There are many ways you can get other people to help us!

You can also get other people to send us money. This is easier than it may seem! There are several programs that we've set up that get companies to send us money. You can purchase gift cards for things like gas and groceries (and a lot of other stuff and the companies send us a percentage of the card value. You can do your normal online shopping and also have a percentage sent directly to Bundles Of Love and [b]you[b] might even be able to get the tax break! Lastly, you can use goodsearch.com as your search engine when doing your online searches, and Bundles Of Love will get a donation for every search. Of course, working on fund-raising also falls into this category - it takes a lot of money to keep us going and we always need people to help here.

If members shop on-line, a percentage of their purchases from over 690 participating businesses will be donated to Bundles Of Love. Start shopping now at iGive [2]

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Change your default search page to http://goodsearch.com [4] and do a one-time selection of Bundles Of Love as your charity. Then every time you do a search, one penny will be donated to Bundles Of Love. It turns out I do hundreds of search per month so the money is starting to roll in - every penny really does help! Tell your friends to visit GoodSearch [5] and start supporting us too!

Scrip is a term that means "substitute money". You can see how it works here [6]. Basically, you purchase gift cards from one of dozens of companies (including Cub Foods, Holiday gas stations, etc.) and the companies send a percentage of the card values to Bundles Of Love.

Scrip Representative – North Metro: Teresa Wilts - twilts@bundlesoflove.org [7]
Scrip Representative – South Metro: Becky Pasch - bpasch@bundlesoflove.org [8]

We have the Enrollment Form [9] and the Order Form [10] available for download. Please complete the forms and contact one of the representatives. You would typically place and order at your monthly work-group meeting and then receive the gift cards the next month. The order form was last updated 1/22/2008 so please download a new copy if your's is getting old - there are more participating vendors!

Even if you don't purchase gift cards for everything you want to buy, don't feel guilty - every time you do buy a card, you are already helping. You can also give the gift cards as gifts - they're as good as cash at places like Best Buy, Amazon, etc.

Lastly, don't forget the importance of word-of-mouth advertising. Spread the word - get other people to use GoodSearch or use iGive and let the donations add up! Show up at a fund-raiser with some friends and enjoy great desserts on May 20, a monthly meal at Culver's in Blaine (2nd Monday of every month!), or do your Christmas shopping at our annual silent auction [11] (November 3, 2007).

If your church, service group, or employer sponsors charities, ask them to choose Bundles Of Love for a month or a year, or hold a baby shower for us. If you want a speaker at your event, please feel free to email info@bundlesoflove.org [12].