Where and how can I get donations for the special women's charity program I want start ?

Question

Hi everybody,

I have a dream of helping women, any and all women who are underpriviliged or in any way disadvantaged to find the progress and improvement in their lives they wish to achieve in helping them discover their inner and outer beauty and potentials no matter what their age or condition by giving them professional stylist and cosmetic make-overs.

My plan is to work as a full time fashion stylist (and do part time on the weekends) and donate 2 full work days out of every week to give these women full make overs at hospitals (for breast cancer patients) and womens' shelters, rehab and help centres (hopefully starting with a place like the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre www.dewc.ca)

In order to achieve this dream I need your help. I need to gather the tuition to take the ElitePro's $5159.00 USD Advanced Beauty and Image Consulting Certificate Corresspondence Program so I can get started.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and my son and I would be forever gratefull as I'm unable to get the tuition on my own right now because I'm a new mother, I'm unable to leave my son at home to work and my husband can't afford to pay my tuition either. So if you or some one you know could be interested in making a donation to help me achieve my dream of helping others I would be so grateful.

You can make the donation (of any amount) to my paypal account

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Thank you for your time and generousity.

I'll keep you all posted on the progress of my goal here on my Yahoo 360 blog.

I wish you all a great day.

Thanks

StylistWithaCause

(Emma)

Answer 1

i think its a brilliant idea but i dont think your going to get a big response here, im in uk and here if we have a charity to set up we first need to go to the bank and set up an account (trust fund) and then we need to register our charity with the council to get our charity id number then anyone who wants to donate can and will feel better knowing its a legit charity because of the number, not sure of the procedure over there but hope you are successful also see if you can get it gift aided not exactly sure what it is but its something to do with not having to pay tax on donations (i think)

Answer 2

I think that is awesome what you are doing. This is something that has crossed my mind many times when visiting the children's hospital. There are also many teen girls who just don't feel good about themselves after going through chemo and meds all day. I used to do makeup for a local department store and the results were life changing for some. I can only imagine how great this would be for others that really could use it. Have you applied for any pel grants? Try networking through the hospitals. I know there are many cancer wards that would love your volunteer work. Once you get your name and face out there it may be a lot easier to get donations. Who knows a hospital may even sponsor you. Also make your self a my space account telling about this cause with all the info on it. Put some pics up of your work and add every detail regarding you cause. Add friends that you now would be interested such as women shelters,mom clubs, and such. I'm so excited for you!!! I cannot do much financially but let me know if you need any other help  any way. I think if your real serious about this your goig to do great! If you have a myspace already set up please let me know :0)