Bursary Fundraising

CFUW Sunshine Coast is involved in a wide variety of fundraising activities to raise funds for bursaries for women on the Sunshine Coast. Our success in fundraising for this worthwhile cause is a direct result of the generous contributions from current and past members. Fundraising activities have included the Ivan Sayers historical fashion show, Tea by the Sea, Christmas swag creation and sales, Tracing Footsteps, a virtual art exhibition, Cabi clothing sales, and an IGA Fundraising Program described in detail below.

Over the past five years CFUW Sunshine Coast members have raised over $24,000 through these fun and entertaining activities. 'Friends of the Bursary Society', club members and non-members have contributed almost $25,000 through personal donations to the Bursary Society. We appreciate support from local businesses, other non-profit organizations, 'In Memoriam' donations and bequests from former members. The CFUW Sunshine Coast partners with the Sunshine Coast Foundation through a bursary endowment fund that continues to grow and generate funding for bursaries.

Our purpose to promote further education for women on the Sunshine Coast is clearly an important issue to our members and our community.

A fundraising tea was held in Gibsons, Roberts Creek and Davis Bay on April 22, 2023 to support bursaries.

In addition to sales of holiday swags to raise funds for the Bursary Society, greenery was donated to the Sunshine Coast Community Foundation and Shorncliffe Intermediate Care Facility. Happy Holidays 2017.

IGA Fundraising Program

Progressive Fundraising is generously offering us 4% back when our members shop at IGA stores throughout BC using a special fundraising card. The card looks like a gift card. It costs $1. and is empty until you fill it. Once you fill it at the customer service counter you can use it as cash at checkout. There is no expiry date on the funds you add to the card and they can be refilled as often as you like.

This is how it works:

Pick up your card at a CFUW General Meeting or 'Contact Us'
When you go to IGA first go to the customer service counter and have them load the empty card. They can load whatever amount of money you would like (e.g. if you want $100 on the card they will ring you through for $100 and place that on the card). You can pay with a credit or debit card or cash/cheque.
Do your shopping and when you checkout use your IGA Fundraising card as cash to pay for your groceries.
Next time you go shopping reload your card on the way in.

This is an easy way to keep funds coming into the Bursary Society and it does not cost you anything more than the time it takes to load your card on the way in to shop. Get two - keep one for yourself and give another as a gift.