My friend was in a motorcycle accident & doesn't have medical insurance- have any good ideas for fundraisers?

Question

My friend was in a motorcycle accident & doesn't have medical insurance- have any good ideas for fundraisers?

Answer 1

Did your friend have insurance on his motorcycle when the accident happened?  If so, you need to check the policy out.

He may have medical payments on his policy which will pay for emergency room expenses, dr visits, etc.  

Was the accident his/her fault?  If not, the other person;s insurance should pay for all of his medical bills.  If they did not have insurance, or did not have adequate limits, then you can file an uninsured or underinsured motorist claim on your friend's policy.

As far as fundraisers, I did one for my friend once who had breast and lung cancer.  I asked a catering company to cut me a deal and explained the situation, and they provided a full dinner buffet (we had to serve it) but it averaged to $5 a person. I sold tickets for $25 per person, so we made $20 on each individual.  I had entertainment from some people at the church and held it at the church so I didnt have to pay anything for the place we held it at.  On top of the dinner we had a silent auction.  You take your flyer around to businesses (Bennigan's, Ruby Tuesday's, insurance companies, local businesses, any company you can possibly think of) and you ask them to donate items -- (you will need to provide them a copy of your flyer).  They donate items, you recognize the businesses at the event, and then you put a sheet with #1-30 with lines beside it and ask people to go bid on these items.  The items are donated free of charge and you are making more money there as well.  I spent a lot of time on this and pretty much did the whole thing myself without a lot of help and made $4500 in one night.  You can do it if you want to, but it does take a lot of time and effort.

I would definitely check into the medical payments on your friends insurance policy.  That is what it is their for.  Regardless if it is his fault or not, they will pay it for his or her bills.  You need to file a claim.

If its the other person's fault, find out their company info and file a claim on theirs too.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

Answer 2

gosh,  if you are good at crafts and making things by hand,  you could go to

MarthaStewart.com...she has a lot of good things

also,  you could clean out your attic and garage and post that you are having a fund-raiser sale for a friend who is injured,  and ask for donations from attics and garages before the date of the sale ....and really noise it about what you are doing...hope you are good at making posters...and if you made any crafty things,  you could sell those at the sale

best of luck to you all

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