Thursday, December 12, 2013

Fundraising Tips



I know this is difficult since we are not a "Non Profit." But here are some ideas that you can use to raise money for your groups to order t shirts, food and drinks, Lyme materials, microphones, equipment or anything that you may need for your awareness event. We will be contacting different Lyme organizations to see if anyone will collect donations for us. I'll update this when we have an official donation link we can use. 

Sell Customized Worldwide Lyme Awareness Bracelets
For personalized bracelets go to: 


Bake Sales or Rummage Sales
This is a great way to raise funds for your local awareness events. We are not a  non profit so you have the sale and just keep the money for the event you are planning. 

Fundraising Sites

If you would like to set up a private fundraising site for you state event, please do. The WWLAP will not be responsible for any moneys however.We are not a non profit, so you will have to write this is YOUR event and you are in control of the money. That you are raising money to donate to the WWLAP.

Start a Zazzle Store

You can create your own products or your own store on Zazzle. You earn a certain percentage of everything that sells. It's free to make products and they do all the shipping for you! Feel free to design a shirt for you awareness event you are planning and then donate all the funds you earn back into your event. I did this with Worldwide tshirts last year and got about $100 to spend back on the events I was working on. Plus that helps with giving everyone a tshirt so they have a souvenir from the event. All we ask is that you use the term :Worldwide or WWLDAP  on the shirt somewhere.


Here are some fundraising ideas where you sell products to raise money.

Fridge Frame Magnet Fundraiser


How it Works

  1. Request Fundraising Brochures to be mailed to you, or download an order form right away!
  2. Take orders with the order forms.
  3. Place your order.
  4. Receive your magnetic Fridge Frames in 2 to 7 business days.
  5. Distribute the orders to your supporters and keep all profit!
To see further instructions on how to purchase and sell these refrigerator magnets click on this link. Scroll to bottom of page to see customer reviews on how their fundraisers turned out.

101 Ways to Fundraise

Random tips on fundraising.

Give an Awareness Item for a donation

You can buy these items in bulk for pretty cheap then resell to raise funds.


Joe Corbi’s Fundraising~ Sell pizza kits, cookie dough, or other foods



See’s Candies


Little Ceasar’s Pizza Kits


Raffle Ideas: Fundraising Raffle Prize Ideas Under $50


101 Silent Auction Basket Ideas


Coasters For A Cause


Pampered Chef



Yankee Candles


Cookie Dough Fundraiser


Earth Candle Fundraiser


Lollipop Fundraiser

     

 

 Smencils Fundraiser

 

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Samantha's Annual Lyme Life Awareness "Green Light" Campaign

Samantha's Annual Lyme Life Awareness "Green Light" Campaign


Where: everywhere!
When: All through May. This will be the third year in a row for the green light campaign! It's simple and everyone can do this with us. Just buy a green bulb at your local hardware store and change your porch light!

Ribbons Across America Campaign

Where: Everywhere!
When: All through May
S-L-A-M.org started a campaign several years ago. Each May, people hang up lime green ribbons wherever they can. You can tie them on your porch, your mail box, get permission from your town to tie them on phone polls... anywhere that will bring attention to Lyme Disease. So this May, get ready to do it again. 

Online Twitter/Pinterest/Google/Facebook WWLDAP 2014 Campaign



We know that not all Lyme friends can show up at events such as protests and rallies. So we wanted to do an online campaign to help spread awareness too as part of the WWLDAP 2014. What this campaign is asking you to do is simply tweet, facebook, pin, or Google Plus a Lyme awareness message on the weekend of May 16 - 18. Here are some examples of what messages we would like to spread across the web. Feel free to come up with your own and add them down below in the comment section too.

Messages to Post

1. Please help spread Lyme Disease Awareness by attending the Worldwide Lyme Disease Awareness Protest May 16 - 18 in your state. http://wwldap2014.blogspot.com/p/state-events.html

2. Lyme Disease is not easily diagnosed or treated. It can be a Chronic debilitating condition that lingers for years if not lifetime.

3. Please help us find a cure for Lyme Disease. 

4. Educate yourself about Lyme Disease. Ticks are now in every state. http://whatislyme.com/

5. It's tick season, please check yourself and your kids when you come in from outdoors. http://lisaschultzhilton.blogspot.com/p/tick-pics-rashes-and-charts.html

6. Time to end the controversy, Lyme Disease is real and pandemic. Look at the science. http://whatislyme.com/research-links/

7. Lyme Disease is pandemic, in almost every country and in every state. http://worldwidelymediseaseprotestus.blogspot.com/

8. Dogs get long term treatment for Lyme Disease, why can't humans? http://whatislyme.com/if-veterinarians-treat-lyme-disease-long-term-why-dont-doctors/

Here are some celebrity accounts
Celebrities
Candice Accola- https://twitter.com/CandiceAccola Website: http://www.facebook.com/thevampirediaries
Ben Stiller- Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedHourBen
Ed Bassmaster- Twitter: https://twitter.com/edbassmaster
Erin Brockovich- Twitter: https://twitter.com/erinbrockovich1
Debbie Morgan- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DebbiMorgan Website: http://DebbiMorgan.org/
Dr Drew- Twitter: https://twitter.com/drdrew Website: drdrew.com
Dr Oz- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrOz Website: http://www.doctoroz.com
Dr Phil- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrPhil Website: http://www.drphil.com/
Dr Sanjay Gupta Twitter: https://twitter.com/drsanjaygupta Website: http://cnn.com/sanjay
Ian Somerhalder- https://twitter.com/iansomerhalder
Jimmy Kimmel- Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel 
Joanna Kerns- Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoannaKerns
Johnny Depp- https://twitter.com/J0HNNYDepp ( I don't think the real Johnny but still has lots of followers)
JR Martinez- Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamjrmartinez Website: http://jrmartinez.com
Michael Moore- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMFlint Website: http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Neil Patrick Harris- https://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH
Nina Dubrev- https://twitter.com/ninadobrev Website: http://ninadobrev.com
Steve Martin- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveMartinToGo Website: http://www.stevemartin.com/
Rosie O'Donnell- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rosie Website: http://rosie.com
Taylor Swift- https://twitter.com/taylorswift13
Thalia- Twitter: https://twitter.com/thalia
Yolanda Foster- Twitter: https://twitter.com/YolandaHFoster Websites: http://yolanda.com


News
Bill Maher- Twitter: https://twitter.com/billmaher Website: http://www.billmaher.com/
Brooke Landau- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrookeLandauSD6
CNN- Twitter- https://twitter.com/CNN Website: http://www.cnn.com
Huffington Post- https://twitter.com/HuffingtonPost Website: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Jack Gray (producer of Anderson's Cooper Show) twitter: https://twitter.com/jackgraycnn
Jane Vellez-Mitchell- https://twitter.com/jvelezmitchell website: http://www.HLNtv.com/Jane
Katie Couric- https://twitter.com/katiecouric
Nancy Grace- Twitter: https://twitter.com/NancyGraceHLN Website: http://HLNtv.com/NancyGrace
New York Times- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytimes Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

Authors
Amy Tan- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmyTanWriter Website: http://amytanauthor.com
Pamela Wientrub- Twitter: https://twitter.com/pam3001

Lyme Organizations
Canlyme- Twitter: https://twitter.com/CanLyme Website: http://www.canlyme.com
ILADS- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ilads_lyme Website:  http://www.ilads.org
LDA- Twitter: https://twitter.com/LymeDiseaseLDA Website: http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org
NatCapLyme- Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatCapLyme Website: http://www.natcaplyme.org
Public Health Alert-Twitter: https://twitter.com/PHAlert Website: publichealthalert.org
TBDA- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBDAlliance Website: http://www.tbdalliance.org
Under Our Skin- Twitter: https://twitter.com/underourskin Website: http://www.underourskin.com

Letters for Lyme



Letters for Lyme's premise is very simple. Many people in the Lyme community are simply too sick to be able to go to protests, rallies and other events, but that doesn't mean they don't want to make a contribution to the cause.

So we provide participants with a form letter that you can simply just read through, sign and mail/email to any of the multiple contacts we have listed on this site- as few or as many as you'd like!



Right now you can write to these following people to let them know about the Worldwide Lyme Disease Awareness Protest or send them a copy of the letter linked above.

Celebrities
Charitable Organizations
Health Organizations
National Government
News Stations
Print/Media
State Government

Media Contacts by State


Click Here for List of Celebrities with Lyme Diseaese

Celebrities
Candice Accola- https://twitter.com/CandiceAccola Website: http://www.facebook.com/thevampirediaries
Ben Stiller- Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedHourBen
Ed Bassmaster- Twitter: https://twitter.com/edbassmaster
Erin Brockovich- Twitter: https://twitter.com/erinbrockovich1
Debbie Morgan- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DebbiMorgan Website: http://DebbiMorgan.org/
Dr Drew- Twitter: https://twitter.com/drdrew Website: drdrew.com
Dr Oz- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrOz Website: http://www.doctoroz.com
Dr Phil- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrPhil Website: http://www.drphil.com/
Dr Sanjay Gupta Twitter: https://twitter.com/drsanjaygupta Website: http://cnn.com/sanjay
Ian Somerhalder- https://twitter.com/iansomerhalder
Jimmy Kimmel- Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel 
Joanna Kerns- Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoannaKerns
Johnny Depp- https://twitter.com/J0HNNYDepp ( I don't think the real Johnny but still has lots of followers)
JR Martinez- Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamjrmartinez Website: http://jrmartinez.com
Michael Moore- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMFlint Website: http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Neil Patrick Harris- https://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH
Nina Dubrev- https://twitter.com/ninadobrev Website: http://ninadobrev.com
Steve Martin- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveMartinToGo Website: http://www.stevemartin.com/
Rosie O'Donnell- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rosie Website: http://rosie.com
Taylor Swift- https://twitter.com/taylorswift13
Thalia- Twitter: https://twitter.com/thalia
Yolanda Foster- Twitter: https://twitter.com/YolandaHFoster Websites: http://yolanda.com


News
Bill Maher- Twitter: https://twitter.com/billmaher Website: http://www.billmaher.com/
Brooke Landau- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrookeLandauSD6
CNN- Twitter- https://twitter.com/CNN Website: http://www.cnn.com
Huffington Post- https://twitter.com/HuffingtonPost Website: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Jack Gray (producer of Anderson's Cooper Show) twitter: https://twitter.com/jackgraycnn
Jane Vellez-Mitchell- https://twitter.com/jvelezmitchell website: http://www.HLNtv.com/Jane
Katie Couric- https://twitter.com/katiecouric
Nancy Grace- Twitter: https://twitter.com/NancyGraceHLN Website: http://HLNtv.com/NancyGrace
New York Times- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytimes Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

Authors
Amy Tan- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmyTanWriter Website: http://amytanauthor.com
Pamela Wientrub- Twitter: https://twitter.com/pam3001

Lyme Organizations
Canlyme- Twitter: https://twitter.com/CanLyme Website: http://www.canlyme.com
ILADS- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ilads_lyme Website:  http://www.ilads.org
LDA- Twitter: https://twitter.com/LymeDiseaseLDA Website: http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org
NatCapLyme- Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatCapLyme Website: http://www.natcaplyme.org
Public Health Alert-Twitter: https://twitter.com/PHAlert Website: publichealthalert.org
TBDA- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBDAlliance Website: http://www.tbdalliance.org
Under Our Skin- Twitter: https://twitter.com/underourskin Website: http://www.underourskin.com

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