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• April 08 May

  make some food like what the chronicly hungry people sometimes eat and take it to the streets an get people to try it and say its usually nothing so even this is an improvement.

• Caroline 22 May

  Make some t-shirts and wear them when you get sponsors and when you do the famine. Make sure it says 40 Hour Famine on it though and promote helping those kids!

• thea bernhardt 04 Jun

  everyone should get behind the great cause, just think of the poor children and their way of living every day......................

• Aloura 11 Jun

  the casual clothes day is old but gold! garenteed to make some money!.... the sponsered movie is also a good idea I live in Victor Harbor... famous for it's surf breaks so along with Christian Surfers, I am running a surf comp and all the proceeds will go towards the famine... think about what alot of people in your town like... maybe you could organise a concert with some local bands... get creative!

• Katie C 12 Jun

  What fantastic ideas! Our school is doing the famine and I am one of the group leaders for my High School and we love the sponsered movie idea and the sausage sizzle also the t shirts are a really good idea, another one we've got is a two dollar table where you fill the table with two dollar coins (Also works for 50 cents)!

• Zena 14 Jun

  I am a Group Leader at a child care centre and I'm considering rounding up the other staff at the centre to participate. I thought as an idea to raise money for the cause, we could all get our kids to create something artsy and have an art exhibition open to families and the community. I'm going to offer up the idea at work tomorrow - crossing my fingers that they go for it!

• Molley 19 Jun

  I've made bright orange badges which are about 5cm big telling people what I'm doing. I wear one 24/7 and I've given one to my Mum & Nan to wear as much as they can too!! It's great because even if I forget to ask someone to donate they see it (5cm of bright orange is hard to miss) & ask about it themsleves. Saving me a lot of nerves & trouble! :)

• Bella 25 Jun

  I have no ideas what to do! The famine is 55 days away and last year I didn't raise that much. I want to raise at least 200 this year! What can I do?

• Kim 28 Jun

  I'm thinking of holding a 40HF Murder Mystery party, they're heaps of fun and a great way to ask people for donations from people you wouldn't normally ask.

• Michelle 29 Jun

  I've usually done the famine through my school, but seeming as I moved schools this year and they don't have it running, i'm going as an individual participant. what I've done so far is printed off pamphlets, with all the information people need to donate and done a letter box drop around the neighborhood!

• Emma 30 Jun

  to bella you could put up flyers with your profile page written on it write a letter and send it to everyone you know and your family knows

• shan 02 Jul

  this is my frist year doing this with a team and my team is doing a bake sale and a car wash

• Charlotte 02 Jul

  hey Guys, I've been signed up with world vision since I was 8, I started the 40 hour famine when I was 13 and from then I have continued I'm now 16. The problem is I can never raise enough money, is it just me or are people greedy? My family puts money in, but the community doesn't. I need some ways to get people to sponser me, any ideas? Thanks :)

• Hayley 08 Jul

  this is my first time but im trying to get my parent to email my school to help donate money. but i am not so shore about how to rasie enough money. i think maybe we should be able to blog how we are goin that way it is easier to sponser us.

• da bomb 13 Jul

  i am the group leader 4 my school and i need ideas now 4 fundraising!!! :)

• Courtenay 16 Jul

  I am the leader at a high school and we are going to do 40c Fridays where each Friday leading up to the Famine, each student in a year level will be asked to donate 40c. Hopefully it works!

• leki 18 Jul

  I think i might be a leader with my friends. This is my first time and im 13 so i dont know how thats gonna go. :P i think were gonna do some door knocking with a parent or something. i may also do a baking sale with lots of my friends and were gonna put cute frosting stuff on it to make it a bit more attractive. :P hope it works.

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• Cailet 19 Jul

  When I need to raise money I go to my Mum and Gradma's ballroom dances and put a tin at the front desk so people can make donations. About halfway through a night I have a talk to all the people about the cause I'm fundraising for. That when all the donations start rolling in!

• laken 21 Jul

  hi i dont know wat to do for fundraising money. i was thinking about putting some jelly beans or some typw of lollie in a jar adn then making a compition and asking for a donation so you can guess how many lollies are in the jar.. is this a good idea??

• Carina 22 Jul

  If am a group leader can i still participate in giving up something for 40 hours?

• ash 22 Jul

  ive been doing the famine for a couple of years now and found it really felt good because it was only a small amount i raised, i still made a difference. the first time i did the famine, i told five friends, to tell five friends, to tell five friends and so on. it really worked!!

• ashleigh 22 Jul

  thankyou for all these awesome ideas - i have done the 40 hour famine for 3 years now but im really understanding what it is about this time. im going to try and make a difference to the global food crises :)

• ...elise... 23 Jul

  thanks this really helps me as its my first time doing the 40 hour famine and i'm really excited. I'm also trying to win the most money out of my friends so these ideas should help me (=

• josie406 24 Jul

  my freinds and i are asking for free dress day at school and are selling home made goodies(and food)at our lokle park

• Cameron 25 Jul

  Selling food or making your own T-Shirts and selling them is a great idea. (make sure you have 40 Hour Famine on it somewhere.) They are also good ways to make some money.

• kenzie 25 Jul

  this is the third time i'm doing the famine, but I've kinda only recently realised what its all about... But I've had some good ideas and i think that facebook is a wonderful invention for promoting this!! i will try it and see how it goes. I also think that having your own page so that you can email the link out to your friends is helpful, so if you haven't gotten one yet, do it now!! :D

• sharifah25 26 Jul

  I want to do something different as a fundraiser but i've had a mental blank

• anonymous 26 Jul

  i started doing the 40 hour famine since grade 5 and am now in grade 8 i hav raised some money previous years, but this year i want to raise more to help more people!!! any suggestions???

• Eliza 26 Jul

  Hey guys - can i have some help? I'm absolutely stuck for ideas

• Jess rixon 26 Jul

  I'm nervouse bout askin for money! what do i do?

• Miss Birdie 28 Jul

  we had parents and students from other schools come to ours today, we asked them and they were very generous~!!

• ashy 29 Jul

  me and my friends are doing the famine in a group for the first time,, we have done it by ourselves b4 but we need some easy and parent friendly fundraising ideas :) can anyone give us some help?? thnx :)

• Madi 29 Jul

  I'm so pumped about the whole 40 hr famine thing I wanna do no thumbs and no food and raise over $200!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Annie 30 Jul

  I know I'm doing no food, but how do I rase money! I am realy stuck because I'm shy and I don't like asking people for money. WHAT DO I DO? THE FAMINES 21 DAYS AWAY!!!!! (P.S I know how to get family to donate but I wanna do more)

• Kelly : ) 30 Jul

  I'm giving up furniture, mp3 player, mobile phone and shopping! come visit my page at http://40hf.com/fundraise4kelly to help donate for sick kids! : )

• Matt 31 Jul

  im excited, im gonna post it on the local shops wall

• Maddy 31 Jul

  hey guys :D this is my 3rd year and this yr im a group leader. I love all your ideas! we also have some ideas about fundraising and u can use them too...we have: Garage sale (gets rid of stuff u dont use and all the money can go to the 40 hour famine), making posters, making jewellery and selling it, making little gifts so that if someone donates over a certain amount say if someone donates over $20 then we give them the gift in return :D like the awards we can get if we raise over a certain amount :) and more to come... I hope this helps you guys! :D

• Jess 31 Jul

  hey just went door knocking. me and my friend together we raised $80 and we only walked around for 1hour and a half. Strongly recommend it but def with a friend for safety. We are only on grade 8 but it was fine together and we stayed close to my house.

• MessyDumpling =P 02 Aug

  I can't wait - I'm in grade six am I am giving up alot I will be giving up food, electricity* shopping, and electronic stuff and I might be giving up speech I might have to ask my teacher on that one though. I think this is a great cause I would give up all my stuff and sell it... but I dont think my mum would let me though...Carry On Fundrasing

• ema 02 Aug

  hey an idea on how to raise money is to make some jewelry or wateva ur good at and sell it to ppl. u could also have a clothes swap party and get donations there. :)

• Hanabelle 03 Aug

  I'm giving up all the money I earn at work that weekend :)

• Samantha Steele 03 Aug

  Best thing to do: garage sale on things you don't need at all, give up something to make another persons joy, one man's trash is another man's treasure!

• Thalia 04 Aug

  My friend and i are doing the jelly bean count and getting people to guess how many jelly beans are in the jar for 50c a guess and who ever gets closest wins the whole jar then spliting the ending total. Just doing fun things like that can get your friends and peers involved

• maddy walker 04 Aug

  how did this happen?! I feel so selfish having computers and clothes and tvs and stuff like that when they have practically nothing. i take so many things for granted!

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• Kate 05 Aug

  I don't have many ideas.. and I dont like door knocking! Do u have any ideas? My friends thought of a raffle so i might do that!

• Baylee Dorchester 06 Aug

  I am going to ask my music teacher if we can do something like a concert to raise money.

• bella rodrigues 06 Aug

  you could go to school, and make some milkshakes or do a comp. @ school, and people would have to pay for different things you sell!

• Laura 07 Aug

  This is my 2nd time doing the 40 hr famine, I was going to do a jellybean raffle but im not sure where to set up the table, any ideas?

• Laura 07 Aug

  Hey, if you are nervous for asking people for money, try thinking this before you ask "the worst thing they can say is No" that helped me ask a lot of people and nearly all said yes :)

• meredith ramsay 07 Aug

  Am I allowed to make or have buttons made for cheap and then sell them? then i could put all money made toward my 40 hr famine? i just feel that because it has 2 be done on the net, if i door knock ppl would probably just take my details then put em in the garbage when i left :( any other ideas???

• kitiiiii 08 Aug

  I am used to the normal door knocking/ asking friends and family for money but this year.. I want to mix it up a bit and chance my fundraising approach! I was thinking a raffle was a good idea but if people still want to donate they can! Any more ideas????

• katie 10 Aug

  the is my first time doing this and im getting real into it. im giving up food, shopping, shelter, transport, furniture, phones, internet. just everything. i cant wait to get all the money and give it to world vision :)

• Janaya 11 Aug

  I'm giving up: Talking, Shopping, Mobile Phone and Showering! Visit http://40hf.com/janaya04

• Natalie 11 Aug

  i haven't done it yet, but i have been sponsored alot :D

• Kaaatiie <3 11 Aug

  hey we did a krispy kreme fundraiser and raised like $510. it's really good!

• Carli 11 Aug

  This is the first time I've ever done it but I'm hell excited to be raising money for people who go with out food on a daily basis. I'm 12 and hell ready to give up food for not just 40hrs, but 48hrs.

• Maddy 12 Aug

  Well my and my friend were talking about doing dog walking. $5 for half an hour and all the money made goes to 40 hour famine.

• HOTARU ROX 1997 12 Aug

  I have tried to do the 40 hour famine for the last couple of years and failed. This year I was thinking of doing it with some friends and have a lolly jar guessing game.I hope it works. P.S. I will be giving up food :)

• Hope 12 Aug

  hey this is also the first time Ive done this and cant wait to get started raising money! im 11 and i am also a chocoholic i eat chocolate sosooososo much. so thats what im giving up! x

• Matt 12 Aug

  WOW, i am seriously amazed at the determination and committment out there, guys. I want to get heaps this year, i only got $330 dollars last year, and i wanted $400.

• celeste 15 Aug

  An idea don't know if it's wrong or right? near a main rd at a oval or park put up signs saying a bbq to raise money for 40 hr famine on the weekend both days of the famine? I am thinking of doing this as i have children and would find it hard to doorknock. And am doing with other mums and kids from school, we could always have the mums at the park and the kids running around having fun there, sausages and everything they need, without the kids having to go without, just adults. ??

• Lauren :) 16 Aug

  Wonderful ideas! I'm in year 8 and I HATE the idea of doorknocking, but a friend and i decided to go to the local community village (shopping area) and ask shop owners and workers to donate to us. We raised over $100 and we plan on giving out little cards after the famine saying thankyou. Please go to www.40hf.com/laurenmckinnon to check me out :) x

• Chynade Lynch. 17 Aug

  this is my first year doing the famine, and im giving up food. me and my other friend have organised a group aswel. and in the group, at school, we are going to have a lemonade stand, a free dress day, & we are going to have a car wash on the weekend. http://www.40hf.com/chynadelynch please donate.

• Chloe 17 Aug

  wake up aussies people are starving before our very eyes do somethin 2 stop it

• Mia 17 Aug

  I'm giving up food, social networking, shopping, and mp3 player. Visit http://40hf.com/miarenee and help poor children in need!

• samantha 18 Aug

  with the 40 hr famine, do you print something out that people sign with a little envelope for the money? do you send in ur details and then you get sent something out to you? or is it all online donations? HELP ME!

• Izzy 18 Aug

  Mention that you are HUNGRY FOR CHANGE! or GET HUNGRY, DO SOMETHING REAL!

• emma 18 Aug

  are we allowed to have smoothies or milkshakes? if we are not eating

• Tori 18 Aug

  Hi samantha i had the same troubles so i called up the help line..If you have registered as an individual than it is only online donations but if you register as a group leader then you are sent out reciept Ect!! hopefully i have helped :)

• Tammy 19 Aug

  Hey Guys , Your ideas are really great but i also have another idea. You can make a Tee - Shirt saying 40 Hr Famine and then if you have a sibling or a friend that plays any outside school sport wear your shirt and go fundraising at for eg: your brothers soccer game and fundraise there because there is alot of people going to childrens soccer games. Hope my advice Helped!!

• brooke 19 Aug

  i heard that the money from the 40hr famine doesnt even go to the people who need it. and if it is its only like 20%. how can you prove to us that is actually does reach the needy

• Rachel 19 Aug

  Hey brooke, thats a good question, but its one asked by people who use that as an excuse to not give money to charity. This actually does happen a lot with charities but my aunt has worked with world vision before and hardly any of the money is wasted. Also if you check in the reciept books it mentions that the money goes to building irrigation systems & stuff. I wanted to raise $500 but only managed $280 so far, but this page really helped and i'll use some of these next year

• Zachary 20 Aug

  Go to your school and ask your teacher from around the school for some money for the 40 hour Famine

• Ruth 20 Aug

  Hey yesterday we had a cake sale at my school over lunch and recess, it worked so well! I made about 40 cupcakes and got a profit of almost $100. This works really well at school because if there is food people will buy it - especially if it's yummy and homemade! Just make sure to publicise it well by putting up posters a couple days ahead, just so everyone knows to look forward to it and brings money. We're doing it again next wednesday, after the famine, because it was so scucessful!

• Tori Shepherd 20 Aug

  anyone have any ideas about collecting money? i cant door nock so...?

• Brodie 20 Aug

  Hey tori im 12 and I tried asking teachers from school and friends and family. Hope this helps

• Annemieke Boland 21 Aug

  Hey everyone!! i love the ideas everyone is coming up with! http://40hf.com/miekafamine OR http://40hf.com/girlpower :D

• Veronica Ruckert 21 Aug

  I have donations online, how do I give that money in? Do I collect it from the bank????? please reply!!!!!

• Phoebe-Ann 21 Aug

  Hey guys , I really don't want to have to ask for money off people so i reallly need some good ideas for school on monday. xx please help :)

• Sophia 23 Aug

  Well I am 11 and I did the full forty hours without food (big mistake) this morning I woke up and nearly fainted so what I mean is listen to what they tell you (if your under 15 don't do the full forty hours.

• Case Thomas 23 Aug

  my sister and I got a group of friends at school and raised over $1400 last year. write some little notes and drop them in the post to your friends and families-if you have as many willing aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and family friends as i do, you should raise heaps! =)

• alexandra 24 Aug

  heyy i relly dont no wat i am doing but i no at i ant to give up i am going t give up food and furnture and my friend i s gonna do it to and we re going to do itin the weekend together

• Emma Blanchonette 09 Nov

  40HR Famine is awesome! Finally got around to asking our organizer for last years T-Shirt and I can't wait for this years one. Casual dress days, jelly beans in a jar, car washes, bake sales, badges, T-Shirts, etc... Are really good ideas me and my BFF raised heaps earlier this year I nearly made $400. Keep up the good work all.