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Fundraising Ideas

Iguanagirl8662

Iguanagirl8662

Katie
I work at a Nature Center during the summer and I care for at least 2 normally more Diamondback terrapins. They have a very large stock like tank but we don't have a filter so we can't fill it up a lot and I have to clean and change the water constantly even though I feed them in a separate pool. I've been caring for our 2 permenant terrapins for 7 years and they are very dear to me and I want to get them a canister filter so I thought we could try to do some kind of fundraiser this summer to raise money for our terrapins and our fish. I really need new fish supplies for this summer too.

I have no ideas what to do for fundraisers so if anyone has a good fundraising ideas I would love to hear them so I can pass my ideas on to my boss and see if we can make it happen. Thanks for any help.
 
Well you could ask a neighborhood store if they are willing o put a can on their counter for donations.You could also have there be a little beehind the scenes tour for a small price.And by behind the scenes I mean letting people touch or feed animals
 
If the nature center agrees, you could ask a local pet store to "sponsor / adopt" the exhibit for equipment or a fee, in exchange for their info attached to the display. Or you could offer the same arrangement to the public. I have seen zoos offer "adoptions" of various animals. The "adoptive parent" gets to have their name on the display, and some zoos offer special perks such as some free passes, or a special day for sponsors / adopters to come in early or late and have some privileged time or event involving the animals. It could be done on a bigger scale to involve more animals and more money for the nature center - they are always short of funds!!

Our own local herp society decided to build a new indigo / gopher tortoise exhibit for our local nature center (the place where we hold our meetings) many years ago as a memorial for a member who died. Local herp societies sometimes have a little money for this sort of thing. We have a plaque on the exhibit saying why it was built, and who built it.

You could also attach a donation box to the exhibit itself, stating why donations are needed and how they will be used. Make it out of clear plastic for maximum effect - and be sure it is locked, since it probably won't be supervised.

Maybe something along those lines can get you started, along with all of the more traditional ideas of bake sales, car washes, and selling some kind of item.
 
kathylove said:
You could also attach a donation box to the exhibit itself, stating why donations are needed and how they will be used. Make it out of clear plastic for maximum effect - and be sure it is locked, since it probably won't be supervised.
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That's what I was thinking. Or, a little can for donations at the nature center's front desk with a note explaining what the funds are being raised for. I bet a lot of nature center patrons would donate for that.
 
Maybe you could get somebody to draw a cute cartoon of the turtle(s) holding its nose and making a yucky face, maybe with "stinky" lines rising from the water. That would draw peoples' attention to the explanation of how difficult it is to keep the water clean without new equipment. If it was cute enough, it would probably get even more donations than just the explanation.
 
Well

:)I have a new fluval filter but not sure it would be big enough,its model 304 you can have it if you think it would work. Fluvals are the best canister filters imo,it would at least keep the water cleaner longer..
 
If the nature center is a 501c charity, you might be able to get a pet or garden store to donate the filter that you need. They can then use the value of the donation as a tax deduction.
 
stephen said:
:)I have a new fluval filter but not sure it would be big enough,its model 304 you can have it if you think it would work. Fluvals are the best canister filters imo,it would at least keep the water cleaner longer..
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That would be so awesome! They do really need a bigger one but till I can raise the money for it that would be better then nothing and would help a lot. Then when we can get a bigger one we could use that filter for our baby terrapins in our head start program.
 
I also just talked to my friend who runs kayak tours out of the Nature Center and he said we could have a tour this summer where the proceeds go to our lab for our turtles and fish. I thought we could have a tour and bring some of the head started terrapins for the people to release.
 
A special kayak tour would be great! Just be sure to promote it way ahead of time, both in the nature ctr., and in local media. Most newspapers and radio stations will give some advertising time or space to non-profits like a nature ctr. And you could advertise on craigslist, too, to fill up the tour. If you include releasing turtles, you might even get a local tv station to come out and take some footage of the turtles, and put it on the evening news. You can't buy advertising like that!
 
I was also thinking of taking pictures of our terrapins and making shirts up to sell in our store and use the proceeds from the shirts towards fixing up our lab.
 
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