Fundraising

New!  Credit Unions for Kids announces redesigned logo, national campaigns for 2011:   Children's Miracle Network has a new name and logo as of January 1, 2011:  they are now Children's Miracle Network Hospitals®!   Joe Dearborn, Senior Director, Credit Unions for Kids, explains, “Adding ‘Hospitals’ to our name clarifies who we are and what we do, which drives donations.”  Watch a short but powerful video announcing the new brand. The Credit Unions for Kids logo has also changed to reflect the new logo and include the addition of “Hospitals.”  To accompany the updated logo, you will find a revised version of the Style Guidelines for the Credit Unions for Kids moniker and logo. The most notable change is the now acceptable usage of the term “CU4Kids” in an online setting.  The new logo & usage guidelines can be obtained by credit unions in the Credit Unions for Kids partner section of miraclesoup.org.    Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the Holiday Icon Campaign, Children’s Miracle Network has developed two additional simple and turnkey fundraisers which credit unions nationwide can easily embrace during 2011.  Like the holiday icons, each fundraiser will have a microsite with all the information a credit union needs to learn about the fundraiser, order any needed materials, and promote the fundraiser to members. NOW OPEN!! - Change a Child’s Life will run from March 1 through April 30.  Credit unions will be able to go online and order change canisters to put in their branches.  Unlike past canisters, these will be collapsible and easily shipped to credit unions, so credit unions can place canisters in a variety of places at multiple branches.  You’ll be surprised by how quickly those coins add up!  LEARN MORE AT WWW.CU4KIDSCHANGEDRIVE.ORG. The Summer Branch Blowout (working title) begins July 18 and runs through Miracle Jeans Day, September 14.  For this campaign, credit unions have their choice of 3 different items to sell in their branches: hot air balloon icons (shaped like the new logo!), jeans icons (gearing up for Miracle Jeans Day), or chocolate bars (which come in a display box, so you can easily sit them on the teller windows).  Holiday Icons will be sold again in 2011 from November 1 until December 30.  Back by popular demand, we hope these will become a tradition at credit union branches for years to come.  Stay tuned up for exciting, new shapes for 2011. Check back here, where we'll post links or more information about these campaigns as they are available!

 

The Credit Unions for Kids® (CU4Kids) program brings credit unions across the nation together in support of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® (CMN Hospitals).  Founded in 1996, this credit union program has raised millions of dollars to benefit CMN hospitals nationwide.   Since 1999, Mississippi credit unions have contributed more than $305,000. Mississippi credit union fundraising activities benefit:

 

 

The following resources can provide guidance, ideas and promotional items for your CU4Kids (or other charitable) fundraiser.  (NOTE: Please be sure to notify MSCUA of all contributions so we can calculate an accurate yearly fundraising total for our state.)
 

• CU4Kids Contribution Reporting Form - Use this form to let MSCUA know about your contribution.  By notifying MSCUA, your contribution can be counted in the yearly Mississippi credit union fundraising totals.  This form can be submitted to MSCUA at any time; Actual contributions, however, should be submitted to MSCUA or a children’s hospital no later than the end of December of each year.
   
• CU4Kids In Memoriam/In Honor Of Form - Use this form to submit contributions to the children's hospital in memory of or in honor of loved ones.
   
• Miracle Soup - The CMN Hospitals resource site with a special community for Credit Unions for Kids that contains resources, documents, idea sharing and other tools for credit unions that support Credit Unions for Kids. (Registration is required, but registration is free.)
   
• World's Finest Chocolate fundraiser information.
   
• Paper icon sales are easy and inexpensive.  With so many shapes and themes available, paper icon fundraisers are flexible enough for any credit union to find a convenient fundraising fit.  Find differently themed paper icons here.  
   
• NEW!  Miracle Jeans Day -  Employees at your company can support CMN Hosptials by purchasing a Miracle Jeans Day button, sticker or lapel pin, which grants them the ability to go casual on a specified day to show support for kids at their hospital.
   
• Fundraising Ideas - Contains 101 fundraising ideas. 
   
• CU4Kids "Miracle Mall" - Contains Credit Unions for Kids branded t-shirts and other promotional items.
   
• CMN "Miracle Mall" - Contains Children's Miracle Network Hosptals branded promotional items.
   
• Credit Unions for Kids UPDATE Newsletter - contains stories and ideas for fundraising from credit unions around the country.  The newsletter, and many other resources, is available through the CU4Kids "Miracle Soup" site: www.miraclesoup.org/cufk.