#groupraise

I've used GroupRaise for my fundraisers in the past to have a more "fun and social" way of educating my peers about my future mission trips before they were to donate. They're presence at the restaurant was already their way of donating to be honest. On the GroupRaise website you have a variety of restaurants to choose from where they will give you anywhere between 10%-20% (more or less) of the total business you bring them in a selected time frame. The "act of donating" at the restaurant would be as followed: When you pay for your food and receive your receipt, you stuff it into the box designated "GroupRaise" and at the end of the night a percentage of the total receipts would be calculated and donated directly towards the cause you were supporting.

My first GroupRaise event took place in 2012 at Little Woodrow's on Brazos St. I had made a facebook event a few weeks before inviting pretty much everyone I knew. EuroCircle - Houston had their meeting there to bring awareness to my event, my awesome Dentist came to support my cause along with donating a huge bag of new toothbrushes, and my family and friends were there contributing to make my goal realized. Excitingly, a friend from my university co-founded GroupRaise company and came out to support as well! I forgot to mention, Little Woodrow's had Turtle Racing that night as well...! A few days later, I received my check in the mail and had raised almost $200! ($190 to be exact).

After having that first successful attempt, I used GroupRaise again for a genetic research social project - success once again!

Now, I'm fundraising again and planning my next GroupRaise event at a restaurant... I'm trying to decide where but I'm swaying towards BerryHill Baja Grill. Mmm... I'm hungry just thinking about it!

If you're fundraising or would like to contribute to a fundraiser, I would highly recommend you to visit www.groupraise.com

Have fun(draising)! (Hope that wasn't too punny! - okay I'll stop here)