Share the love of Christ and provide children in need with clean water
Select a Fundraiser
Do you have a mom or dad? How about friends or brothers and sisters? Sure you do, and we bet you have a ton of family and friends who have compassion for those in need. Call them all today and ask them to be part of your campaign, spreading the word to help you save the forgotten little children in the world…
Be Bold! Call everyone you know! When you become a Water4Life Ambassador and raise funds for clean water, you will be changing the world!
Where to Do Fundraising
School
Do you teach? Know a teacher? Do you attend school? Does anyone in your family attend school? If so, get your school involved. You can help save other children by providing access to clean water!
Churches
Get your church involved. You can do this by contacting your church pastor, setting up an event booth, placing an advertisement in your local paper, and organizing a church fundraiser.
Businesses
Talk to your organization and business partners about ways your company can become Water4Life Ambassadors and help save the lives of children around the world.
Gym and other Memberships
Arrange a fundraiser with the owner or with some members. Be creative. Think outside the box!
Fundraising Suggestions
Ideas like the fundraising suggestions shown below are being accomplished every week by young children, teenagers getting together, sports teams, Christian schools, churches and groups of women and/or men.
Let us be the hands and feet of Christ and make a difference in the world in a cause we believe in. Your decision to join us and organize one of these fundraisers will save precious children’s lives in the world by providing them clean, safe drinking water.
Have Fun! Be Creative!
Small Fundraisers
Bake Sales
Car Washes
Lemonade Stands
Pancake Breakfast
Door to Door “Change for Water”
Create a WFLA filter and bucket station at your church
Set up a bucket with a filter and a sign explaining that every 15 seconds a child dies because of contaminated water. Display it at schools and businesses with high-foot traffic. Additionally, you can place a small donation box in small businesses so that people can donate their change. Photos can be provided for your donation box.
Medium Fundraisers
Advertising/fundraising on high traffic business corner > large banner with several buckets/filters to attract people and distribute flyers
Organize a bowling tournament. A bowling tournament can raise more than $10k annually.
Food taste and Rubber Ducky Competition > get nearby restaurants involved, with clowns and face painting for children and sell rubber ducks (1@$10, 3@$25, 20@$100) which people sign to be thrown out in the waves, first ones to hit the sand wins prizes donated by nearby retail stores..this can also be done in a large pool ( a charity just did this in SD and raised $17K )
Participate in a food tasting and Rubber Ducky competition with nearby restaurants. Contact us to find out more and we can assist you.
Fundraising with gift cards can raise a lot of funds. You can find ideas from www.shopwithscrip.com
Organize a water balloon toss or BBQ fundraiser on the beach or in a park to raise money. A dunk tank is also fun.
Miniature golf competitions > can be a lot of fun. Prizes can be offered for highest team scores. Promote it through church, schools, clubs, or your employer.
School fundraisers > talent shows, fashion shows, dances, concerts. Teachers vs. Students: basketball, softball, etc. Parents can sell baked goods and drinks or hold a raffle.
Large Fundraisers
Events such as a 5K run, 10K walk or bike ride can be held on their own or in conjunction with a concert, VIP lunch, and keynote speakers.
Dinner with silent auction, speakers and entertainment > sell tables for eight (8) to businesses or people in your church and have them invite their key customers and friends for donations. .
HANDS-ON AND VISUAL DEMONSTRATIONS WITH YOUR STUDENTS:
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF WALKING FOR WATER
The Walker Demonstration:
Have your students take turns carrying an empty 5 gallon bucket from one side of the playground or field to the other. Next, fill the bucket just halfway with water and have them carry it one way. The students will immediately experience the difference. Then remind them that the children they will be helping to have safe water to drink are currently doing this for 2-3 (sometimes more) miles one way!
The ‘Icky’ Test (The Cause):
Two glass containers are needed, one filled with clean water and the other filled with dirty water (we usually just mix in some dirt from the playground). Talk about the differences and what could happen if they had to drink the dirty water. After they do the next activity, The Marble Visual (The Cause), they should make the connection between the dirty water that takes hours to retrieve every single day (the cause) and the marbles representing children who die (the effect).
The Marble Visual (The Effect): (Over 3,000 precious children die each day from bacteria in contaminated water. That is one child every 15 seconds every day!)
This helps visually demonstrate the amount of children who die from dirty water every 15 seconds. You will need a glass container and marbles. Give each child a marble and every 15 seconds have them drop a marble in the container. After every child puts in a marble, discuss how many children died in that short time. Now do the reverse taking out a marble every 15 seconds. Tell them that is how many lives would be saved. Have a discussion about the importance of clean and safe water to drink.