34. Sign Up Your Company/School
Ask your company or school to host fund-raising events, such as raffles or
craft sales, using co-workers or other students for volunteer assistance, and
donate the proceeds to nonprofit organizations that aid the homeless.
You can also ask your company or school to match whatever funds you and your
co-workers or friends can raise or are willing to donate for causes to help the
homeless. (Be sure to have prepared concrete suggestions for how to raise funds,
a specific list of organizations to donate them to, and exactly how funds are
allocated.)
If you work for a large company or organization -- or if your parents and
friends do -- approach the management to contribute to local or national
charities. (See the back of this book for a list of organizations ) Often a
"matching grant" works best -- the employers agree to donate (up to a certain
limit) a dollar for every dollar any individual employee contributes.
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The Homeless - Overview