Donating to Josie's medical treatment
Please consider some of the following options to help contribute to this exciting venture:
1. MAKE A DONATION: Please help raise funds for Josie's medical treatment. This is a potentially life changing treatment and may enable Josie to go from being primarily home and bed bound, to be able to live her life! Currently, any activity whatsoever, leaves her in a severe "crash". We can’t pursue this avenue without help from you. All donations are greatly appreciated.
Currently through our Paypal account: [email protected] - although we may come up with a better alternative
2. SPREAD THE WORD: Please let any other friends of Josie that you are still in contact with, know about what is happening. Maybe even people who haven't been too aware of what has happened for Josie with this illness in the last 8 years. Call them and explain the situation and direct them to this Facebook page. The more people that join us in advocating for Josie, the quicker we will raise funds and awareness. We are concerned that there are a lot of people out there who know and love Josie who aren't aware of what she has been through in the last 8 years. Help us to spread the word.
3. SHARE THIS PAGE frequently and let everyone on your FB lists know about it.
4. Ask your own friends and family to consider donating too.
5. Think about a FUND RAISING ACTIVITY you can organise (a great option if you can’t afford to donate personally). To inspire you, these are four things we are thinking about as possible ideas:
A. Take on some extra work in aid of Josie, using the skills you have - maybe a musical event, a day of selling food or items you make, a morning tea with a raffle with a price of something you have or have made - or one of Josie's photography prints; one day of whatever work you do that the $'s could be contibuted to Turning Point for Josie. ...
B. Have a GARAGE SALE for Josie. You might be able to ask all your friends/family and neighbours to donate their unwanted stuff to you for you to sell?? That’s a good way for people to help if they can’t afford to make a donation.
C. Organise a raffle. Get a few items donated eg a few good boxes of wine, a meal somewhere, some of Josie's or my photos, a movie voucher … etc - there's probably people out there in our local community willing to help! Sell tickets (1 for $2, 3 for $5 and 10 for $10).
D. Host a morning tea and sell/raffle things. Host a "Turning Point for Josie" event (morning tea or whatever). Have a silent auction for our photography. Organise donated vouchers and items like book vouchers, beauty vouchers, CDs, wine, meat packs and a flower shop voucher (donated by business owners who are also friends and were happy to make the donation of services or products for a worthy cause). Host a Trivia Night! :)
E. Have a Bake-Off - lots of yummy things to buy!
F. Choose something you can do and GET SPONSORED to do it by your company, friends, family and work colleagues. E.g.: A physical challenge, shaving your head, donating a set amount and asking people to donate to match it/treble it etc.....
G. Sell something on Ebay that you don’t need any more.
H. Choose not to receive or give any physical gifts (‘stuff’) for the rest of the year. Ask that you family give you a donation for Josie for your birthday rather than a gift. Tell your family and friends that for the next few months (or longer, as we will still be fund raising when we get back if we haven't reached our goal). You will be making donations on their behalf to Josie rather than spending the money on ‘stuff’.
I. Forgo a luxury (dinner at a restaurant, a beauty treatment, a new outfit) and chose to put the $$ where they would make a difference to someone’s life.
J. STAY committed to the fund raising mission and link up with other friends of Josie to really make a difference. It’s really not hard to raise money if you try. You can do it! And it feels really good to get out there and raise money, there really are a lot of generous people in the world who will donate to your cause when you tell them about Josie.
5. Let us know if there's anyone you think we could contact who would further our efforts.
6. Hold Josie in mind with love, and remember a "TURNING POINT FOR JOSIE" is what it's all about! :) xo
If none of these particular ideas appeal, please do come up with OTHER IDEAS of your own (and please email me more good ideas you have and I will let everyone know what they are).
1. MAKE A DONATION: Please help raise funds for Josie's medical treatment. This is a potentially life changing treatment and may enable Josie to go from being primarily home and bed bound, to be able to live her life! Currently, any activity whatsoever, leaves her in a severe "crash". We can’t pursue this avenue without help from you. All donations are greatly appreciated.
Currently through our Paypal account: [email protected] - although we may come up with a better alternative
2. SPREAD THE WORD: Please let any other friends of Josie that you are still in contact with, know about what is happening. Maybe even people who haven't been too aware of what has happened for Josie with this illness in the last 8 years. Call them and explain the situation and direct them to this Facebook page. The more people that join us in advocating for Josie, the quicker we will raise funds and awareness. We are concerned that there are a lot of people out there who know and love Josie who aren't aware of what she has been through in the last 8 years. Help us to spread the word.
3. SHARE THIS PAGE frequently and let everyone on your FB lists know about it.
4. Ask your own friends and family to consider donating too.
5. Think about a FUND RAISING ACTIVITY you can organise (a great option if you can’t afford to donate personally). To inspire you, these are four things we are thinking about as possible ideas:
A. Take on some extra work in aid of Josie, using the skills you have - maybe a musical event, a day of selling food or items you make, a morning tea with a raffle with a price of something you have or have made - or one of Josie's photography prints; one day of whatever work you do that the $'s could be contibuted to Turning Point for Josie. ...
B. Have a GARAGE SALE for Josie. You might be able to ask all your friends/family and neighbours to donate their unwanted stuff to you for you to sell?? That’s a good way for people to help if they can’t afford to make a donation.
C. Organise a raffle. Get a few items donated eg a few good boxes of wine, a meal somewhere, some of Josie's or my photos, a movie voucher … etc - there's probably people out there in our local community willing to help! Sell tickets (1 for $2, 3 for $5 and 10 for $10).
D. Host a morning tea and sell/raffle things. Host a "Turning Point for Josie" event (morning tea or whatever). Have a silent auction for our photography. Organise donated vouchers and items like book vouchers, beauty vouchers, CDs, wine, meat packs and a flower shop voucher (donated by business owners who are also friends and were happy to make the donation of services or products for a worthy cause). Host a Trivia Night! :)
E. Have a Bake-Off - lots of yummy things to buy!
F. Choose something you can do and GET SPONSORED to do it by your company, friends, family and work colleagues. E.g.: A physical challenge, shaving your head, donating a set amount and asking people to donate to match it/treble it etc.....
G. Sell something on Ebay that you don’t need any more.
H. Choose not to receive or give any physical gifts (‘stuff’) for the rest of the year. Ask that you family give you a donation for Josie for your birthday rather than a gift. Tell your family and friends that for the next few months (or longer, as we will still be fund raising when we get back if we haven't reached our goal). You will be making donations on their behalf to Josie rather than spending the money on ‘stuff’.
I. Forgo a luxury (dinner at a restaurant, a beauty treatment, a new outfit) and chose to put the $$ where they would make a difference to someone’s life.
J. STAY committed to the fund raising mission and link up with other friends of Josie to really make a difference. It’s really not hard to raise money if you try. You can do it! And it feels really good to get out there and raise money, there really are a lot of generous people in the world who will donate to your cause when you tell them about Josie.
5. Let us know if there's anyone you think we could contact who would further our efforts.
6. Hold Josie in mind with love, and remember a "TURNING POINT FOR JOSIE" is what it's all about! :) xo
If none of these particular ideas appeal, please do come up with OTHER IDEAS of your own (and please email me more good ideas you have and I will let everyone know what they are).
You can also buy Josie and Jayne's work at Redbubble.
