By Joanna Eng, who also blogs at Idealist in NYC.
From Flickr user joana hard
We're no stranger to
fundraising strategies that involve baked goods. Here's another yummy model for grassroots fundraising on a global scale:
Starting tomorrow, June 20, the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale starts selling goodies, well, around the world! Over 70 community groups from New Zealand to Nigeria to North Carolina are organizing their own bake sales in the coming week as part of this worldwide initiative. And the proceeds go to over 70 different causes—most of the bake sales will benefit animal shelters, vegetarian clubs, or wildlife conservation organizations; a few others will give their proceeds to a women's resource center, a shelter for abused children, and even a local man diagnosed with cancer.
The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale is organized in an impressively decentralized way. Each participating group organizes everything themselves, and can choose what to do with the proceeds from their bake sale. In fact, the only two
rules for participating are to sell only vegan food, and not to promote the intentional harming of animals.
Whether you're into veganism or not, the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale offers a comprehensive list of
tips and resources for organizing a bake sale in your own community.
