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Awesome Fundraising Event: Give a Net, Get a Vote, Eat Many Pancake
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On Sunday, October 4, 2009, Swarthmore GHF launched ‘Give a Net, Get a Vote’ campaign with an event called "Give a Net, Get a Vote, Eat Many Pancakes". At this event a $5 donation ($5 = 1 bed net) would admit a person to a pancake buffet line of plain and chocolate chip pancakes. We also had letters for people to sign as they donated addressed to Senator Johnny Isakson (GA), Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FA), Senator Bob Casey (PA), and Representative Joe Sestak (PA) supporting three global health related initiatives up for consideration in Congress (https://globalhealthforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/letter_1_ghf_template_rep1.pdf). Some people donated $10, $15 or $20 and signed more letters (2, 3, and 4 respectively).
People at the entrance of the lounge collected donations, explained the content of the letters, and had people sign them. We had a slideshow of pictures from the MMI-GMin Bed Net Distribution in Sierra Leone 2009 running on a television in lounge where the event took place. The event was extremely successful. 110 letters were signed and over $600 (120+ nets) raised. Educational slides in the slide show would have been a great addition. Other educational posters and materials in the lounge would also have been a good way to educate people about malaria.
This event was a great bonding activity for members of GHF and an attractive way to raise awareness and raise funds as little money was invested into the event itself (pancake mix, butter, syrup, paper towels, etc..). One wrinkle to iron out is how to cook pancakes more efficiently. We had people cooking in front of the crowd on portable grills lined with aluminum foil and others cooking in kitchens throughout the building. This is something we definitely want to do again.
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