A few times a month I have people ask us about fund raising for adoptions. Some people are for them and some are against them. We did fund raising for all of our adoptions and people really appreciated being able to help us in our journey. People do love to help. They truly do.
One thing that we have done not only for adoption fund raisers, but also for other journey's that we have been on is to sell t-shirts to raise money. We did this for our Haiti adoption, for two of our trips to Haiti and most recently we sold t-shirts to raise money for a few organizations in Haiti after the earthquake.
The thing about t-shirts is that if you make it cool enough people will buy it. Actually I've even bought some that weren't that cool, but I love helping a good cause! If you go through my closet most of my t-shirts are from fund raisers for adoptions or mission trips. I love buying shirts to support a good cause.
We have always taken orders and then ordered shirts. That way we are not trying to sell those last 3 xlarge shirts that no one wanted. We have some people that just order lots of shirts and sell them and that works well too. Whatever is best for you and your family.
Our friends the Howerton's are selling some super cute shirts that not only benefit their adoptions, but also a great organization in Haiti! These shirts are so cute …
If you have done any other great fund raises for adoption, feel free to leave a comment to share with us all!
just wanted to add that Say It Green is a great way to print your shirts, because they print on fair trade shirts! http://www.sayitgreen.com/ not just sweatshop free, but actually helping women in India to provide for themselves.
Common Threadz http://www.commonthreadz.org/ sells great shirts.
i LOVE a good fundraiser tee! i actually have a couple of yours 🙂 we plan on doing one closer to our referral!
right now, we are in the middle of a puzzle fundraiser. people can sponsor a puzzle piece for $10 and we right their name on the back. so cool to have everyone that supported us come together on the puzzle. it is going slow, but we hope to have all 500 pieces sponsored in the end! you can read about the idea here:
http://loveisspokenhere.wordpress.com/puzzle-fundraiser/
it is a great fundraiser because it is only an $8 investment for the puzzle. the first donation pays for that and then 100% of the rest can go towards you adoption!
we thought it was a fun twist on a fundraiser. we think the shirts will be more successful because people like to get something in return for their donation…and i get that so that is why we will do both. but, a $10 is more reasonable donation than the $25 we will ask for a shirt.
Oh, the joys of FUNdraising! We’ve done several things….huge garage sale, little league baseball concession stand, 4th of July town breakfast at our little church, and also have t-shirts for sale here…. http://www.babykcreations.com/Baby_Girl_Koen/Contact_Me.html
We are also doing the Chosen Marathon in October and have, I think, about 19 people on “Team Baby K” so far. When you jump into adoption “faith-first” the Lord puts little ideas in your head to help you pay for what He has called you to do, and so far, so good! Now that Ethiopia has a two-trip rule, that added a huge expense to the total cost, but I know it’ll all work out! ….also wouldn’t hurt if checks started falling from the sky! 🙂