Discofever
16th November 2015, 12:16 PM
Hi All,
Mods I hope this is ok to post here, it is a bit of an unusual call to arms :D
This has been a bit of an itch for a few years. I am interested in running a fund raising event for a childrens charity (such as Kids with Cancer) by getting a group of people and cars to do an expedition of sorts over a as yet to be nominated track(s). Ideas include one of the desert tracks, a week in the Victorian Alps, around the Flinders, to the Cape the hard way etc. no plans so far on this. I have had some contact with a New Zealand Land Rover club who do something similar for their local CFA annually as well as looked at how other organisations coordinate expedition type fund raisers for various charities. The two key aspects of this is to get a group of people who love 4WDriving, camping out, being challenged by the environment and who are committed to helping raise funds for sick kids.
I was thinking 8 cars would be the absolute maximum for any one trip, but there aren't really any limits on how many trips can be run in different parts of the country :o. It comes down to organisation, and I'm prepared to drive a fair bit of that with assistance from willing people. I would need a fair bit of support, even for a one week High Country trip, first and foremost would be someone to assist with plotting out the track(s). Would need a designated photographer and the trip could be written up on the charities website, put in their newsletter and sent to 4WD Action for instance. If someone was prepared to capture enough video it could be sent to 4WD Action un-edited for them to cut and make a DVD out of it. Their marketing manager stated they would be very interested in this in a return email to me
In terms of donations I think there are online fund web pages anyone can add to now but also if someone knew a better way to collect funds even better. I don't know much about this. I think the chosen charity can open up their own page and you deposit what you collect direct - preferable. It would also need to be marketed, a poster etc. and we would need to contact our chosen charity and do a cheque hand over etc.
You would self-fund your trip and get donations from people for doing it. I know it sounds like a slush fund when we really enjoy doing this sort of thing anyway, but it would be for a great cause and provides people who don't usually think to give to important charities to make a contribution. I wouldn't expect the track to be all smooth sailing but neither is it going to be some unpassable hell hole type scenario.
Anyway it's on here now and I'll blow some more air on the flames as I progress. Surely I can get another 7 cars and organise this thing before the tracks are closed next June, let's see how we go.
Your support and / or comments are appreciated.
Mods I hope this is ok to post here, it is a bit of an unusual call to arms :D
This has been a bit of an itch for a few years. I am interested in running a fund raising event for a childrens charity (such as Kids with Cancer) by getting a group of people and cars to do an expedition of sorts over a as yet to be nominated track(s). Ideas include one of the desert tracks, a week in the Victorian Alps, around the Flinders, to the Cape the hard way etc. no plans so far on this. I have had some contact with a New Zealand Land Rover club who do something similar for their local CFA annually as well as looked at how other organisations coordinate expedition type fund raisers for various charities. The two key aspects of this is to get a group of people who love 4WDriving, camping out, being challenged by the environment and who are committed to helping raise funds for sick kids.
I was thinking 8 cars would be the absolute maximum for any one trip, but there aren't really any limits on how many trips can be run in different parts of the country :o. It comes down to organisation, and I'm prepared to drive a fair bit of that with assistance from willing people. I would need a fair bit of support, even for a one week High Country trip, first and foremost would be someone to assist with plotting out the track(s). Would need a designated photographer and the trip could be written up on the charities website, put in their newsletter and sent to 4WD Action for instance. If someone was prepared to capture enough video it could be sent to 4WD Action un-edited for them to cut and make a DVD out of it. Their marketing manager stated they would be very interested in this in a return email to me
In terms of donations I think there are online fund web pages anyone can add to now but also if someone knew a better way to collect funds even better. I don't know much about this. I think the chosen charity can open up their own page and you deposit what you collect direct - preferable. It would also need to be marketed, a poster etc. and we would need to contact our chosen charity and do a cheque hand over etc.
You would self-fund your trip and get donations from people for doing it. I know it sounds like a slush fund when we really enjoy doing this sort of thing anyway, but it would be for a great cause and provides people who don't usually think to give to important charities to make a contribution. I wouldn't expect the track to be all smooth sailing but neither is it going to be some unpassable hell hole type scenario.
Anyway it's on here now and I'll blow some more air on the flames as I progress. Surely I can get another 7 cars and organise this thing before the tracks are closed next June, let's see how we go.
Your support and / or comments are appreciated.