Getting Help From the Fundraising Pro's

Don’t Let it Happen to You…

The sun rises on Shine Day. You’ve planned and planned. Your shine army is recruited and well-armed, running for the front lines with energy, soooo many stickers, shine kits, and donation boxes aplenty.  You, er, thought you were ready…

But wait! You don’t have enough cars to get them to the shine sites! Who will help count all the change when every shiner is out trolling the streets? And most critical of all, who will help you feed this hungry mass of shiners when they come running in from a fun, exhausting day of shining!?!?!

Don’t despair! Kin Canada and Cystic Fibrosis Canada chapters are there!

Read on to find out how to take advantage of these invaluable resources!

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 Regional Conferences

It's that time of year - Shinerama Regional Conferences are fast approaching!

Ontario & Quebec: July 13-14^th, Waterloo

Registration deadline: July 4^th

Atlantic: July 20-22^nd, Halifax

Registration deadline: July 6^th

British Columbia & Alberta: July 21^st, Vancouver

Saskatchewan & Manitoba: July 28^th, Edmonton

A little afternoon refreshment at Brock Shinerama 2010

Read on for more exciting details about Regional Conferences!

Secrets to Success: Secondary Fundraisers

What’s the best way to drum up summer Shine dollars?? Secondary Fundraisers!

Everyone knows it is MUCH easier to reach your grand goal when you break it up into reasonable chunks.  This is where Secondary Fundraisers come in – they have the power to make or break your campaign!

Saint Mary's University Football Team at a Carwash Secondary Fundraiser 2011

Read on for all the details of how you can make 

Secondary Fundraisers work for you!

Mount Allison University heats up with Summer Shinerama Activities

The MTA crew all finished a successful bottle drive!

MTA Shinerama has had a busy month of June and we wanted to share some of their exciting activities with everyone. The Shine Squad, their summer committee, kicked off with a successful bottle drive and a pub crawl. Shiners have been busy doing lots of grocery bagging and online fundraising with 4 teams already on the board!!

The second week of June was also the start of their "Shiner of the Week" contest.  MTA students or alumni from near and far can fundraise individually and enter the contest to win the title plus a prize valued at approximately $100.00!

Here’s their most recent event – a flash mob hip-shake at the local Moncton Market!

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!

Shine Days 2011 from around Canada

 

NAIT at Big Valley Jamboree (BVJ) July 30

Miranda, Coordinator at NAIT shining shoes of country music star Gord Bamford & comedian/singer Bill Engvall at the Big Valley Jamboree. Bill donated $25 to NAIT's Shinerama campaign.