Compassionate Care group
Proposal for $1000.00
This semester, we have been learning all about what the Pregnancy Care Centre(PCC) does to bless the community of Calgary, through various courses & counseling that they run. After praying together, it was a unanimous decision that we wanted to bless the PCC in some fantastic way. We asked Wendy (the director of PCC) who gave us a few options….but one of the ladies from our group asked if there was a way that we could multiply your gift to bless the PCC even more; Wendy's eyes lit up…..
Every year the PCC has a Mother’s Day Baby Bottle campaign which, where they distribute baby bottles and they get returned full of change. This campaign raised $95,000 for the centre last year, of which $25,000 came from Centre Street Church (CSC). This year, there is some concern that they will not be as successful at CSC, since Wendy is not announcing the campaign on stage, as she has in previous years (there will only be a brief slide up on the screen). We recommend putting the $1000 donation towards a marketing campaign for the Mother's Day Baby Bottle Campaign, and our goal is to multiply your generous gift tenfold - for a total goal of raising $35,000. After praying and brainstorming, here is the plan we have come up with:
We are going to distribute as many bottles as possible during all 4 services on Mother's Day weekend (May 9th & 10th). We will be wearing matching pink aprons (with the “Formula for Hope” slogan printed on), and pushing strollers filled with baby bottles. We will also be decorating the strollers with pink and blue helium-filled balloons. We will also have a booth set up with volunteers & a baby crib & information on the pregnancy care centre. Lastly, we will keep the display up & have volunteers in between services in order to collect bottles back until Father’s Day weekend (June 20th & 21st).
Our goal is to recruit at least 10 volunteers per service, and 5 for decorating by signing up women from the compassion care class, women of heart & personal contacts.
Here is a breakdown of the budget:
Aprons (40 from Needaprons.com, which volunteers will get to keep): $450
Screenprinting on the Aprons (based on calgary screenprinting pricelist): $250
Balloons, Ribbons & Printing (from Pandamonia): $100
Helium Tank Rental (from Pandamonia): $135
Strollers and Crib will be provided by mothers in the group
Any unused funds will be donated directly to the PCC.
For the management of funds and this event we have set up a committee consisting of Carrie Foreman, Carrie Hofer, Carolyn Polyakh, and Andrea Grubbe. Please make cheque payable to Andrea Grubbe, who will be acting as treasurer.
From the CSC baby bottle fundraising committee (Note from editor: over $30,000 was collected through this endeavor).
