doing, items come in quickly.

Read through previous tags on this site. There is lots of good ideas.

Your very smart to start early. People will pick up on your energy and enthusiasm.

Good luck.

wizzo_29 · Veteran Member

Thanks, that website will be helpful we have loads of ink cartirdges at work that just get thrown out and this would be a great alternative, I am going to ask my boss about it.

I like the chocolate turtles i dea, i could do something along the same line.

thank you for the information :)

Wrilly · Member

I really like the American express points idea!

ftanguay · Member

Hey Wizzo

Take your fundraising to work or school aside from friends and family.

We do a Keg party every year as an example. We charge $30.00 per head for all you can drink beer and a pig roast. During the night we sell raffle tickets for prizes. Use your real close people to donat some prizes and such.

Last year we cleared $5000 plus in one night and had a great time as well

Look to local stores as well. LCBO is a pain because of all the rules they but Walmart and Canadian Tire are pretty cool.

We have two guys on our team riding stationary bikes outside a walmart last year and they cleared 2000 in one day

One Lady in our office bakes and sells Bananna Bread for us. She is fighting cancer now and is a non-riding member of our team. She raised 2100 for us.

We sold parking spots in our office during a big wharehouse sale that is next to our building on weekends and ended up with 3000.

fundraising is not hard if you are determined. Remember always ask for more than what you expect to get. If you think a friend is willing to give a 100 ask for 200. You'd be surprised how many times you get more than what you expect.

Finally, don't let people off. get in their face in a nice way and insist on some money. I wore my ride gear into work one day on a bet of $500 so i did it in a heart beat. I also made a rule that if anybody laughed at me they'd have to pay five bucks. Walked out that day with 1700 bucks stuffed in my spandex.

This will be my 6th ride. I love it and it gets easier to raise money each year. A little creativity helps out

Good Luck

wizzo_29 · Veteran Member

wow those are some really great ideas, thanks so much!