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Weighty Matters Blog: Junk Food Fundraisers Shouldn't be Required

We love following the Weighty Matters blog where Ottawa-based physician, professor, and author, Yoni Freedhoff, takes a look at nutrition, health, diet, science, fitness, and other excellent health advice and interesting musings. One of the topics that has been regularly highlighted on the blog are the various junk food fundraisers that are often promoted, ironically, in conjunction with ostensibly healthy activities.

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The Ideal Program for Successful Sports Fundraising

As a parent, it’s normal to wish your children to develop through sport. Exchanging, working together, sharing... so many values around a common passion. But at some point you have to face the fact that this passion for sports comes with a cost. In many cases, you’ll consider obvious expenses such as equipment or registration fees. But there are also training camps, tournaments, travels, fuel and meal expenses. A family can easily spend more than $5,000 a year to support their children's activities. What solutions can you adopt to support your children through sport, while controlling your budget?

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How Facebook Can Help You With Your Fundraising Campaign

Nowadays, most people have an account on the most popular social media platform, Facebook. Even though it's amusing to like and share cat videos, Facebook also has an amazing potential for businesses and organizations, by helping them to reach out to their actual clients, fans, or supporters, and potential ones as well. It’s also true that this social network can be an excellent channel to promote your group’s activities, such as your fundraising campaigns. Here are 4 ways to use Facebook to help you with your fundraising campaign.

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Plan Your Gifts to Give You Peace of Mind

More and more, gift cards are making the holiday season and birthdays easier. No need to struggle to find the perfect present among all the gadgets around us! Leaving the choice to his or her loved one to find something useful they like, lifts the burden of researching, and potential disappointment. Now imagine if you could plan all your gifts in advance? How? Start by making a list of events that you could celebrate with a gift card!

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