Wednesday 16 October 2013
Motivation
Website!
The website is now "finished" (only missing a link to a paypal account so people can actually donate ... but pfft who needs that anyways, right? Just kidding, I'll have that done as soon as I can). For now, it explains our mission and who we are!
Here is the link: http://baher1997.wix.com/missiontrip
Here is the link: http://baher1997.wix.com/missiontrip
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
My passion project is raising $10,000 (yikes) for a mission trip to Africa in May. Ambitious, yes, but in all honesty, I really don't expect to raise that much. My rationale was that if my goal is low, and I achieve it, I'll most probably just stop there, feeling satisfied. So anyways, here we go...
Well, we're two weeks in, and I've raised a grand total of ... wait for it ... (can I get a drum roll please?) ... ZERO dollars. Yes, $0. Zerooooooooooo (I mean I guess its only 3 more zero's and a 1 away from my goal, that's not bad, right?). The problem is actually getting started. I have ideas of what I want to do but every time I actually get close to starting, excuse after excuse pops up. One of the biggest ones is that we still haven't decided where the mission trip will be yet. At first, we thought Kenya was the place to go, but after talking to some people it became obvious that 1: Kenya may not be safe at the moment, and 2: Kenya already has so many organizations working there, and other places would benefit more from a mission trip. So my excuse is this: how can I tell people to donate to a mission trip that hasn't even been booked yet? Technically, till now, it's theoretical, so why would anyone actually donate? It would obviously be more ideal to tell them where the mission trip is to, and who their money is going to affect. Nonetheless, I do know that if I organized, say, a bake sale, people would donate money anyways. Really, that one excuse is all my excuses, but my excuses stem from my shyness.
I'm too shy to actually get started, so I find excuses. I've always been shy when talking to strangers and quite awkward at times too. I'm worried that I won't be able to say anything when people ask questions. I could barely sell 30 boxes of chocolate almonds without the help of my cousin, so how am I going to raise $10,000? My solution is to recruit friends, and recruit them fast. I've got about 3 people who said they'd be willing to help, which is awesome and encouraging. This week, I actually hope to get started. I feel like once I've started, it'll be much easier to keep it up, so here we go, I guess. My first, simple idea is to make a website for donations and also explaining the mission trip (gee, wouldn't it be nice the know where we're going...) and asking people for any small (or big) donations.
P.s. If you have ANY ideas for good fundraising events/techniques, PLEAAAASSSEEE comment them :) Also, if you want to help out (DO IT) let me know! Thanks!!
Well, we're two weeks in, and I've raised a grand total of ... wait for it ... (can I get a drum roll please?) ... ZERO dollars. Yes, $0. Zerooooooooooo (I mean I guess its only 3 more zero's and a 1 away from my goal, that's not bad, right?). The problem is actually getting started. I have ideas of what I want to do but every time I actually get close to starting, excuse after excuse pops up. One of the biggest ones is that we still haven't decided where the mission trip will be yet. At first, we thought Kenya was the place to go, but after talking to some people it became obvious that 1: Kenya may not be safe at the moment, and 2: Kenya already has so many organizations working there, and other places would benefit more from a mission trip. So my excuse is this: how can I tell people to donate to a mission trip that hasn't even been booked yet? Technically, till now, it's theoretical, so why would anyone actually donate? It would obviously be more ideal to tell them where the mission trip is to, and who their money is going to affect. Nonetheless, I do know that if I organized, say, a bake sale, people would donate money anyways. Really, that one excuse is all my excuses, but my excuses stem from my shyness.
I'm too shy to actually get started, so I find excuses. I've always been shy when talking to strangers and quite awkward at times too. I'm worried that I won't be able to say anything when people ask questions. I could barely sell 30 boxes of chocolate almonds without the help of my cousin, so how am I going to raise $10,000? My solution is to recruit friends, and recruit them fast. I've got about 3 people who said they'd be willing to help, which is awesome and encouraging. This week, I actually hope to get started. I feel like once I've started, it'll be much easier to keep it up, so here we go, I guess. My first, simple idea is to make a website for donations and also explaining the mission trip (gee, wouldn't it be nice the know where we're going...) and asking people for any small (or big) donations.
P.s. If you have ANY ideas for good fundraising events/techniques, PLEAAAASSSEEE comment them :) Also, if you want to help out (DO IT) let me know! Thanks!!
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