A SENSE OF FUN, MAGIC AND ADVENTURE

What do you do when dirty industry wants to invade your region and a politician’s son is to profit …. while your beautiful land’s water will get polluted for the rest of your life?

Spirit makes all the difference

Remember this energy for mobilization and for cultivating good spirit during gatherings.

Who wants to go to boring blahblahblah with frustrated people?

People complain about poverty in the world and demand that governments invest more. But why wait and learn nothing, if you can do it yourself and have a great time?

Put the FUN into FUNdraising

Meet FUNdraising Champs

LEMONAID WARRIORS

It started … 

when Lulu heard of African communities in need of a well to have clean, safe drinking water. Instead of setting up a lemonAID stand by herself, she called out “WATER WAR! Girls against boys! Who raises more funds for water wells in Africa?” and 400 lemonAID stands popped up from coast to coast generating 1000s of dollars in a whiffy.

Next was a Water March on her birthday. 

She and her friends had so much FUN that they decided to dream up more actions for their favorite causes!

They founded their own organization.

LEMONAID WARRIORS

My favorite childhood memory is visiting my first Philanthroparty, a can carnival! To get in, you had to bring cans to donate to the food bank.

At the event, we played many games related to cans, like a can stacking game or “can-can competition”. It was the first time that I was able to see the impact that the youth can have on our community and the world.

While I was only in Kindergarten, this passion for activism continues to guide my decisions in life to this day.

Madi, 10

Over the years, they have developed dozens of formats aligned with all sorts of causes and occasions; with their trove of creative actions, one can easily organize year-round fireworks of charitable action with new activities every week, from home to school and town squares.

Preparation is part of the Party experience.

Visits to recipients add to the adventure.

So do media appearances, events, encounters and awards.

DOLLARS FOR HIGH IMPACT CAUSES

If my generation is to face the great challenges we are about to inherit, service needs to be a bigger part of our education. While we are the future, we need to start acting now, rather than waiting until it is too late.

Children and young people are capable of accomplishing enormous tangible good!

But ideally, our schools and our entire society would also be on board.

Does this look like FUN to join, to see at school, at farmer’s markets, in your city’s streets?

In the Crash Course, we look at plenty of activities, causes and party formats that LemonAID Warriors use and bubbly youth and adults everywhere can use to activate their friends and communities, schools and workplaces to raise big amounts of funds and goods, while generating plenty of vivid photos to share on social and news media to boost reach, and more contributions and more fun … YAY!

In short …

Stop being boring.

START BEING AWESOME.

Essential Insight #4

FUNdraising and Philanthro-Parties

with a dose of fun, magic and adventure

  • raise big funds
  • with fun
  • for all generations
  • build community
  • generate vibrant photos
  • generate invitations to schools

which makes it a more powerful tool for changemakers than people imagine!

A BIG LESSON for all changemakers

Imagine an socio-environmental youth organization with 300 crews in many countries. 

  • for their summer training camp, they seek to raise $30,000€
  • if each crew does a $100€ bake and lemonAID sale; how much money to their raise?
  • how long does it take them to do this? 1 day at school

Here are additional effects

  • add a flyer on your causes and the people will learn of your causes, too
  • WHILE buying a yummy cake, lemonAID, green smoothie or vegan delight
  • which also educates them on v egan stuff, especially if you add a flyer and linklist to best recipe videos
  • uplifting conversations
  • it grows friendly supportive community
  • it grows the team
  • it grows contributions, tips, demand, invitations, allies, partners
  • it generates 100s of vibrant photos of youth campaigners in merry conversation with adult and youth public
  • growing reach, community and media presence

all of which contribute to the cause. By adding cake, lemonAID and a smile.

Also apparently “off-topic” Philanthro-Parties generate this effect

  • book drives
  • LEGO drives
  • and people will love you even more for it; also those that only saw you as a nasty political activist. 

Hmmmm. And aren’t those things needed for a good world, too? And don’t eco-social campaigners have TIME for that in between their other stuff and the … talking talking talking? Yes they do. 

THE BIG REVELATION :

  1. You can combine earning money with informing on important causes
  2. You can combine informing on important causes while earning money
  3. This grows the benevolent audience that frequents your stand
  4. IF YOU bliss ALL people, not just a small political segment of society
  5. IF YOU reward their financial contribution with something UPLIFTING
  6. IF YOU include the SENSUAL, not only the brainy
  7. IF YOU focus on the positive, not only on suffering and fear of loss
  8. IF their contributions make immediate tangible impact 
  9. IF YOU are in good mood, focus on the positive – like Lulu and LemonAID Warriors
  10. IF YOU add a dose of fun, magic and adventure – Philanthro-Party style

Eco-social activism changemakers that only do advocacy underperform. Only calling for donations online, while they can generate enormous sums themselves onsite means underperfoming. Onsite, you can even generate that money faster, in just one day! It also an fun active occasion to bring all teams together around the planet.

You can time this for a UN Theme Day, like water, or family, or youth skills, or for a festive season. 

Timing all 300 teams for the same week

  • generates big energy, /more than for a common protest generating the same lukewarm photos and little effect
  • creates 100s of uplifting photos
  • strengthens a bond among the 300 crews
  • makes it a big happening – a Philantro-PARTY!
  • with celebration of a collective achievement : $30,000€ for the summer camp training
  • This makes all 300 teams on 6 continents feel part of the summer camp training (and not just the few people that participate)
  • This is an important experience of sovereignity and independence from government etc funds that come with corsets, paperwork, distress because only between 2% and 10% for funding applications are successful, and the other 90% to 98% lose out, wasted time and sat idle waiting waiting for the jackpot!

You notice that this is GOLD and simple.

That’s part of our goal with our #BeMoreAwesome program for youth age 8 to 18 with student clubs at school etc.

For now take a breath, feel your HAPPY HEART and then we look at charity champs doing DEVELOPMENT!

A LITTLE PAUSE #2