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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink is the color that denotes breast cancer awareness and research.

Last year, Matthew Oliphant, the webmaster of PinkforOctober.org started an initiative asking other webmasters to “Go Pink for October” by either changing the color scheme of their websites to pink or by adding a pink banner to their website.

To find out more about breast cancer awareness month and to help raise money for breast cancer research visit my WorldVillage fundraising blog and PinkForOctober.org

I have made a banner that webmasters can place on their websites. Feel free to copy the above banner and use it to Go Pink for October.

Holding a fundraiser at a restaurant in your community is a great way to earn money for your school or nonprofit organization. This type of fundraiser appeals to families because they get to eat out and socialize while helping raise money for your cause. The restaurants appreciate the extra business and the potential for repeat customers. And your organization can earn several hundred dollars in one evening.

There are a couple of ways to hold a restaurant, or dining out, fundraiser. Most of the major restaurant and food franchises such as McDonald’s, Applebee’s, and Ben and Jerry’s already have programs and policies in place for their restaurant fundraisers.

Read the rest of the article on the World Village Fundraising blog.

What is the Great American Bake Sale?

Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale is a national campaign where participants host their own bake sale anywhere in the U.S. from May 19 - August 31 and send their proceeds to Share Our Strength to help organizations in their community end childhood hunger.

Visit http://www.strength.org for more information.