Camp Quality
Fundraising
Toolkit
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Camp Quality Fundraising Toolkit
So you are
interested in
fundraising for
Camp
Quality...that’s
great news!
Fundraising for CQ is fun!
Fundraisers are the life blood of Camp Quality. We celebrate their innovation,
imagination and sheer determination!
If you are into personal challenges or just want to celebrate an occasion, get your
friends and family to support you and use the opportunity to raise funds for Camp
Quality and help make laughter the best medicine for children living with cancer
and their families.
We have put together all the important info in one easy to find place, and we
called it our “Fundraising Toolkit” it has everything you need, all you have to do is
take the first step!
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Camp Quality
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Fundraising Ideas – The fun stuff
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Fundraising Application & Authority
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Create a Fundraising Page Online
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CQ Collateral
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Social Networking
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Why your
fundraising makes
a difference?
Camp Quality has been supporting children living with cancer and their families since
1983.
We understand that having a child diagnosed with cancer can be devastating. A
families world is turned upside down and the emotional, physical and financial impact
can last long after the initial diagnosis.
Camp Quality believes that caring for children with cancer and their families goes
beyond treatment and medication. That’s why we believe in the power of positive
thinking, and that optimistic and resilient behaviours are fundamental psychosocial skills
required for the cancer journey.
Our unique programs cover educational, financial, hospital and recreational needs and
are delivered by 13 National offices, 80 staff and over 3,000 volunteers throughout
Australia.
We passionately believe in celebrating life, fun, optimism and hope.
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Let’s get
started
You can do it!
CQ’s fundraising cream of the crop have put together some ideas for you, with a can
do attitude you can do anything!
As a guide, here are some popular fundraising strategies to do at home, school or your
workplace.
Easy “giggle” ideas
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Mufti days – Who doesn’t love a casual Friday? Hold a regular day at your school or
workplace and charge those who join in. You can theme the mufti day too, make it
silly socks, hats, ties, sunnies, etc day. Or dress up as your favourite movie star!
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Morning or Afternoon Tea – invite your friends and family, organise for your school or
workplace! Charge an entry fee and have entrants donate a plate of food.
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Pancake brekkie or sausage sizzle lunch – hold at your home, workplace or school
and charge a fee per item consumed. Try and get your local supermarket, butcher,
to donate items to keep your expenses as low as possible!
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Sweepstakes or tipping competitions – hold competitions on who you think will win this
year’s gold Logie, Oscar or Melbourne Cup!
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Hold a Garage or Book Sale – Someone’s trash is another person’s treasure! De-clutter
your house and raise funds for Camp Quality at the same time! Ask your friends and
colleagues to join in too, maybe they have a few items that could add to the sale?
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Guessing Competition – fill up a jar with lollies, marbles, or anything you can get your
hands on! Charge each person per guess and have a nice prize for the person who
guesses the closest without going over....PLUS they get the jar with the goodies!
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Colouring In Competition – hold a competition with school friends or work colleagues.
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Shave / Colour / Spray your hair – have people sponsor you to change your hair,
maybe auction of the first shave, or first dab of colour to the highest bidder.
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Walking Club – organise a weekly walking club with friends or work colleagues and
have participants make a donation per week
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We believe
in you
Create a big “laugh”
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Comedy or movie night
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Sporting knockout event – get your work colleagues together for a sports knockout
competition with some touch footy, cricket, soccer or netball. Each participant is
charged a fee with all donations going to Camp Quality.
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Baby photo guessing competition – get your friends or work colleagues to bring in
their cute baby photos and charge an entry fee. The winner gets a prize.
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A monthly 'fun therapy' lunch – bring a dish to share
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The peg game - Attach a peg to someone's clothing without them knowing; pass it
around the office for a week- the person with the peg at the end of the week supplies
morning tea
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Karaoke night – organise a night with family, friends or work colleagues and see who
has talent!
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Ten Pin Bowling/ Barefoot Bowling – Bowl your friends and work colleagues over with a
friendly game at the bowling alley or club
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Virtual Challenges & Competitions – Don’t want to leave the house? Want to release
your inner-geek? Organise a Game day or tournament on your Wii, Playstation or
Xbox.
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Bike Ride –Get a group of friends together and hold a sponsored bike ride.
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Cake Sale – It’s a bake-off! Bake a few cakes or slices and sell them at your school,
workplace or to your friends. Get as many people involved as possible.
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Raffle / Auction – organise prizes for a raffle or auction to have at your school or
workplace. Ask your local businesses to support you with prize donations.
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Treasure Hunt/Amazing race – organise a treasure hunt or an amazing race event at
your school or workplace
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Make em
laugh out
loud
The “huge belly laugh” it’s worth all the blood, sweat & tears!
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Children’s Fun Day – arrange activities and entertainment for your work colleagues to
bring their children along and charge a fee for each child who participates.
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Bingo night - Instead of numbers it could be happy/positive words to link in with Camp
Quality! Contact us for the special CQ version!
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Cinema Screening – approach your local cinema and see if they will hold a preview
screening of a new release movie for Camp Quality.
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Cocktail party
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Performance – contact your local arts centre, drama group or school to organise a
charity performance where all proceeds raised are donated to Camp Quality
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Sportsman's dinners, lunch, or family BBQ
GOLF DAYS – A hole lot of fun
Entry Fees – Try to only earn a small amount off each person for their entry fees on top of
what the golf course charges
Hole sponsors (Advertisers) – You will want to get a sponsor/advertiser for each of the 18
holes, as well as the practice green.
Programme guide Advertising – If you have a programme booklet for the day, look to
get companies to advertise in it.
Special Guest – Organise a sports celebrity, local celebrity, golfer, or an expert involved
in what your cause is about. Find someone who will draw people to play in your Golf day
and that will make it even more enjoyable!
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Continue
laughing
On Course Games
1) Hole-in-one
Each play is $20 and the winner will win a car
2) Pro-shot – “buy a drive”
$40-200 for the local pro to play a shot for a team on the hardest hole
They can get him to drive from ladies tee, men’s tee, blind folded
3) Dummy-shot
$10 for a team of their choice to have a bad golfer play a shot for them
4) Cheat book
$5 you can buy a cheat book which entitles you to x cheat shots. For example –
get out of bunker free, replacement putt & replacement drive.
5) Putting Competitions
These can be for free
Putt with an odd implement (cricket bat/pool cue/giggle head on)
Team with the 3 balls nearest to the pin
Putting on their knees with a pool cue – “Eddy Charlton putt”
6) Giggle Putt
$10 - 3 shots at the giggle mouth
Winner gets a prize
Trivia Night / Themed Dinners
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Decide on a theme for your trivia night or dinner
Think about where and when you want to have your event
Invite along your friends, family and work colleagues
If you are holding a trivia night, start thinking up some wacky questions
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Let’s get
serious for
a moment
Ok, so now you know how you would like to fundraise for Camp Quality, the next step is
to get started!
Do you want to join a fundraising event or are you creating your own? Then follow the
instructions below to start fundraising for us!
Fundraise for one of our events
If you want to join, register or set up your fundraising page for one of our events, then
please visit our Events page at www.campqualityfundraising.org.au to find the event
you want to fundraise for.
Create your own fundraising event
If you’d like to create your own fundraising event to raise funds for Camp Quality - be it
a trivia night, garage sale, mufti day or any other wacky or new idea, please click here
to download and complete a Fundraising Application form. The information you
complete will help us provide you with an Authority to Fundraise and you can then
begin fundraising!
Once you have filled out the application and sent it back, we will contact you to have a
chat and to help you with anything else you may need. CQ can provide you with
donation tins, receipt books, bookmarks, balloons, posters etc to help you promote your
event.
When all the t’s are crossed and i’s are dotted, we will send you a Fundraising Sanction
Letter, this is an authority that allows you to fundraise on behalf of Camp Quality.
Note; if you are fundraising online through a fundraising website like Everyday Hero, your sanction is handled
by the online fundraising website.
Expenses at Your Fundraiser
If your event incurs expenses, as a requirement, you must provide Camp Quality with a
budget of expenses prior to the fundraising event.
You can deduct your necessary expenses from the proceeds of your fundraising activity,
however total expenses should not exceed 40% of total earnings, and you must let
Camp Quality know if you will do this prior to the event. For an easy way to check, ask us
for a copy of our budget template.
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Create an
Online
Fundraising
Page
Create a Fundraising page at www.campqualityfundraising.org.au
5 reasons why creating a fundraising page at www.campqualityfundraising.org.au is an
awesome way to share what you are doing and why.
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Every dollar raised goes to Camp Quality
This is our official Camp Quality supporters’ website so every dollar donated through
your page will go directly to Camp Quality. You avoid handling funds and your
family and friends receive an immediate tax deductible receipt. (Your offline
donations will also appear in your total as long as your donor tributes you at the
time of the donation).
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Raise your goal
Everyone loves to win! When you set your goal you will be sharing it, and when
friends and family donate they will see their contribution helping you reach your
goal for the kids.
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Asking for donations is easy
Once your page is set up you’ll have a cool dashboard that makes emailing friends
your page and linking it to your favourite social media links a breeze.
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Giving thanks makes everyone feel good
Your dashboard will help you manage your thank you emails, keep track of who is
yet to donate.
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You’re making a difference
You’re sharing in our mission, to be there for every child with cancer and their family
throughout their journey- wherever it may take them. The more you raise the more
impact we can have on reaching every child living with cancer and their families.
Register through Everyday Hero
You can be our hero by building your own personal fundraising page. It only takes a few
minutes to build and email to all of your contacts. www.campqualityfundraising.org.au
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We can help you
with......
Brochures & Promotional Material
Camp Quality can send you brochures, bookmarks, balloons, postcards, tattoos and
badges. We also have Camp Quality banners which can be loaned for activities or
events.
Collection Cans & Buckets
Cans and buckets are a great way of raising money. Simply display them in a prominent
and secure location for people to drop in their spare change.
Filled collection devices are to be returned to Camp Quality to be opened and
counted by Camp Quality staff. If you are unable to return your collection device,
please contact Camp Quality so alternate arrangements can be made.
Volunteer Badges
Some activities will involve direct face to face collection. Camp Quality will need to
issue volunteer badges displaying the authority details which must be worn by all
collectors. Collectors’ details will be registered and badges must be returned to Camp
Quality at the end of your activity or event.
Raffle and Receipt Books
Camp Quality can provide you with raffle books ($2 and $5)
We can also provide you with receipt books for your fundraiser. Receipt books must be
returned at the end of the event whether they have been used or not.
Camp Quality issues 2 different types of receipt books; Tax Deductible and Non-Tax
Deductible Receipt Books. Each has different uses according to the tax regulations as
set out by the Australia Taxation Office.
As a guide, if you are receipting a donation where a person or organisation is receiving
nothing in return a tax deductible receipt can be issued. In most other cases for
example, Auctions, tickets to Balls etc a non-tax deductible receipt is to be issued.
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What’s in a
name?
Logo & Logo Usage Guidelines
Detailed guidelines for our logo and its usage will be provided to you if you require.
Please remember any usage of our logo will require Camp Quality approval.
Our logo represents our brand, so it’s very important that you follow the rules of its use
carefully. Please make sure that you use the correct logo for your requirements.
Naming your Event
Camp Quality’s name cannot be used as part of your event name; however you may
say that funds raised are to be donated to Camp Quality.
Camp Quality Representatives
If you would like a Camp Quality representative to attend your event or activity, please
let us know as early as possible.
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Social
networking
Facebook:
 Create an event on Facebook for your fundraiser and invite friends and family to
support it by attending! You can also update your Facebook status with your link
to your Facebook event or Camp Quality fundraising webpage – so all of your
friends can see your fundraiser details in their News Feeds. For an extra push, post
your link on their walls.
 Ask friends to post a status update about your fundraising page or project. They
can help you reach people you might not know.
 Become friends with Camp Quality on Facebook and tag us in any posts related
to your fundraiser - www.facebook.com/CampQualityAU
YouTube:
 Get creative and get on YouTube! Make a funny video of you training for your
event or fundraiser. Or simply tell people why you are supporting Camp Quality
and why they should donate. You can embed your video or link to it on
Facebook, Twitter or your own blog.
 Check out Camp Quality’s dedicated YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/CampQualityAU/
Twitter:
 Share your fundraiser on Twitter and ask you followers to retweet your message.
Be sure to add your link to your Facebook event or Camp Quality fundraising
page so people can click it for more information. Remember to keep it short to
leave room for others to retweet you!
 Tag Camp Quality in your tweets! @camp_quality
Flickr or Picasa:
 Take photos of you prepping for your event or training for your marathon for
example and share on photo sites like Flickr or Picasa. You can also embed these
photos in a slideshow on your blog or link to it from your Facebook and Twitter.
Blog:
 If you have a great story to share behind your fundraiser or why you are
passionate about Camp Quality’s cause, start a blog. Blogs are a great way to
share your photos, videos and tweets all in one and it just might get picked by
other bloggers or media.
If you have any comments or queries, please email us on
[email protected] or call us on 1300 662 267.
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P.S.
WE THINK
YOU ARE
AMAZING!!!
Thank you for
helping make
laughter the
best medicine!
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