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Red for Heart British Heart Foundation Fundraising Event February 2010

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Red for Heart

The next British Heart Foundation (BHF) Fundraising Campaign is in February 2010 - Red for Heart. Below is a list of red-themed fundraising ideas.

February 2010 is National Heart Month and we will be asking people in the North and East Yorkshire communities to once again take a stand against the UK’s biggest killer - heart disease - by supporting the Red for Heart campaign. (To read the full article please click here)

Go RED for HEART In 2010

February 2010 is National Heart Month, and your chance to take a stand against heart disease, the UK’s biggest killer, by supporting the Red for Heart Campaign in your workplace, school, university, club or community - do anything you like as long as it is RED!

If you do just one of the activities listed here in February - you could improve or save lives of people living with heart disease in the UK. Do something to help, go Red today and raise some reddies to help fight heart disease!

Here’s an A-Z of Red Fundraising Ideas to help you out!

Dress up, dress down, and dress red. Support our National Wear Red day on Friday 26^th February 2010 with work colleagues/friends - get sponsored / make a donation to dress totally in red - simple but effective.
Go Red Showtime! Themed parties, 70s discos or fashion shows can be a real hoot and raise a lot of funds, why not turn one red for heart? Clothes, drinks, food, decorations included!
Red Love Hearts. Why not have a VALENTINE LURVE WALL at work, school or youth club donate a £1, write your love note in red, stick on the Lurve Wall!!
Big Red Hair Do. Get sponsored to go redhead for the day - dare to dye your hair red or try a red wig - or even a red hat.
Paint the town red! Have a night out with mates to celebrate Valentine’s Day but dress up and organise a collection to raise funds. Try a love theme like Romeo & Juliet or Cinderella & Prince Charming, Film Stars, High School Musical, Superheroes or just put on your posh red frocks and dapper suits with red ties. Charge a couple of quid to join in the fun. Remember to get official BHF ID badges and collecting tins and official permission if collecting in a public place.
Red Celebration donation. Ask guests at your engagement/wedding or anniversary parties for donations to mend broken hearts, we can help with red donation envelopes.
Reddy Steady Cook. Why not get creative in the kitchen and bake some red cakes - get the food colouring out or just turn your cakes red by decorating them with red icing hearts - then sell them to friends and family.
Red Kisses and Hearts. Find an empty wall, cover with paper, slap on the bright red lippy, kiss the paper and write a message by it - £1 a go.
Hearty Red Brekkie. Hold a heart cookies and strawberry milkshake, or raspberry smoothie morning - any fruit will do - as long as it’s red. Great fun for playgroups, nurseries and early years!
Red Valentines Love Quiz. Ask romantic questions about love songs, romantic films, loved up celeb couples, etc. Everyone that takes part has to wear red of course!
Hugathon. Find as many people as possible, line them up and hug each other - get sponsored to hug people. Or why not pucker up and sell your luscious kisses. Remember your red lippy again!
Red Tarts with Hearts. Afternoon tea - invite your friends round, and enjoy tea and red strawberry jam tarts - or strawberries and cream. Charge for coming along, hold a raffle as well, hold it at work, at school, anywhere at all really.
Red Friendship walk. Organise a walk for all your single friends on Valentines Day - during the lunchtime or straight after work or college - charge them to join or to raise sponsorship and make sure they wear something red. You might end up with lots of wedding to go to!
Seeing Red. Maybe you play for a football team or other team sport? Whatever colour your usual strip is, why not don something red for heart and play a friendly to raise funds.
Strictly Red Dancing! Do you have dance lessons - or attend tea dances? Why not get together a Strictly Red dancing competition - could be a good social event to celebrate Valentine’s Day and raise funds.
Red Tin Hearts. Grab a collecting tin and organise a desk to desk collection in your office - ask us for red collecting tin and red stickers so every one gets a heart on Valentines Day.
Simply Red - sticky & sweet. Fill a jar with your favourite red sweets - throw a few love hearts in for good measure. Guess how many sweets are in the jar - pay per go.
Red Hot Chilli Evening. Why not invite your friends around for a chilli supper - or if you don’t like chilli - try cooking something else - just get your friends to supper and charge to attend.
Red Balloon. Sell a balloon tag; write a love message on it, I love u, In memory of, Friendship etc, attach to a red balloon and on Valentines Day release all the balloons into the sky.
Lucky Red Lingerie. Why not show off any slinky red pants gifts from Christmas or Valentines by getting sponsored to wear them over your jeans for a day…if Superman and Wonderwoman can do it why can’t you?
Red Passion Parade. Get everyone to bring in his or her worst or funniest lingerie or underwear, preferably red! Create a ‘gallery of shame’ and match the pants to the person - pay to vote.
Red Promises, promises. Get everyone to get a red pen write down a promise on a heart-shaped piece of paper - put them in a jar and sell the promises! You keep the promises - we get the cash!
Hot Pink Passion Puds. Get your canteen to do make special Valentine puddings or deserts, or anything red - or pink? Using fresh and healthy ingredients? Contribution to our Appeal for every item sold.
Red Letter Day for the Boss. Get the bosses to make the tea, do the photocopying, work switchboard or work in the canteen during the lunchhour - sponsor them or charge them forfeits for any mistakes - or get the boss to organise a team-building Red Letter Day for the staff to fundraise for the appeal.
Maybe baby. Everyone bring in their funniest baby photo. Charge people £2 a go to guess who’s who. Person that gets most right wins but give 50% to our Appeal - perfect!
Walk & Talk. Bring healthy lunch to work - include a red apple - and walk a couple of blocks talking with your friends/colleagues - send us the money that would normally be spent sitting in the pub or café.
Small but beautiful. Turn the air red not blue! Small swear box on every desk and charge people for their bad language - you decide on how much a word!