In these days there a lot of teenager and adults participating in a mission trips, learning from the cultural experience and helping people in need. Missionary trips come at a price that some young adults and their families cannot afford on their own. When children and families feel the calling in serving God through mission trips, they probably need to raise money for their travels and this is where things get tricky.
Joining a mission group is voluntary and a great experience to have especially for the youth, but you are accountable for everything, right from your travel, lodging and getting around in the new place. Naturally, this is really likely to cost a lot of money, that's the reason fund raising for the mission is essential. So here are some ways to help the teens start their funds.
- Selling cookies
- cook up for bad weather or sell some knick knacks
- selling unused clothes or some old things that you don't need no more
- you can also make online sites for your group that you need support to accomplish your mission.
This is actually the easy way to get people involved and support he efforts. Establishing an online mission trip, is the fundraiser allows you to interact with huge numbers of people not just inside the country or community, but also with individuals abroad who may feel compassionate and donate for your mission trip. Especially if your mission trip is organized or based on your church, it is a fantastic way to drive all the people in your congregation online to donate, possibly even suggest that instead of contributing at church at sunday, they can go directly donate online, your donors would be the biggest champions of your cause, and online fund raising allows them to make use of their network of friends and family to request contribution.
Fund raising online for your mission is really easy, you can clearly state your objectives and milestones and even produce a separate customized donation page for every milestone you have to fulfill before you take off on your mission, you can think about creating a page for your lodging expenses, one for medical expenses and perhaps even a donation page to meet your god expenses while on your vacation.