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Eternal City Education - Fundraising For Your School

Fundraising For Your School

Steps and Tips

Want to help with fundraising for your school to enable students to study abroad in Italy? Want to enjoy the experience of a lifetime in Rome? Simply follow the steps below...

  1. Step 1 : Set a Target to be Raised

    2. A. Decide how much of the program cost you think can cover for the students with raised money
    B. Decide if you want to try to include the cost of round trip flight to Rome in that target.
    C. If only part of the money can be raised, ensure that parents are committed to covering the difference in cost for the program and flight.

  2. Step 2 : Search the Web

    3. A. There are many helpful sites with loads of great fundraising ideas, see which ideas are the best fit for your students.

  3. Step 3 : Write Letters of Appeal to Potential Donors

    4. A. Have the students write letters of appeal (please see our Documents section for a sample fundraising letter to various businesses and corporations.
    B. Please see our (Business and Corporations List.)

  4. Step 4 : Schedule your Fundraising Events

    5. A. Ensure events are scheduled sufficiently in advance of program payment deadlines. This will give parents or donors proper amount of time to provide for the balance of the programs cost.