Campaign Wrap Up: How to Put a Bow on it

For some of you, the time has come to gather all of your Shinerama threads together into one beautiful tapestry.  You've focused on being involved and raising a ton of money for a cause you may not have known much about a year ago but to which you've since shown tremendous dedication.

Once Shine Day is done, it isn’t *quite* the end of the road just yet. Let’s review the steps you need to complete in order to leave a beautiful legacy for your school and the lucky students who become a part of organizing Shinerama next year.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Shinerama Planners: (AKA) Planning a Logical Shine Day

Howdy, Shinerama lovers extraordinaire! Hopefully this blog post finds you well. At the very least, hopefully this blog post finds you on the edge of your seat, tapping your foot, reading anxiously to discover the 7 Habits. The thought of your energy and enthusiasm to read this post energizes and enthuses me… and I want to get to these 7 “crafty” points, however I rarely ‘drop knowledge’ without giving a little bit of background information with a philosophical twist. Prepare to be educated.

University of Victoria Shinerama Volunteers 2011

Check Your Local Listings

Shinerama is an awesome event that brings in vital funds for supporting Cystic Fibrosis Canada’s efforts to further quality CF research and care. We know how very important this is, but there’s another great benefit to Shinerama.  It gets students involved in the community, and the community involved in Shinerama.

Shinerama volunteers from MTA at a community Canada Day BBQ in Sackville, NB

This might be easy to shrug off if you’ve never thought much of volunteering before, or simply haven’t been in a position to have the opportunity.  But as every Shinerama veteran can tell you, once you’ve been bitten by the Shine bug, it just feels right to be involved!  You experience the joy of making new friends, helping connect with your community, and knowing deep down that what you’re doing is making a difference in a real person’s life.  The grown-up words for these wonderful things are philanthropy and civic engagement.  Hit the jump to read more!

Shinerama Updates from McMaster University!

From McMaster Campaign Coordinator Alyscia McMullin:

"So here is what is happening at McMaster! Towards the end of June the McMaster Student Union held their annual golf tournament known as the McMasters. Last year was the first year they partnered with Shinerama, and this year we partnered again and were able to raise around $5000!! It was a great day of fun in the sun, and then we came back to 1280 the on-campus bar for a lovely steak dinner as well as a raffle table put together by me and my Shine Team.

As for other summer events, our on-campus society known as the SOCS went to the Pride walk and raised around $700. As well, a few of our other faculties have been going to Hess Street and doing bar blitzes on the weekend. I don't have any photos right now, but when I get them I will send them along. At this point with online donations as well as cash we are sitting around the $10,000 mark for funds raised so far!!
 
In August we are looking forward to the faculty of Kinesiology holding their charity volleyball tournament for Shinerama."
 
This is a great example of how you can use summer to roll out some powerhouse fundraising events! Keep up the awesome work McMaster!

Canada Day Weekend Stiletto Stampede by The University of New Brunswick, Saint John

Read on to see more about the results of the Stiletto Stampede!

Shinerama.ca is LIVE!

2011 Shine Day Opening Ceremonies at Saint Mary's University, Halifax NS

Want to know what it takes to be an online fundraising guru? Check out our 6 Steps and you’ll be one in no time! 

Keeping Your Committee Motivated ALL SUMMER LONG!

 

I wanted to write this post because I truly feel that setting up a solid committee makes your experience as a Shinerama coordinator easier and much more enjoyable. As a Shinerama leader, delegation will become your most important responsibility! Section 3 of your resource manual will give you all sorts of hints on how to recruit volunteers and how to organize your committee. But how do you make them stick around and continue to help out? Check out my four tips to a shinier, more motivated committee! 

Welcome to Shinerama 2012!

Welcome to Shinerama 2012! 

Our Shinerama Blog will serve as a great source for all things Shinerama and Cystic Fibrosis Canada related over the course of our 2012 campaign.  As Chair I get the chance to break the ice and be the first to post to our blog (perks of the job).  Apart from a big welcome to all of you, I would take the first blog post to introduce myself and tell you my Shinerama story. Hit the jump to hear all about it!