Fund raising for a sick friend

I have a close friend who was just diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. With her clearance, a bunch of friends are looking to try and raise some funds for her medical expenses.

So I'm looking for some fundraising ideas other than just a Gofundme or caringbridge. Has anyone been part of a successful fundraiser or have any ideas?

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I'm sorry to hear about your friend

When I was sick, a bunch of my friends from here/LIW held an online bake sale to raise money for me (still think about their generosity every day <3)

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I'm in the process of hosting a 5k to raise funds for a charity that my family is involved with. It's a decent amount of work, but I feel like I have the potential to raise a good amount to donate. Ive also been getting donations from businesses etc and I told them anything over $100 donation, their names will go on all the tshirts. We've raised over $1000 in two months so far. I'm going all out with the 5k, but I actually attended one for a child with cancer once. They did it very simple and was able to have sizeable donation for the child. Fm me if you need any details

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When my ex was hurt a friend held a fundraiser and he sold 50/50 raffles. That brought in a lot of money.

Another idea is getting a pair of concert or broadway show tickets and raffle them off.

Chinese auctions. But you will need donated items.

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I would still consider doing a website as well. A friend of mine was hurt in a bad car accident last week. His family started a fundraiser on youcaring.com & is already up to almost $4000 in just a few days.

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I don't usually say anything on posts like this because I do not want to discourage people from helping and I do not want to sound like a naysayer. However, someone should have a conversation with the person who is ill and ask whether the person is seeking SSI or Medicaid. If so, the fundraiser could hinder their eligibility for those benefits. It's a murky area, legally. I think that with any fundraiser nowadays, the most successful ones are the ones where people either know each other or have a way to make sure that it's legitimate. There are many articles about the SSI and Medicaid issue but here are two.
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Re: Fund raising for a sick friend

I had a party in my yard for a friend of mine who just got diagnosed with ms

I had all kinds of reps here. Scenty. Pampered chef. Passion party. Origami owl (this was a couple years ago)

Now you could do those leggings etc

Anyways. Everyone came and shopped and the people donated half their commission

I also made up baskets to Chinese raffle off and reached out to vendors I knew (photo,makeup etc) and they donated gift cards

Was great

Fund raising for a sick friend

Thank you everyone. It has been discussed with the person that is ill, otherwise I would not go ahead with it. I really like some of the ideas posted and will run them by the group that helping me.

Fund raising for a sick friend

We did a pasta night at a local firehouse. A few people went around to some local restaurants asking for donations and others chipped in to create pasta dishes. We also raffles off gift baskets.