What's your favorite local charity for kids?

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Want to help YOUR favorite local charity that help children with special

needs? Just start a fundraiser for your favorite cause at www.Crowdrise.com/Advocacy4All.

You can help make a major difference for your favorite organization and win terrific prizes in conjunction with our 2011 Advocacy 4 All Cross-Country Tour:

1) Donate at least $25 for a chance to win one of two iPod Shuffles

2) Raise the most money from your donors and win an iPad

Anyone who donates at least $25 on your page can win too! And all proceeds raised through your page go to your favorite cause.

Thanks for joining us in raising $1,000,000 to help make sure no children with special needs get left behind. Learn more at www.Drive4.org

Start your fundraiser for YOUR favorite kids charity today - this is like when someone is running a marathon for a charity, sets

up a web page, and asks people to make donations.

www.Crowdrise.com/Advocacy4All

Thanks,

Jon Singer

Drive4

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Question - Can I start my own charity?My seven yr. old with NLD, APD, SPD etc needs to go to a special needsschool which costs $3000 a month, or $300,000 for the next 11 years.Otherwise, we are stuck at a public school in the ghetto, who have denied us an IEPfor lack of funding!Can I use this site for that? To raise money for my child's education?Thanks.AliOn Mar 2, 2011, at 12:16 AM, jon singer wrote:

Want to help YOUR favorite local charity that help children with special

needs? Just start a fundraiser for your favorite cause at www.Crowdrise.com/Advocacy4All.

You can help make a major difference for your favorite organization and win terrific prizes in conjunction with our 2011 Advocacy 4 All Cross-Country Tour:

1) Donate at least $25 for a chance to win one of two iPod Shuffles

2) Raise the most money from your donors and win an iPad

Anyone who donates at least $25 on your page can win too! And all proceeds raised through your page go to your favorite cause.

Thanks for joining us in raising $1,000,000 to help make sure no children with special needs get left behind. Learn more at www.Drive4.org

Start your fundraiser for YOUR favorite kids charity today - this is like when someone is running a marathon for a charity, sets

up a web page, and asks people to make donations.

www.Crowdrise.com/Advocacy4All

Thanks,

Jon Singer

Drive4

[Guest guest]

I have not heard of the site.

I assume you are in the U.S.? Yes, you can start a nonprofit, and people have

raised money for their children specifically in the past. However, there is a

lot of paperwork, a hefty application fee, and your request could potentially be

declined.

You might want to do a search online for someone who has done fundraising for a

specific child (thinking cancer expense, etc.) and see if they would give you

some tips. If you have a friend who is an attorney, or someone who does pro

bono work, they might be able to help you with advice and guidance through the

process.

Have you asked about scholarships?

Also, You might want to consult an attorney or at least an advocate about the

lack of IEP. I met a mom who got her son a private placement after a long while

simply because she was completely annoying and they wanted her to go away.

Do you get slaw emails? You might want to subscribe, I think it is free.

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> > Want to help YOUR favorite local charity that help children with special

needs? Just start a fundraiser for your favorite cause at

www.Crowdrise.com/Advocacy4All.

> >

> > You can help make a major difference for your favorite organization and win

terrific prizes in conjunction with our 2011 Advocacy 4 All Cross-Country Tour:

> >

> > 1) Donate at least $25 for a chance to win one of two iPod Shuffles

> > 2) Raise the most money from your donors and win an iPad

> >

> > Anyone who donates at least $25 on your page can win too! And all proceeds

raised through your page go to your favorite cause.

> >

> > Thanks for joining us in raising $1,000,000 to help make sure no children

with special needs get left behind. Learn more at www.Drive4.org

> >

> > Start your fundraiser for YOUR favorite kids charity today - this is like

when someone is running a marathon for a charity, sets up a web page, and asks

people to make donations.

> > www.Crowdrise.com/Advocacy4All

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Jon Singer

> > Drive4

> >

> >

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