Horton, Paula (2010, April 25). 2-year-old loses eye to rare cancer. TriCity Herald. Retrieved from: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/04/25/990098/2-year-old-loses-eye-to-rare-cancer.html?storylink=addthis.
This article, as the title suggests, reports on a two-year old girl who was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer, and lost an eye because of it. The reason I decided to use this article for the project this week is because it lists basic facts about the disease that our team's fundraising would focus on.
↑ PERSONAL NOTE: I'm not entirely sure what this has to do with the goal of fundraising for a benefit - O.o - but, the team asked me to research eye cancer a little bit and to find an article on the topic, so - there you have it.
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Cancer Fund-raising Ideas [Budget cannot exceed $1,000]
I think that hosting a Relay would be the easiest way to raise money -- initially, I wanted to host an event that would have food, music, games, etc., but not only would that be a lot of work, but it would most likely exceed our team's expense budget. In my opinion, our best bet is to host a fundraising walk, hosted by volunteer workers, with the idea of increasing awareness of the disease. It would be $10 to walk - and if we can get 500 people to walk in our event, than we have raised $5,000 to benefit the American Cancer Society. We would take this opportunity to celebrate with the survivors of cancer, as well as honoring the memory of those who have died from the disease. I would like to suggest to my team that we host this event at a school; not only would a school track be a great choice for this event, but it would also be a great place to begin spreading awareness; the likelihood of our attracting at least 500 people would greatly be increased.
Basically, the tasks to be completed [in order] are as follows:
- Find a school location for the use of their track.
- Round up volunteer workers, to ensure everything runs smoothly and that people are paying an entry fee of $10 to walk.
*Edited: Idea pitch of mandatory entry fee has been waived.
