Our first fundraising project was simple: we went around house-to-house in the Bandar Utama area, looking for odd jobs and collecting old newspapers to raise funds. Though most of our funds that day came from donations, we managed to get a few people to let us wash their cars. Our hard work paid off as we managed to collect a substantial amount of newspapers as well as money. This project also paved the way for Team Charlie’s next fundraising mission: a Jumble Sale.
Us washing our very first car of the day. 4D anyone?
Honest paid labour always manages to bring a smile to everyone’s faces.
It was inspiring to see how dedicated and hardworking everyone (well almost) was.
All in all, not bad for a day’s work.
Charlie Fundraising Phase Two – Jumble Sale I
Junk Collection
Spurred by the success of our first fundraising and inspired by the willingness of people to give us their unwanted items, we at Team Charlie set sights on organizing the next fundraising project – a jumble sale. Desperate pleas were sent out to family, friends, as well as the
Hey, we even managed to get an organ.
Thanks to all the kind-hearted good Samaritans out there, we managed to collect a considerable amount of junk. The next task obviously, was to sort it. Sorting out junk for a jumble sale is no mean feat, it took seven people a full day to finish sorting. The upside is the many hidden “treasures” you come across which never fail to surprise you.
Sometimes, you just may find that particular handbag you’ve been looking for.
Dig deep enough and you’ll end up with something good. Cool beachwear for instance.
Junk Selling
Finally after all those preparations, it was time for us to sell our junk. Our venue was the Mont’Kiara flea market, where we booked a stall for two weeks in a row.
We sold clothes.
We sold books.
We sold shoes and bags.
We even sold items that are a bit to the “exotic” side.
Most of the times, our efforts paid off.
Selling from morning to late afternoon, we managed to raise quite a bit of money for our SOS project, while having a lot of fun in the process. Whoever knew that jumble sales could be so fun?
At the end of the day however, it was time to unwind and release some stress.
No one would have thought that see-saws would make for such good photo opportunities.
Charlie Fundraising Phase Three – Jumble Sale II
With one successful jumble sale already under our belt, we were even more determined to make the second one work out as well. This time around, our focus was in getting rid of our items, not trying to make as high a profit as possible.
So determined were we to get rid of our junk, we even sold items that we had become attached to over the past week.
And like the sign says, Everything Must Go!
Some of the
At the end of it all, we managed to fundraise the amount needed to sponsor our trip down to the SOS Research Station, which we have scheduled for the 22nd to 24th of January 2008. We even managed to raise additional funds which we are going to donate to prospective February 08 Venturers. It took a lot of effort and was tiring at times, but in the process, we had a lot of fun and grew that much closer to one another. Plus, we learnt so much from our fundraising, now isn’t that what
Ubi.
Team Charlie
