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Raising Fun Levels with Fundraisers
Picking a theme for the event helps raise Best lyrics:
awareness for your project. Try some of the I’ve got the brains, you’ve got the looks
following songs to have running in your Let’s make lots of money
fundraising committee’s heads while they work You’ve got the brawn, I’ve got the brains
toward an important goal…RAISING FUNDS for Let’s make lots of money
REPUBLICAN candidates, scholarships, action
alerts, political education, etc. Money Changes Everything –Cyndi Lauper,
Money Changes Everything (1983)
Money Music in the background has a Take a step back to the 80’s with this reminder
subliminal effect on your audience. It keeps the that everything seems great until you don’t
purpose of the event in their minds as they eat, have the funds to make things happen.
drink, bid, buy, and enjoy your spectacular
opportunity to participate in something Cyndi Lauper made this song a hit in the
important. eighties. Since then it’s been released all over
the world in 27 different versions. Wonder what
Money, Money–Liza Minnelli, Cabaret all that money changed.
(1968)
Use a merry-go-round or circus theme to raise Best lyrics:
money for supporting your club’s efforts to help She said I’m sorry baby I’m leaving you tonight
with legislation that benefits your community. I found someone new he’s waitin’ in the car
outside
Liza Minnelli and Joel Gray perform this classic Ah honey how could you do it
in the film Cabaret, based on the 1968 musical We swore each other everlasting love
written by John Kander. Never has a cliché been She said well yeah I know but when
so catchy. We did–there was one thing we weren’t
Really thinking of and that’s money–
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Money makes the world go around God Bless the Child—Billie Holiday (1941)
the world go around This is a great theme for educating the young,
…the world go around. the voting public, and those who think they
Money makes the world go around don’t have to work to be blessed. If your club
Of that we both are sure… donates to a children’s home, unwed mothers’
*raspberry sound* on being poor! project, or youth program this song can drive
home a message to donors and recipients that
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of there are needs in this world, and God helps
Money)—Pet Shop Boys (1985) those who help themselves. Life decisions are
If you want something a little more up-to-date, easier when you (or your club) have your own
try this for your scholarship fundraisers. money.
Connecting brains with money lets the donors
know your intention is to build those young Holiday wrote this song after she and her
brains so they can support themselves and later mother had a heated argument over money.
be contributors themselves. Set it up like a The lyrics may be related to Biblical verse Luke
laboratory or science fair or anything that make 19:26, in which a harsh slave master takes a
attendees think “brainy.” disobedient servant’s pitiful allowance and
hands it over to the servant who obeyed his
In this wave/pop chart topper the Pet Shop Boys wishes best.
give us the formula to make lots of money.
Don’t pretend you didn’t sing along. Were you
the one with the brains or the looks?
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