Fundraising

Fundraising is the process of raising money for charities. Charities may use these to continue providing free after school activities for children, raise money for a cure and help elders and other patients with low income.

This may be achieved in many ways.

Some ways include:

• Donations
• Sales of merchandise
• Forms of gambling such as raffles or lotteries

Fundraising Media

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  Door to door fundraising frequently involves a hand-held collection box

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  Two men collecting for the victims of The Great Timber Yard Fire in Hartlepool, 1922. Set up by the mayor of Hartlepool the day after the blaze, the fund soon gained popular support from places all over the region, such as Durham and Newcastle, as well as from further afield.