{"id":1622,"date":"2020-08-05T12:16:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T11:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/?p=3704"},"modified":"2024-09-18T01:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T00:57:46","slug":"rebekahs-fundraising-story-raising-funds-whilst-helping-people-to-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/aus\/rebekahs-fundraising-story-raising-funds-whilst-helping-people-to-stay-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebekah&#8217;s fundraising story: Raising funds whilst helping people to stay safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"c-content-block content-block content-section \"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container user-content container--small\">\n        <p>One of our UK volunteers, Rebekah, has always wanted to volunteer abroad, so when Camps International came to her school and offered her the trip of a lifetime, she knew she had to get on board!<\/p>\n<p>When Covid-19 hit, some of her original fundraising plans were cancelled, but she quickly found ways to turn the situation into a fundraising opportunity. Read on to find out how she did it\u2026<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-content-block content-block content-section \"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container user-content container--small\">\n        <p><strong>Why I signed up\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have always wanted to go out and volunteer in less developed countries and I have been begging my parents to let me travel to do this, but my parents weren&#8217;t so confident with me going out alone at 16.\u00a0When I found out about Camps\u00a0International,\u00a0I knew that this was a great way to go out and help other people whilst being safe. My parents were a lot happier for me to do this, so\u00a0I persuaded my best friend to sign up and we\u2019re so excited to go out to Cambodia in 2021.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-large-image large-image content-section\"\n        >\n    <div class=\"large-image__container container container--medium user-content will-animate fadeInUp\"\n         data-behaviour=\"animate-when-visible\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image-2-2\"\n     class=\"attachment-full-width size-full-width\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-2.jpg\"\n                    srcset=\"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-2-400x267.jpg 360w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-2-800x533.jpg 768w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-2.jpg 1440w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-2.jpg 2000w\"\n        \/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-content-block content-block content-section \"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container user-content container--small\">\n        <p><strong>I knew it would be a challenge\u00a0<\/strong><strong>but I managed to turn obstacles into opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have had some experience with fundraising for events in school, so I knew that raising this amount of money was going to be a big challenge, especially as I wanted to fundraise as close to the full amount as possible.<\/p>\n<p>We had a lot of events planned over the summer and at school, but unfortunately COVID-19 meant that these had to be cancelled. Because of this, I was definitely a bit worried about raising the money. However, when it was made law to wear masks on public transport and in hospitals,\u00a0I thought this could be a good way to earn some money. I\u00a0looked into how to make them and made one for myself, then others started to ask for\u00a0them,\u00a0so we made\u00a0more.<\/p>\n<p>People heard about the masks just by word of mouth through family and friends but then my mum took them into work and because she\u2019s a nurse, they wanted loads! We then advertised them on Facebook and Instagram and have sold them all over the UK. It has been a continuous stream of masks coming out of our house for the past two months now! We have made over \u00a3550 (approx. $550AUD) from these so far and we still have more orders coming in.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-image-gallery image-gallery content-section\"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container container--medium\">\n        <div class=\"image-gallery__grid\">\n                            <div class=\"image will-animate fadeInUp\"\n                     data-behaviour=\"animate-when-visible\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image-5\"\n     class=\"attachment-rectangle-4-by-3-small size-rectangle-4-by-3-small\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-5-400x300.jpg\"\n                    srcset=\"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-5-100x100.jpg 360w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-5-200x150.jpg 768w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-5-400x300.jpg 1440w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-5-800x600.jpg 2000w\"\n        \/>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"image will-animate fadeInUp\"\n                     data-behaviour=\"animate-when-visible\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image-1-2\"\n     class=\"attachment-rectangle-4-by-3-small size-rectangle-4-by-3-small\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-1-400x300.jpg\"\n                    srcset=\"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-1-100x100.jpg 360w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-1-200x150.jpg 768w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-1-400x300.jpg 1440w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-1-800x600.jpg 2000w\"\n        \/>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-content-block content-block content-section \"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container user-content container--small\">\n        <p><strong>Baking has proved to be a steady earner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Early on in my fundraising, I realised that baking was going to be a good way for me to make money as I had been selling cakes previously. We put out a post on my social media with pictures of cakes I\u2019d previously made along with prices. Lots of people started to order them for a variety of different events such as Mother&#8217;s Day, birthdays and photoshoots.<\/p>\n<p>Once I had done a few deliveries, word got around and I soon had orders coming in most weeks. I&#8217;ve made around \u00a3300 (approx. $650AUD) from this and have got some repeat customers with smaller items such as cupcakes.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-large-image large-image content-section\"\n        >\n    <div class=\"large-image__container container container--medium user-content will-animate fadeInUp\"\n         data-behaviour=\"animate-when-visible\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image-3-2\"\n     class=\"attachment-full-width size-full-width\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-3.jpg\"\n                    srcset=\"https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-3-400x267.jpg 360w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-3-800x533.jpg 768w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-3.jpg 1440w,\n                    https:\/\/www.campsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-3.jpg 2000w\"\n        \/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-content-block content-block content-section \"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container user-content container--small\">\n        <p><strong>Into the future\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My most successful fundraiser so far has definitely been making the\u00a0masks, however I know that eventually there will no longer be a need for them so\u00a0making cakes is a solid way of making money and keeping me on target for my fundraising goals.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait for the expedition and I\u2019m most excited about meeting new people and learning about anotherculture. I want to help build and make a lasting impact in people&#8217;s lives. I also can\u2019t wait to get stuck into the scuba diving as me and my friend love the water and kayak quite a lot together.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-quote quote content-section\"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container container--small\">\n        <blockquote class=\"blockquote\">\n            <p>Some advice for other people that are fundraising would be to utilize the situation that you are in and not let it stop you from raising money. <\/p>\n\n                    <\/blockquote>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"c-content-block content-block content-section \"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container user-content container--small\">\n        <p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"eop\"><b>My advice to fellow fundraisers<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Some advice for other people that are fundraising would be <span class=\"normaltextrun\">to utilize the situation that you are in and not let it stop you from raising money. Find out what is in high demand and get creative. For me, it was making and selling masks.\u00a0<span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span>There are always ways to make money, you just have to look for them and get stuck into the marketing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here at Camps, we love hearing all of your fundraising stories! If you&#8217;d like to share yours, drop us an email at <a href=\"mailto:submissions@campsinternational.com\">submissions@campsinternational.com<\/a> and you could be in with the chance to feature on our next fundraising blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundraising"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rebekah&#039;s fundraising story: Raise funds &amp; help people<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read Rebekah&#039;s inspiring fundraising story with Camps International. 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