Hello everyone. Ifound this site accidently. I sw the question about raising fund fast. This year I did raffles. I wrote about 200 letters to different merchants in my area asking them to donate either gift certificate or merchandise to help me reach my goal. I added all my contact info and had a great responce. I made over 5000.00 with this raffle.I also went to walmart and tehy had hershey bars 3 for 1.00 I bought 30.00 dollars worth and make a great deal with that also.