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How to hold your own
Teddy Bears’ Picnic
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If you go down to the woods today…………
TYPE ONE Diabetes AWARENESS
WORLD DIABETES DAY 14
TH
NOVEMBER
How to hold your own Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Set the date for 14th November -WDD
• And if 14th November doesn’t work for you…
• Pick a date in the month of November, time and
location for your Picnic and make sure it is easily
accessible. A Picnic can be held at morning tea,
lunch, dinner or an afternoon BBQ – whatever
suits
Picnic ideas
• A Picnic can be held anywhere – at home, work,
school or in your local club
• You don’t have to hold it outside – your living
room, meeting room, staff tea room or
a community centre will do
• Theme your Picnic – everyone bring a teddy bear,
a colourful Picnic, mufti dress or crazy hat/tie
theme
Fundraising ideas for your Picnic
• Hold a cake/bake sale
• Guessing competition
• Gold coin lines – draw a bear on the floor with
tape and aim to cover the tape with coins
• Ask local businesses to Donate Items to Raffle
• Raffle donated items
• Auction donated items
• Coin patrol – collect change around your office,
school or workplace
• Ask your employer to match the funds you raise
Shout about it – invite your guests!
• Send out invitations to your Picnic – email is a
great way to do this and remember to tell them
why you’re so passionate about The DANII
Foundation raising awareness for type 1 diabetes
• Social networking – use Facebook and
Twitter to promote your event
Fundraise online
• Why not create an online fundraising page to
send to family and friends? Details in Register
your Picnic on the last page of this Teddy Pack.
• Send an email to your contacts and ask them to
support your Picnic and include the link to your
online fundraising page
Safe and legal
• Make sure you follow the DANII Foundation’s
fundraising guidelines and obtain an Authority to
Fundraise letter from [email protected]
Say Thank You
• Make sure you say thank you to everyone who
made a contribution to your Picnic and let them
know how much you raised.
Bank your funds and make a difference to the lives of Australians living with type 1
• Email [email protected] to request a Bank
Remittance form and receive you tax deductible
receipt or see instructions at the end of this pack.
Prizes Prizes will be awarded for:
• the most creative Picnic
• the biggest Picnic
• the highest fundraising Picnic
These will be judged for
individuals, schools, community
groups and corporate groups.
Make sure you send in some
photos of your event or post on
DANII Facebook Page to be in the
running.
Register your Picnic Be sure to contact Emily Joyner at the DANII Foundation office to request a Letter of Authority to Fundraise for DANII: [email protected] or Phone Emily on 0455 905 904
O OR
Register by Signing up at EverydayHero HERE and search for
DANII Foundation this will take you to Start Fundraising create your Individual page HERE then Join our DANII Teddy Bear Picnic Team HERE
Cheques may be forwarded using the details below:
Fundraising Department at the DANII Foundation
1/111 Wicks Road; North Ryde NSW 2113 Phone: 02 9888 5555 or Mobile 0455 905 904 Fax: 02 9870 8840 Email: [email protected] Website: www.danii.org.au To make an online donation using your credit card, please click the Donate Now button on the banner above
LET’S LOOK AFTER TODAY’S T1D’s FOR
TOMORROW, AND THEIR LIFETIME