Gary Sinise

I go into military communities and do fundraisers and that kind of thing with the band, because I know that the music can help do a lot of things. It can bring communities together, it can raise awareness... and it entertains.

American Actor

Soccer Mommy

I got a toy guitar at a fundraiser and was trying to write songs with it that were ridiculous. After a week, my parents bought me a real acoustic guitar, and I started taking guitar lessons.

American Musician

Michael Seibel

It's very easy to do a fundraiser and spend a lot of money on food and venue and not raise any money. You really do need to twist people's arms into giving, even if they support you.

American Businessman

Jessica Chastain

I talked to congressmen who really hate having to go to the many fundraisers, but they see it as a necessary part of their job.

American Actress

Valerie Harper

At an ERA fundraiser years ago, one of my favorite buttons was the one that said, 'Every mother is a working mother.

Hallie Jackson

A great pair of jeans works anywhere from a campaign rally to a fancy fundraiser.

American Journalist

Ruth Westheimer

I was one of the first ones to participate in fundraisers for AIDS.

American Celebrity

Todd Young

I think I've demonstrated... that I'm a good fundraiser.

American Politician

Madi Diaz

I love to perform at benefits and charity fundraisers.

Agnes Gund

American Public Servant

Understand 'fundraiser' as an event, not just asking for money directly.

Event Context

'Fundraiser' can be a dinner, sale, show, or any event that raises money.

Variety of Activities

The word is mostly used for specific goals or projects needing funds.

Goal-Oriented Use

Focus on 'fundraiser' as someone specialized in organizing fundraising events.

Specific Role

Remember, 'fundraiser' can be an official position within an organization.

Job Title

Distinguish between a paid professional fundraiser and a volunteer one.

Volunteer vs Professional

 various fundraisers along with a biobrick campaign her efforts will provide a school that will include the building desks books and a teacher salary for at least a year she surpassed her goals with the help of other students who got involved the struggle of the children who are being forced to

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 If you're able to do that, you're probably ready to make the ask. Now, I don't expect everyone to be super excited to ask people for money. That's why development is an actual profession and not an awkward hobby. Naturally great fundraisers love people, they can and will talk to anyone,

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 much more mature trees we know play a very big role in carbon sequestration just pulling the carbon out of the air using even the root sinking you know carbon in so this we're doing is almost like a capital project for the future you know how people do capital fundraisers

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 actually a really neat experience to go be part of that with the sister school there how to cast a little a couple of it's a great program because it it's kind of run by the kids like that there's some guidelines set up the kids have to participate in fundraisers but

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 your legislators need to know that. Speak up also with coaching staff. Ask about what kind of protective equipment is available. What's the budget for protective equipment? How old it is? Maybe offer to spearhead a fundraiser to buy new gear.

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 I did something really brave, or some would say really stupid. I ran for Congress. For years, I had existed safely behind the scenes in politics as a fundraiser, as an organizer, but in my heart, I always wanted to run.

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 initiative that we have led here that came out of our concern of what was happening what we were hearing from nonprofits in the wake of kovat and the wake of canceled fundraisers dark theaters donors are pulling back on

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 I was supposed to do a fundraiser for my four-year-old's school and the final chapter of my book was beyond late. Maybe not ironically, that was the chapter on stress. My red tasks were getting my one-year-old better

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 nearly free of charge. The company also extracts millions of liters of water from First Nation reservations, while they have no access to clean water at all. This is a fundraiser print that I used to raise money