After watching Simon Sinek on TED.com in our staff meeting this week it really provoked me to think about ACTFORJUSTICE Groups as leading the field in The Rescue Mission of Hope for Justice.
Simon Sinek states “People don’t buy what you do; people buy why you do it.”
This explanation shows that its not the WHAT we do or HOW we do it that makes people buy into our idea, but WHY we believe what we do.
We can get so busy thinking about WHAT we can do to promote awareness and fundraise for Hope for Justice, putting together countless time lines and running orders to show HOW its going to be done and miss the very reason WHY we are doing it. You could have the most amazingly organised event with 100′s of people attend but if they don’t see WHY you believe in the cause then they won’t capture the heart beat of Hope for Justice
So today think back to the first time you felt compelled to ‘ACT’ FOR JUSTICE and WHY you did it. . . That’s what’s going to make the difference in our fight against human trafficking!
Here in the Hope for Justice office we are always trying to think of new ways that we can raise money and awareness so that we can rescue more people and give them their freedom back. We love thinking of new innovative ideas and came across GIVE A CAR. . .
GIVE A CAR takes your old cars and scraps them, giving the scrap money to your chosen charity! This is a unique initiative not only raising money to rescue victims, but also recycling and they’ll even pick the old car up for you too! I challenge you to spread the word, post this link on Facebook, Twitter and on your Myspace account . . . . who uses that nowadays anyway!!!!
Having been really touched by the film shown at Focusfest Christian Ladies event in Belfast in March, Jo and I decided to-’Just DO something’! about this horrendous problem. We formed a two person ACTFORJUSTICE group and armed with the inspiration to reach at least £1000 in our first year for the charity, began to think…
On a wet(!!) day in July 2011 we held a Garden tea-party fundraiser. A borrowed marquee and vintage china & bunting helped to add a touch of fun, and many lovely volunteers lent chairs and tables, covers etc and helped serve and make scones and traybakes, sandwiches – pretty easy stuff. We charged £5 entry and Hope for Justice sent some literature and Gift aid forms – we also set up a dvd player and showed their film a few times through the event.
We raised £460 for Hope for Justice so we felt it was well worthwhile. What’s next? Need to get our thinking caps on again. A friend we know held a Swishing clothes swap party for charity .. maybe …
Tips: Get up the front at church (or ask a brave pal) and tell them what you’re doing -people may give you cash even if they can’t come.
If you plan in advance take some literature and ask your local supermarket to ‘sponsor’ the event for free tea bags and coffee etc.
