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Find out how you can become a fundraiser. Organising a fundrasing activity with your friends, family, workplace, school or club is a great way to raise awareness and support Lifeline Energy projects in Africa. Here are just a few stories.

Tom Hanks Day

Six years ago, Tom Hanks fan Kevin Turk invited a small group of friends to his house for a Hanks movie marathon. Through word of mouth, the event grew each year – Kevin said the social networking site Facebook was the key to this year’s success.

Inspired by Tom Hank’s commitment to good causes, Kevin decided to make the day a charity event. Three hundred people gathered to celebrate the 5th Annual Tom Hanks Day and raised almost $1,000 for Lifeline Energy. He raised funds for Lifeline radios by selling souvenir t-shirts and food and by getting prizes donated for a raffle. Kevin already has big ideas for next year, when the event will move to a larger venue.

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Soroptimists - Charity of the Year

We were thrilled to be selected as Charity of the Year by the Soroptimist International of Mansfield & District. They attracted the people of Nottingham to a fashion show at Marks & Spencer, raising over £900 in one evening. A lively Ploughman’s lunch in the summer brought in a further £1,200 and a day of Yoga raised awareness and enough to send 70 Lifeline radios to one of our projects in Africa. A full year of fundraising ended with a quiz night in a local pub bringing the grand total to £4,000.

Light for Light - Student Project

Jeremy Gordon was saddened to read about African children studying at night by weak candle flames. Hearing about the impact renewable lighting could have, Jeremy set out to make a difference. During Hanukah, the 'Festival of Light', he sold glow necklaces and bracelets and expanded his project to local events, ending with his town's 4th of July celebration. Jeremy has already raised more than $400 for lighting in Africa. His next event will be his own Bar Mitzvah, where he hopes guests will make contributions.

Pimms & Pudds

Colin and Vanessa Smith invited their friends for a special ‘Pimms & Puds’ garden party and raised over £815 for Lifeline Energy. Vanessa served the classic British summer drink Pimms alongside a selection of desserts or ‘puddings’. Each guest completed a Gift Aid declaration allowing us to claim an extra 28% of their donation making the total over £1000. That’s almost 30 Lifeline radios. In one afternoon Colin and Vanessa did something that could change the lives of hundreds of children through distance education.

Coffee Conoisseurs Support Coffee Farmers

Our vital partner in the Coffee Lifeline project, Peter Kettler, teamed up with George Krug, owner of Ancora Coffee Roasters to present informal Coffee Lifeline talks in a number of Ancora’s coffeehouses in the US. The company donates $1 for every pound sold of speciality coffee from Rwanda's Southern highlands to the farmer-focused Coffee Lifeline project.

Ancora created a poster to promote the events in their coffeehouses and also invited their network of wholesale customers. Getting a story in the local newspaper was also excellent publicity. One evening 75 people squeezed into an Ancora coffeehouse to hear Peter tell the story of Coffee Lifeline. To date Ancora has donated almost $5,000 and continues to support coffee farmers in Rwanda.

Ian Ramsay - Talks for Lifeline Energy

Rotarian Ian Ramsay tirelessly talks his way around Rotary clubs in the UK raising thousands of pounds to send Lifeline radios to Zambia. Sharing his knowledge and love of Africa, Ian inspires his audiences with stories of how the Lifeline radio has changed lives. Some of the people who hear Ian speak become separate fundraisers for Lifeline Energy, organising their own events and introducing more people to the power of radio in Africa.

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