Is it possible to raise a million dollars?

[jennifer_bloom]

I had a life saving operation at the hospital for sick children in Canada and so did my best friend and my elementary school teacher and I think our combined health care services cost over a million dollars - is there a way to raise a million dollars for a hospital as a single person?

[horsenrhinounicorn]

One of the hospitals I work at has program for uncompensated care. Volunteers work with local businesses to do fundraisers. Its all a matter of getting the right connections. You could create a challenge for two professional hockey teams, whoever loses the game pays a large sum of money to a hospital in the other teams city. Hospitals have programs for professional players to be the hero of the day to come and visit the hospital and be that regular hero that comes to make a difference. Get big businesses to round transactions of to the nearest dollar or donate a select amount, the businesses can do it on the receipts or on the transaction machines. Once you have good connections with the right people and timing the campaign right you can make a lot happen.

[jennifer_bloom]

I don’t like to ask people for money without providing them with goods in return because I want it to be my labour and not the labour of others

[horsenrhinounicorn]

Thats understandable, I would rather have something to give that does not involve taking from others. When it is such a large amount, it gets me looking at other options which typically involves like minding people who have the same goal.