497 days to go: More on fund raising

Hello Everybody

In my last post, I only briefly mentioned the fundraising challenge I face in order to go to Japan , so I thought I would go into it in a bit more detail today. 

The cost for the Jamboree per person takes into consideration the GDP ( Gross Domestic Product) of the country they come from, basically, if you are from America you will pay a larger proportion than if you were from Kenya. The idea behind this is to allow as many participants from as many countries as possible to attend the Jamboree which personally I think makes a lot of sense ! This is proven by the fact that more countries are present at the World Scout Jamboree than at the Summer Olympics , bit of a surprise for any scout bashers hey. 

The cost varies from person to person , but my total participation fee is roughly £3200, a lot, I know , but for 19 days in Japan , I think it's worth it. This cost is broken down into 3 parts. I must raise one third myself, through personal fundraising methods like dog walking and cake making. 1 third is covered by my scout district , Chiltern North, who source this funding from charity donations and previous Jamboree fundraising. And finally in my small group of 5 people (the ones also selected at the selection weekend) we must raise the equivalent of £1000 each .Luckily I know this group quite well , so organising larger events won't be too difficult. When we get round to it , that is . . . .  

I was given a massive list of fundraising ideas from my Unit Leader a couple of weeks ago but I haven't really started looking at these in detail. I am in the process of producing an email or poster to advertise my availability as a babysitter , cake maker and 'errand runner'. If you have any ideas about how I can reach my target or wish to make a donation to my Unit, let me know.

Once I get started hopefully it wont be too hard to continue and put a dent in the final cost !

I dont really have a picture for this blog so a nice Japanese themed image for your visual satisfaction.

Thanks for reading

Lauren :)