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Fundraising/Awareness Tools and Ideas
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JM
patients come in all ages and sizes, but almost all of them want
to help to find a cure. Many of these activities offer plenty of
opportunities for your child to help make a difference. |
Literature
The Cure JM Foundation has brochures,
posters, and flyers
available for your fundraising and awareness efforts in the
Literature section of this website. You
can download and print these items for distribution to family and friends
(and strangers!) Please take these to your pediatrician, rheumatologist,
dermatologist, etc. and ask them to display them in their offices or waiting
room so that other JM families can find their way to us.
If you need large quantities for a specific fundraising event, please
contact us at .
Letter Writing Campaigns
If you would like to do a Letter Writing Campaign, Cure JM can help you prepare an appropriate letter for your friends and family, explaining JDM and the need for research. These campaigns can be done at any time of year but are especially useful during the holidays and for birthdays to request a donation in honor of a child battling JM.
For more information and sample letters, please
contact us at .
"Change a Life" Campaigns
Ask your family, friends and your child's school to collect their spare change for one week in honor of your child, to benefit the Cure JM Foundation and JM research.
 Reading for a Cure
Elementary school student and JM patient Austin Krainz raised over $800.00 for Cure JM when he implemented
his very own fundraising idea, "Read for a Cure with Cure JM".
We have taken Austin’s concept and further developed it so a
single child or an entire school can use it. The forms are easy to
use and everything is explained for the donor. It is as easy as
gathering pledges for each minute a child reads. If you would like
to hold a "Read For A Cure with Cure JM" fundraiser, please contact
Julie Mining at .
 Recycling
for Research!
Line up all your family, co-workers, schools and organizations. Have them
save the soft drink can tabs or even better, the whole can! Save them up and
then turn them in for valuable research dollars. Have the reclamation center
make the check out to Cure JM Foundation and send it to us with a note that
it is from your recycling efforts.
Bakeless Bake Sales
Here's a 21st Century take on an old classic. Friends, relatives and
co-workers, are invited to NOT spend hours baking a cake, pie or cookies and
to NOT stand in the sun all day trying to sell those baked goods. Instead,
ask that they take the money they would have spent baking or buying those
treats and donate it directly to the Cure JM Foundation.
Click here for a poem that you can give to family and friends to start your
own bakeless bake sale.
Virtual Fundraisers
Like the Bakeless Bake Sales and our Mother's Day virtual open house,
these fundraisers let people support Cure JM from the comfort of their own
homes. please contact us at if you have an idea of your own.
 Lemon-aid Stands/Bake Sales
This is a great fundraiser for children who want to help out. Set up a lemon-aid stand or bake sale by your house or school. Use
the posters and brochures to raise awareness and make signs that say, “Help
us Find a Cure”.
Office/School Collections
Ask your co-workers or your child’s classmates to donate to Cure JM.
You can provide a bracelet and brochure to facilitate this. Many
businesses will match donations that employees make, so check with your
company to see if it participates in matching donations to charity.
Dinner/Auction
Hold a dinner party and auction at your house or find a location that will
donate its space. Gather donations from local stores, amusement parks,
restaurants, etc. We have a sample letter with our tax ID number if this is
something you are interested in.
Golf Tournaments
Hold a golf outing through your company or community.
Candlelight Walk
Include your area in a candlelight walk in our efforts to
have one in every state.
Media Awareness
Contact your local newspaper, radio and TV stations to see if they will
cover your event or do a story about your child/friend with JDM.
See examples of this in our News Stories
section.
Please remember that the information and tools available here are for raising funds for Cure JM.
Contact your Team JM representative if you are interested in any of these events or have some ideas of your own.
Funds collected on behalf of the Cure JM Foundation should be sent by
check or money order to:
Cure JM Foundation
P O Box 2223
Mansfield, TX 76063
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