Your Fundraising GUIDE

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• For a truly unforgettable experience• To have a blast• To do something amazing to help

make a difference to the lives of the 35 Australians diagnosed today with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma.

We’re so happy you’re here and helping the Family Parks family to beat blood cancer with the Leukaemia Foundation.

This guide is packed full of tips, ideas and tools to help you. We’re here with you every step of the way.

So let’s get started…

Let’s GO

get READY

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Sausage size, bake sale, raffle or something else?First things first. Think about when you can do things and what kinds of fundraising may work at your park.

Use your fundraising planner to help, and

remember our team is always here to support

you. Don’t forget:

> World’s Greatest Shave is in March

> Blood Cancer Awareness Month is September > October will be time to Light the Night

Personalise your park's online fundraising pageAdd some personality! Take a photo and then

write something about what you’re doing by using 'Park Tools'. People will read your words

and see your picture every time you share the

link to your page.

It’s all about getting personal – your sponsors

will be more generous if they can see your

smiling face each time they click the link.

Log in and use 'Park Tools' to invite employees, friends and family to join your park's fundraising team. Why not engage with your community and invite local businesses to join too!

Follow the roadmap to make your fundraising a success and, most importantly, heaps of fun!

Your journey starts here!

Sponsor yourselfKick start your fundraising by making a gift to

yourself! It’s a great way to encourage others

to give when you’ve already backed yourself.

If you donate $50, others will feel they can

give $50 too, so be as generous as you can.

Shout it out!Announce your involvment on Facebook to start

creating some buzz. Share the link to your

online Fundraising Page. Post regularly and

give everyone updates on how your fundraising

is going.

Create a Facebook event to get everyone excited. You can share and encourage others to keep donating to reach your goal.

Build your team

Create an event

Thinking of holding a fundraising event and want it to have its own fundraising page? No problem, you can add an event to your team by using the Sign Up button. TIP!

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Put the collection box into actionPut your posters up and leave a collection box

on the counter. Then send a message around

asking people to put in some money. Put a bag

of lollies next to it to tempt them into donating.

Sell, sell, sellWhy not sell Leukaemia Foundation merchandise and donate the profits. Visit our online shop and use discount code FAMILY2018 to get 25% discount and see even more funds going to your fundrasing goal.  

Donations make the best gifts Got a birthday or another celebration coming up? Ask everyone to make a donation instead of buying a gift.

Get baking or sizzlingAn oldie but a goodie! Bake heaps of delicious treats and sell them at your park, or hold a BBQ and ask for a donation to enjoy lunch. Easy!

Raffle itOrganise a raffle! Talk to people in your local

community and see if they’ll donate a prize.

Places like your local café might donate a

voucher for breakfast, or the nearest cinema

might donate movies passes. It could be as

simple as putting together a basket full of treats

you’ve baked at home.

Easy events to boost cashIdeas for mini-events include hosting an

afternoon tea with delicious delicacies, running a quiz night, or having a party for the

AFL grand final. Why not celebrate this year’s Commonwealth Games by having a family-focused sports day with a small entry fee.

Or you could run sweeps for the Melbourne Cup

Donate your tipsThe contents of the tip jar can go towards your fundraising total - it's such an easy way to add to your total.

Clean upWhy not donate the money from one of your on-site washing machines? We have an easy-peel sticker to help you get started.

Fundraisers who ask for a specific amount

raise nearly twice as much as those who ask

generally. People will be more generous if they

understand the impact their donation will make

to Aussie families.

$30 can give families a tailored information pack

to help them face their blood cancer challenge

$53 means the Leukaemia Foundation can visit

someone in hospital to help them overcome their

fears about treatment

$64 can help someone learn about their cancer

and have a better quality of life

$80 can give a regional family a home for a night

to reduce the financial burden of city treatment

$120 can support a blood cancer research

project for a day through a PhD scholarship grant

Get Fundraising

DID YOU KNOW

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Your support makes all the difference for MelenaWith your help the Leukaemia Foundation can give families like Melena’s the emotional and practical support they need.

When 37-year-old mum Melena Roughana was

diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, she

had just moved into her dream home with her

husband and two young children.

She put her persistent tiredness down to being

a busy wife and mum. Until a lump appeared on

the side of her neck.

The doctor had never seen such a large

mass before and Melena was rushed

to the emergency department to have

urgent treatment.

Melena’s cancer was so aggressive

she had to undergo over 100 hours of

straight chemotherapy.

“I would have chemo running through me day

and night, night and day, it would come to the

bathroom with me, it would walk down the halls

with me, chemo was everywhere,” she said.

Melena and her family lived five hours away

from the nearest treatment hospital.

“How could I fight for my life, if I didn’t know

where we would live?”

Thankfully Melena, her husband James, and

two girls, Savannah and Avangalena were

able to stay free-of-charge at one of our

accommodation villages while she received

life-saving treatment.

“I couldn’t believe there was such an amazing

facility available to me and my family, at the

saddest and most confusing time in my life.

The staff were so kind giving me a home-away-

from-home for however long I would need it.”

I was able to have my children

with me. This gave me great

comfort in a time when I was

completely lost.

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The money you raise is the reason we can continue to fund some of Australia’s most important and exciting blood cancer research.

Researchers like Professor Mark Dawson and

Associate Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson from the

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne

who have developed a world-first liquid biopsy

test that will mean more effective treatment and

less invasive tests for people with blood cancer.

The test has the potential to reduce painful and

invasive biopsies, replaced by a blood test which

monitors the blood for tiny fragments of DNA

released from cancer cells.

It will give doctors regular and precise insights

into a person’s blood cancer, allowing for more

personalised targeted therapies.

“We realise our responsibility in using community

donations to develop new and improved ways

to diagnose, monitor and treat cancer,” said

Professor Dawson.

YOU’RE HELPING FUND THE NEXT RESEARCH

Pay in your money

Got some cash? Use your fundraising dashboard to pay in your hard earned dollars and keep your fundraising total up to date. Here is how!

Put it on your own plastic!Login and use the 'Park Tools' to Pay-In Funds you’ve received. You can display their donation on your page and pay it with your own credit card. Easy!

Direct deposit using BPAY®

We’ve sent you a unique BPAY biller code and reference number – it’s at the bottom of the letter that came with this kit.

At the bank Collect your cash and cheques and take them

to any branch of the NAB – Call us for the

account details.

Send us a chequeMail us a cheque made out to:

Leukaemia Foundation

GPO Box 9954

IN YOUR CAPITAL CITY

Don't forget to personally thank everyone who donates along the way! It makes such a difference.

TIP!