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unusual facts about fund raising



Global Run: Alay sa Pilipino at sa Buong Mundo

The Global Run: Alay sa Pilipino at sa Buong Mundo (English:Global Run: A Tribute to All Filipinos around the Globe) is a fund raising run started by Filipino runner Cesar Guarin.


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Adolph Schuman

A liberal Democrat, Schuman frequently held campaign fund-raising dinners and parties at his Nob Hill home, and was one of the four wealthy San Francisco Jewish political contributors - the others were Cyril Magnin, Benjamin Swig and Walter Shorenstein - who formed what local Democratic politicians appreciatively called "The Green Machine" of the 1960s.

American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities

These include the FedEx St. Jude Classic, which is a PGA Tour event and one of the most visible fund-raising events for the hospital.

Benedicto Cabrera

When the 1990 Luzon earthquake struck, BenCab and the BAG helped out by instituting programs such as the ArtAid workshop for traumatized children, and a fund-raising art auction they titled "Artquake." Bencab was elected president of the guild the following year.

Bob McElwee

He has also worked on fund-raising efforts for the American Red Cross.

Broomfield Hospital

In 1983 The Princess Anne opened the CAT scanner following years of fund raising and returned in 1987 to open a new ward block.

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

The Université Laval's Rouge et Or football team, winner of the last 4 of 8 Vanier Cups, is so successful fund raising, the team trains in Florida during the spring.

Cecil L. Collins

His civic activities included the Optimist Club, Dixie Youth Baseball, American Legion Post 71, Grace United Methodist Church, The University of Georgia Heritage Society, as well as co-chairing the North Augusta High School Stadium fund raising committee.

China General Nuclear Power Group

Guangdong Nuclear's fund, the first industrial fund set up by a state-owned enterprise with approval from the State Council signed the fund-raising agreement with Bank of China, China Development Bank and other institutions, which will become shareholders in the fund.

Dennis Diken

In 2012 Dennis Diken with Bell Sound recorded a version of "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" for a fund raising cd titled "Super Hits Of The Seventies" for radio station WFMU.

Fisher DeBerry

He and LuAnn have assisted fund-raising efforts for Easter Seals, the March of Dimes, the Salvation Army and the American Heart Association.

Frank Lee Sprague

In 2012, Sprague recorded a cover of the Bad Company single "Can't Get Enough" for a fund-raising CD titled Super Hits Of The Seventies, produced exclusively for radio station WFMU.

Gabrielle Davis

She was fund-raising officer for six years at Cats Protection in Canterbury, and is now Trustee for Animals Worldwide.

Gentry Crowell

In 1989, the Secretary of State's office was a target of investigation for Operation Rocky Top, due to staff involvement in a public corruption scandal involving fund-raising irregularities and fraudulent charity bingo operations.

Gourma-Rharous

French singer Daniel Balavoine died in a helicopter crash in Gourma-Rharous as he was leading a fund-raising effort in Africa during the 1986 Dakar Rally.

Guest House

He was able to raise the money with the help of the Archdiocese of Detroit, through various fund-raising activities and with additional help of the then Archbishop of Detroit, Edward Cardinal Mooney.

Gunnies

After the accident, the only pumping engine on the site was not powerful enough to drain the mine and attempts at fund-raising to install a better one were unsuccessful, so the bodies of those who drowned were never recovered.

Gus Ganakas

After graduation from MSU, Gus coached basketball at East Lansing High School before taking over as the coordinator of the Ralph Young Fund, MSU's athletic fund-raising organization.

Here Comes the Freedom Train

The 45 single of the recording was sold as a fund-raising item for the bicentennial trip Freedom Train took across the United States.

Huang Sheng Shyan

At the age of 60 Huang Sheng Shyan again demonstrated his abilities in taijiquan by defeating Liao Kuang-Cheng, the Asian champion wrestler 26 throws to 0 in a fund raising event in Kuching Malaysia.

Hugo Eckener

Refused funds by the penniless Weimar government, Eckener and his colleagues began a nationwide fund-raising lecture tour in order to commence construction of Graf Zeppelin, which became the most successful rigid airship ever built.

Irene van Dyk

Irene van Dyk is a Christian and supported the "Lifeathon" fund-raising event for Christian music radio network Life FM.

Israel–New Zealand relations

The Israeli Deputy Chief of Chief of Staff, Gabi Ashkenazi, was denied permission to visit New Zealand to speak at a private fund-raising event in March 2005 because of the freeze on visits from Israeli officials.

Japhet Ledo

After retiring as Moderator, he served in various capacities including as Chairman of the Evangelical Presbyterian University Fund Raising Committee.

Jim Robson

Off-the-air, Jim was involved in the community being in-demand as a guest speaker for numerous fund-raising dinners and banquets throughout the province of British Columbia.

Josef Tal

Following a successful fund-raising by Shalheveth Freier the Multi-track which was built for Tal's studio was completed and delivered to Jerusalem in 1961.

Ken Kragen

In 1985, he was instrumental in securing the talent that appeared on the fund-raising single and album We Are the World.

Laurence Higgins

He led fund-raising efforts for local high school communities as well, including a donation from his friend George Steinbrenner for the building of a new football field at Tampa Catholic.

Little Heroes Foundation

Other fund-raising activities include charity golf events, special event Luncheons, and sales from specialist items such as modified versions of the popular board games, Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit.

Mahmoud Solh

Solh holds a PhD in Genetics from the University of California, Davis, USA, and has published a number of scientific publication and is experienced in fund raising.

Martin Galvin

Galvin was the publicity director for the New York-based NORAID, an Irish American group fund-raising organization which raised money for the families of Irish republican prisoners, but was also accused by the American, British, and Irish governments to be a front for the supply of weapons to the Provisional IRA.

Matt Duff

In the show, Matt and Jessie travel across the United States to explore the world of NRA's grassroots fund-raising program for gun enthusiasts known as Friends of NRA.

Mundesley Lifeboat Station

Throughout the summer of 1972 an extensive fund raising campaign was initiated which resulted in the purchase of a 4M Avon Sea Rider semi rigid inflatable which was wholly owned by the new Service.

Murray v United Kingdom

On the morning of 26 July, Margaret Murray was taken into custody by the Army on suspicion of fund-raising for the Provisional IRA in connection with her brothers' activities and taken to the Springfield Road screening centre.

NextEinstein

NextEinstein serves as a fund raising mechanism to create offshoots of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) located in Muizenberg, South Africa.

Philander Chase

After removing himself and his family to the Valley of Peace in central Ohio, Chase spent the final years of his life founding Jubilee College and the surrounding frontier community near present-day Peoria, Illinois, financed by arduous fund-raising journeys overseas.

Polo Lounge

The high command of the Committee to Re-Elect the President (Richard Nixon) in 1972 was staying at the hotel during a west coast fund raising trip, and having a breakfast meeting in the Polo Lounge when Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy placed his fateful call to Committee Deputy Director, Jeb Stuart Magruder.

Royal Literary Fund

Throughout the nineteenth century and until 1939 much of the charity's money came from an annual fund-raising dinner at which major public and literary figures (including Gladstone, Lord Palmerston, Dr Livingstone, Stanley Baldwin, Charles Dickens, Thackeray, Robert Browning, J. M. Barrie and Rudyard Kipling) exhorted guests to make generous donations.

Samuel Ifor Enoch

In 1933 Enoch contributed one shilling (5p) towards the public fund-raising campaign which bought the Codex Sinaiticus from the Russian government for £100,000.

Stewart Krentzman

In January 2008 the Krentzman's purchased and completed restoration of a 1959 pink Cadillac convertible that, in partnership with Oki Data Americas will also be made available for breast cancer fund raising.

The All American Trumpeters

It is known that, in 1901, the group made a brief visit to the UK and played a fund-raising show in the Shropshire village of Myddle.

The Minus 5

In 2012 The Minus 5 recorded a version of the 1976 hit single by the Sutherland Brothers and Quiver "Arms of Mary" for a fund raising cd titled "Super Hits Of The Seventies" for radio station WFMU.

The Pretty Druidess

The druidesses are doing needlework, creating work to be sold at fund-raising events in aid of the campaign to drive the Romans out of Gaul.

Valley of the Moon Natural History Association

The mid 1980s saw the formation of the inaugural Docent Council, which has since grown to over 100 active volunteers, as well as the Jack London Beauty Ranch Restoration Committee, which put on community consciousness- and fund-raising festivals and lobbied Sacramento HQ to produce a General Plan for Jack London State Historic Park twenty years ahead of schedule, thus enabling physical restoration to begin.

William T. Young Library

The William T. Young Library, located on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, is named for William T. Young, a prominent local businessman, horse breeder, philanthropist and alumnus of the university, who began fund raising efforts with a donation of $5 million.

World Federation of United Nations Associations

For many years WFUNA conducted a fund raising program based on the sale of first day covers of UN stamps and lithographs produced by artists and celebrities, such as Picasso, Lou Zheng Jang, Miró, Salvador Dalí, Ruben Leyva, Al Hirschfeld and Andy Warhol to promote the ideals of the UN.

Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam

That fall, he embarked on another fund-raising trip and decided to resettle in New York to strengthen the American Jewish community there and to continue working for Holocaust survivors from that side of the Atlantic.