I'm disappointed that I'm still £40 short of my £100 target for this event. Hopefully I'll make up a few quid in the pub and when people actually see the shaved head. Even if I don't meet my £100 target, I can't let it get me down for future fundraising events. I'll need to look at what I've done and what lessons can be learned from it. Straight away, I know that getting tonight's event together in a week was a challenge that did not work in my favour.
That's enough self-analysis. Here's more fundraising ideas!
As the expedition I'm going on is in Costa Rica, I've been making lots of dinosaurs references. You might have noticed the banner image in this very blog. That's because Jurassic Park is off the coast of Costa Rica. I'm a bit of a fan. Anyway, ahead of my headshave event, I created this image:
That's right. It's a picture of me, riding a raptor, because I'm a badass, and if there were velociraptors around, it's most definitely what I'd do. Unfortunately, my raptor doesn't have a name, so I'm going to run a competition to name my raptor.
People will pick a name from a set list of 50 names, give me their name, email address and £2. The winner will get £50 - half of the collected money.
I realised that getting my head shaved completely, having not even had it short since 2003, a lot of the people I know will open conversations about it. This will lead to me telling them about my intentions, and a perfect way to pick up some donations, so I needed something that's quick, easy and cheap for people to get in on. Ideally, I would have got somebody to sponsor a prize, but as I only thought of it a couple of days ago, I haven't had time. There will be a lot of conversations about my head and my fundraising tomorrow, so I needed to come up with something quickly to capitalise on it.
So, that's the plan. OK, must go get ready to get baldified. Keep an eye out for the video of it, here on this very blog! You can also still donate at my JustGiving page.
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