ORGANISING YOUR OWN EVENT
Not
long after Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake on January
12th, 2010, little Liam Kervick from Maypark Lane, Waterford, decided
that he wanted to help some of the survivors.Although just six years of age, Liam understood the terrible situation that the poor people of Haiti had found themselves in - and he decided he would try and raise some money for GOAL to go towards those who were suffering.
True to his word, Liam organised a sponsored walk and a few weeks later he walked a distance of five kilometres in the local park cheered on by family and friends - and raised an amazing €762.20 for our work in the beleagured Carribean nation.
Liam's determination and moral conscience is just one example of the many ways that people from all over Ireland and overseas use their initiative to raise money for GOAL's work in the developing world every year. Whether it be a sponsored walk, a coffee morning, karaoke night, golf classic or a soccer match, the options are endless. Check out our A-Z list below for some ideas.
If you are thinking of organising an event, we can provide information, posters and leaflets to help you promote it locally. Email fundraising@goal.ie, or call our fundraising department on 01-2809779 for further details.
And remember, if your chosen event is suitable for raising sponsorship online, you can register the event on http://www.mycharity.ie/charity/GOAL.
GOAL's A-Z fundraising ideas
A - Abseil, Aerobathon, Apple bobbing, Arts and crafts stall, Auction.
B - Baby & Toddler Disco, Bed push, Bad hair day, Bad tie day, Baked beans bath, Bingo nights, Blind date, Bob-a-job,
Bring-and-buy sale and Brush Dance (see
some of the girls from Colaiste Lurgain in Galway, right, who set a new
Irish dancing world record at Eyre Square, Galway on August 24th, 2009.
Four hundred and sixty students created
a new record for the most number of people performing the well-known
Irish brush dance, or ‘Damhsa na Scuaibe’, at the same time).C - Ceol agus craic, Car boot sale, Car wash, Cartwheel competition, Coffee morning, Computer games marathon, Concert, Cover a distance with coins, Craft fair.
D - Darts tournament, Dinner dance, Disco, Dog walking, Donkey derby, Drawing competition.
E - Environmental clean up, Egg-and-spoon race, Exhibitions.
F - Face painting, Fairs, Fancy dress party, Fashion show, Football tournament, Fishing competition.
G - Gala evening, Game shows based on TV quizzes, Girls v Boys day, Gigs, Go-karting, Golf classics, Guess the height, weight, amount or name game.
H - Hurling solo run, Hand shaking marathon, Hair plaiting, Hangman competition, Head shaving, Hopscotch.
I - Indoor football competition, Inter-school debate / quiz, International food dinner party, It's a knockout.
J - Jelly eating, Jigsaw puzzle, Joke competition, Judo competition, Juggling, Jumble sale.
K - Karaoke, Keep-fitathon, Kite flying, Knit-athon, Knobbly knees competition, Knockout pillow fighting.
L - Leg waxing for men, Line dancing, Lottery, Loud tie day, Luncheons.
M - Magic show, Marathon, Masked ball, Midnight feasts, Musical chairs, Music quiz and Music Concert
N - No smoking day, Non-uniform day, Novelty fashion show.
O - Obstacle course, Odd clothes day, Odd one out, Outdoor bazaar.
P - Pantomime, Parties, Penalty shoot out competition, Puppet show, Photo competition, Pie eating, Plant sale, Poetry writing competition, Pyjama party, Pedal-athon.
Q - Quiz night.
R - Races, Radio controlled car racing, Raffles, Rapping competition, Rock 'n' Roll night, Role reversal day.
S - Slim-athon, Shoe shining, Skateboarding, Sponsored bike ride, Sponsored dog walking, Sponsored knitting, Swear
box and swimming (a
freezing Richard Boate, right, wrings out his Santa hat after a cooling
Christmas morning dip at the 40-foot in Dun Laoghaire. Richard organised the fundraising swim recently to raise funds for GOAL and the RNLI). T - Talent competition, Table quiz, Tea party, Teddy bears' picnic, Three-legged races, Treasure hunt, Tug of war, Tupperware party.
U- (non) Uniform day, Unwanted gift sale.
V - Valet services, Volleyball marathon, Variety show.
W - Water games, Wellie throwing competition, Wheelbarrow racing, Wine-tasting evening.
X - Xylophone concert.
Y - Yacht race, Yard clean, Yogathon, Yo yo competition.
Z - Zany clothes day, Zoo trips, Zodiac readings.
Best of luck with your event, and thank you for your support!