Music with a Mission

So it came and went and it was awesome! Thank-you to all of the bands and all of the people who came out to support us. The event was at Heuther Hotel in Waterloo and started at 7:30 and the first band went on at 9:00. The bands were: Jia Harlow, Stonefox, Dox the Doctrine and IVS. We ended up raising $312.75 from the night after our expenses from equipment rentals :) Yay!

We also had another event where we sold Fair Trade items outside of the Arts Student Union office. We received $50 from that event. The people from Ten Thousand Villages were so kind to allow us to sell their items and take 10% of the sales. So a thank-you to everyone who supported us for that.

The last fundraising that I have been doing with Olivia is selling bracelets. They are $3 each. We have ones made of glass beads and ones with wooden beads (for the guys) and they come in blue and green (the colours of the program). We have sold a few already and look forward to selling more.

So a big thank-you again to everyone's support and thank-you for your future support. If you want to support us, give me a message and I can tell you how you can.

Fundscript

So, I really didn't buy too much into this whole Fundscript thing. I thought, ok so I'm only going to make like what $5 from it, too much work for too little earnings! Ok wait let me back up a little bit and explain Fundscript.

Fundscript is a company based out of Quebec. It allows groups to fundraise money through buying gift cards. This seems like an easy enough thing to do, sell gift cards. We then get a percentage of the amount that we sell. So the person who bought the card gets the face value that they want on it and we get the money from the company. So for example, if you wanted $5 in Starbucks (one of the actual people who are in this) then I would place through the order and my account would then be debited. After it is debited and the order is sent through on the Thursday morning/Wednesday night the cards come on the following Tuesday. I would then ask you for the money, give you the giftcard and Fundscript gives me a little extra. So when you look at it this way, it's giving without really giving.

So this was my first time putting through an order. I had made $7.75 for myself off of a $280 order. That's not bad! It's money that I know I would be spending anyways (almost all of the giftcards were for me) and I get a return. Damn this isn't too bad. If I can put in bigger orders through your generous support (remember you don't actually have to part with money you wouldn't be parting with anyways!) and make even more money to help with the $2000 that I have to raise anyways!

We are still in the middle of planning out two other events! I will post more about them as the time comes up that they are going to happen. Thank-you again for your support!

Beyond-my-Borders

So!
The is the first post of the blog. Hello to everyone reading this, I'm no amazing writer or blogger but I will attempt to articulate this journey well enough for you to visualize it. What is this journey you ask? Great question! Well this year I have been accepted to Beyond Borders. Beyond Borders is an international service learning program. There are 12 of us in the program this year, and we are all excited and waiting to see where we are going to be placed. We were accepted this past summer and we are now preparing for the journey. There is so much to learn! I know what you are thinking, "besides what's in a guide book, what is there really to know?" Well the answer is "lots!". There is so much that I have been learning that I did not even fully comprehend before I started this. There are two classes that we take during the school year and then we go off on our placements.

With this amazing opportunity comes a catch! It is not for free (then again, who would expect that it would be?). We had to put down $1400 of our own money and now we have to raise the remaining $2 000. I so far have raised $215! I need to get a kick start on this or else I'm also going to be paying the remaining $2 000 and as a student, that is a lot of money to take on myself. So throughout the course of this blog, you may hear me getting worried that I am not going to make my deadlines or worrying about them. If anyone would like to make a donation you can by credit card! Call 1-519-884-8111 ext 28254 and ask for Rhonda. Make sure to mention that it is for Jacquelyn who is in Beyond Borders. All donations above $10 will get a tax receipt.

I look forward to sharing my journey with you, this should be a good story to follow :)