♥ Help Feed the Children Top of Page
1) Give a gift of a food basket for a family in Tanzania through your financial donation.
2) Give a gift of fresh milk by making a donation towards the purchase of a cow or goat.
3) Give a gift of protein rich eggs by making a donation towards the purchase of chickens.
4) Help us with a donation to build barns for safely and securely housing the cows, goats and
chickens in the Hearts in Unity livestock project.
♥ Help Clothe the Children Top of Page
5) Give a gift of a pair of new shoes to a child in need through your financial donation.
6) Give a gift of a school uniform to a child through your financial donation.
7) Give a financial gift to purchase fabric, yarn and other sewing/knitting supplies in
Tanzania for the women in the "Mioyo Pamoja” (Hearts in Unity) sewing/knitting coop.
♥ Help Educate the Children Top of Page
8) Help us to purchase school supplies in Tanzania through your financial donation.
9) Help us to purchase art & music teaching materials/supplies in Tanzania through your
financial donation.
10) Help us to purchase textbooks in Tanzania through your financial donation.
12) Help us to purchase wooden school desks in Tanzania through your financial donation.
13) Help us to purchase soccer balls and volleyballs in Tanzania through your financial
donation. The opportunity to participate in sports is an encouragement for the students to
attend and do well in school.
♥ Reading & Writing from the Heart Top of Page
14) Write letters/postcards with messages of friendship and encouragement for Hearts in Unity
to share with students in Tanzania. This is a wonderful project for kids/students and adults.
15) Encourage your family, friends and groups/clubs in your community to write postcards for
Hearts in Unity to share with students in Tanzania.
16) Organize a “Gently Used Book Sale” at a school or church in your community. Ask the
families to donate children’s books that their children no longer read. Then, invite the
students and their families back to the school for a “Book Sale” where they can purchase
books donated by their fellow students. Donate the proceeds from the book sale to Hearts
in Unity to use towards the purchase of textbooks for Tanzanian children.
17) Help make Swahili/English phrasebooks for the students in Tanzania.
♥ Sharing and Caring Through Art & Music Top of Page
18) Do you know a teacher at a local elementary, middle or high school? Have them send us
their contact information (name, address, phone, email) so that we can be in touch with them
to share details about our upcoming “Art from the Heart” student art contest in the
2012 school year.
18) Help us promote our “Art from the Heart” student art contest by posting the information
on online sites (local online newspapers; Craigslist; etc.) seeking contact names at schools.
Contact us for more information about how you can help in this way.
19) Organize an “Art Auction” in your community. Have children or adults create artwork with
a theme of “Hearts in Unity.” Invite the students/parents and others in the community to a
“silent auction” event where they can bid on the local artwork in addition to pictures drawn
by Tanzanian children (Tanzanian artwork provided by Hearts in Unity). Donate the auction
proceeds to Hearts in Unity to help support the children of Tanzania. Contact us for more
information.
20) Organize a “Soup Bowl” event. Contact the art teacher at your local school. Invite art
students to make decorative ceramic bowls. Invite the students/parents and others in the
community to an event where they can buy a bowl of hot soup for dinner, and then bid on
the student-made bowls at a “silent auction” with the dinner and auction proceeds to help
feed the children of Tanzania.
21) Purchase t-shirts, coffee mugs and other items imprinted with artwork by Tanzanian
children.
22) Encourage your family/friends to purchase t-shirts, coffee mugs and other items
imprinted with artwork by the Tanzanian children supported through Hearts in Unity.
23) Your purchase of our “Omba” music CD (with original music by Hearts in Unity co-director
Roland Maanga) will help support Hearts in Unity projects.
24) Share the “Omba” music CD link ( www.heartsinunity.org/music.html ) with your family and
friends (by email, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.) and encourage them to purchase their
own copy of our music CD as a way to help support the children in Tanzania.
♥ Gift Giving with a Heart Top of Page
25) Need to buy a birthday, anniversary, graduation or other gift? Make a donation to Hearts
in Unity for the purchase of a textbook, school uniform, goat, chicken, or other gift to help
the children of Tanzania in honor of the friend or family member.
26) Need another gift idea? Purchase a copy of the “Omba” CD with original music by Hearts
in Unity co-director Roland Maanga as a unique gift.
27) One more gift idea? Purchase a t-shirts, coffee mugs and other items imprinted with
artwork by the Tanzanian children supported through Hearts in Unity.
28) Is your birthday coming up? Ask your family and friends to make a donation to Hearts
in Unity in honor of your birthday.
29) Make a Mother's Day donation to Hearts in Unity in honor or memory of your mother
and/or grandmother.
30) Make a Father's Day donation to Hearts in Unity in honor or memory of your father
and/or grandfather.
31) Instead of buying a “thank you gift” for your child’s teacher at the end of the school year,
32) Ask your family/friends to donate unused gift cards for stores (such as Target, Walmart,
book stores, clothing stores). Hearts in Unity will use the cards to purchase the items most
needed for the children of Tanzania.
♥ Sewing with Stitches of Kindness Top of Page
33) Help sew a gift of simple fabric school bags for the students in Tanzania.
34) Share our school bag pattern with friends and encourage them to sew school bags.
Using Facebook is a great way to share information about this project with your friends.
35) Contact local sewing/quilting groups in your area to encourage others to volunteer to
make school bags.
36) Contact the local Girl Scout Council in your area to share information about the Hearts in
Unity school bag project. Learning to sew while making school bags is a great way for the
girls to earn a “sewing” badge.
37) Contact local fabric stores to request donations of fabric (cotton; cotton/polyester)
blend fabric (and thread) to use in sewing school bags. If you receive fabric donations,
share donated fabric/thread with other sewing volunteers that you locate in your area.
39) If you receive fabric donations, pre-cutting the donated fabric into “kits” to give to sewing
volunteers in your area (pre-cut fabric with instructions).
40) Offer to be the collection/mailing contact person in your area for school bags sewn by
others. Mailing school bags to Hearts in Unity in fewer/larger boxes will cost less in postage
than having individual sewing volunteers mailing multiple smaller parcels.
41) Encourage sewing volunteers help offset the shipping costs for the school bags by making
a financial donation (for both shipping from your location to Wisconsin, and shipping from
Wisconsin to Tanzania.)
42) Help us find volunteers to sew school bags in your area by posting volunteer request
information online (on Craigslist, in online newspapers) and sharing information about the
school bag project.
♥ Knitting a Gift of Warmth Top of Page
43) Help knit or crochet hats for the children in Tanzania. Use your favorite pattern, or one
of the two simple knitting patterns
44) Share our simple knit hat patterns with friends and encourage them to knit hats. Using
Facebook and other social networks is a great way to share information about this project
with your friends.
45) Contact local knitting groups in your area to encourage others to volunteer to make hats.
46) Contact the local Girl Scout Council in your area to share information about the Hearts in
Unity hat project. Learning to sew while making school bags is a great way for the girls to
earn a “knitting” related badge.
47) Contact local yarn/craft stores to request donations of yarn to use in knitting hats.
48) If you receive yarn donations, share donated yarn with other volunteers that you locate in
your area.
49) Offer to be the collection/mailing contact person in your area for knit hats sewn by
others. Mailing hats to Hearts in Unity in fewer/larger boxes will cost less in postage than
having individual sewing volunteers mailing multiple smaller parcels.
50) Encourage knitting/crochet volunteers help offset the shipping costs for the hats by
making a financial donation (for both shipping from your location to Wisconsin, and shipping
from Wisconsin to Tanzania.)
51) Help us find volunteers to knit hats in your area by posting volunteer request information
online (on Craigslist, in online newspapers) and sharing information about the hat project.
♥ Share Your Appetite for Caring Top of Page
52) Teach a Tanzanian cooking class (we have recipes available!). Ask each of your guests
to bring an ingredient, and to make a financial donation to Hearts in Unity as a way to help
feed the children of Tanzania (suggest a donation amount equal to the cost of a dinner at
a local restaurant).
53) Host a “Rice and Beans Dinner” for your family and friends, and ask your guests to each
make a donation to feed a Tanzanian child ($30 will feed a child for a month).
54) Host a “Pancake Breakfast” for your family/friends, and ask your guests to each make a
donation to help feed the children of Tanzania. This is a good event for a church group or
as a community event.
55) Host a “Spaghetti or Taco Dinner” to benefit Hearts in Unity. This is a good event for a
church group or as a community event. Sell tickets to the event with the proceeds to help
support the children of Tanzania through Hearts in Unity.
56) Work with a local restaurant to set up a “meal promotion” to benefit Hearts in Unity.
Perhaps the manager/owner of the restaurant will offer a percentage of sales on a specific
day, or a percentage of sales for customers presenting a special promotional coupon.
57) Set up a concession stand (candy, snacks, beverages) at a local event (sports/theater
event at a local school, community event, etc.) with proceeds to benefit Hearts in Unity
projects.
58) Set up a “snack/candy” basket at your place of work. Purchase snacks and candy
bars to have available for purchase by your co-workers (e.g. a 50-cent candy bar can be
sold for $1 with the profits donated to Hearts in Unity).
59) Help your children set up a lemonade and cookie stand with the proceeds to help support
the children of Tanzania.
60) Organize a “Wine Tasting” or “Beer Tasting” event at a local bar or restaurant. Sell
tickets to the event with the proceeds to help support the children of Tanzania through
Hearts in Unity.
61) Organize a “Bake Sale” at your school, church, or in the community to benefit Hearts in
Unity projects in Tanzania.
♥ An Evening of Fun and Friendship Top of Page
62) Host a “Movie Night” at your house for family/friends/neighbors. Rent a popular DVD.
Serve snacks and beverages. Ask your guests to bring a monetary donation equal to
the price of a ticket at a local movie theater (or price of a DVD) as a way to help support
Hearts in Unity projects.
63) Host a “Game Night” at your house for family/friends/neighbors. Play Wii or other video
games or board games. Have a friendly competition with prizes for the winning players.
Ask your guests to bring a monetary donation to help purchase soccer balls and other
sports equipment in Tanzania for the students to play with after school.
♥ Presentation Opportunities in the Milwaukee Area Top of Page
64) If you are a teacher or principal of a school in the Milwaukee (Wisconsin, USA) area,
contact us to schedule a “Life in Tanzania” photo/story presentation for your students.
65) Are you associated with a Girl Scout troop in the Milwaukee (Wisconsin, USA) area?
Contact us to schedule a “Life in Tanzania” photo/story presentation to help your
scouts earn an international/global-related badge.
66) Are you associated with a church or community-service group in the Milwaukee
(Wisconsin, USA) area? Contact us to schedule a “Life in Tanzania” photo/story
presentation to learn more about how your group or organization can partner with Hearts
in Unity to help the children of Tanzania.
♥ A Gift of Service to Others Top of Page
67) Help as a volunteer at one of the “Just Between Friends” Children’s Consignment
events in the Milwaukee (Wisconsin, USA) area. If we provide volunteers, our charity
partners at “Just Between Friends” will make a financial donation to Hearts in Unity.
68) Offer to babysit your neighbor’s children so the parents can have a “date night”. Let them
know in advance that you plan to donate your “wages” from the child care to Hearts in Unity
to help the children in Tanzania.
69) Offer home and yard services to your neighbors (house cleaning, wash windows, mow
grass, shovel snow, rake leaves, wash cars). Let them know in advance that you plan to
donate your “wages” to Hearts in Unity to help the children in Tanzania.
70) Travel with us to Tanzania to help with our projects in the villages of Seela (on Mt. Meru)
and Mwika (on Mt. Kilimanjaro).
♥ Event Planning and Coordination Top of Page
71) Organize a car wash at a local gas station or other location to raise money to support the
programs and projects of Hearts in Unity.
72) Organize a “Hearts in Unity Run/Walk” in your community. Registration fees and pledges
from supporters and participants can help Hearts in Unity purchase shoes for the children in
Tanzania.
73) Organize a neighborhood rummage/garage sale, encouraging your neighbors to donate
a percentage of their sales to help support Hearts in Unity projects in Tanzania.
74) Organize a sports event/competition locally (soccer, football, softball, tennis, basketball,
ping pong, etc) for children and/or adults. Entry fees and/or other funds raised during the
event can be donated to Hearts in Unity to purchase sports equipment and uniforms for the
children in Tanzania.
75) Organize a bingo event or raffle at your local church, school or through a community
group/club to benefit Hearts in Unity programs for the children of Tanzania.
76) Organize a “penny war” in a local school to help support Hearts in Unity projects.
Encourage a friendly competition at the school between classes or grade levels to see
which class/grade can raise the most money in coins (and bills, too!). Offer an incentive –
treat the winning class/grade to something special. Donate the proceeds to Hearts in Unity
to help feed, clothe and educate Tanzanian children.
♥ Merchant Contacts Top of Page
77) Contact local stores/shops in your area to request donations of school supplies, or
donations of gift cards that can be used by Hearts in Unity to purchase items most needed
for the children in Tanzania.
78) Contact online office/school/art supply organizations to request donations of school
supplies, or donations of gift cards that can be used by Hearts in Unity to purchase items
most needed for the children in Tanzania.
♥ From Tanzania with Love Top of Page
79) Help us sell handicrafts made by women in Tanzania. Buy handicrafts for yourself.
Contact us for details.
80) Enjoy a cup of Tanzanian tea. When you purchase Chai Bora Tanzanian Tea through
Hearts in Unity (box of 25 tea bags for $5), all proceeds help support Hearts in Unity
projects and programs for the children in Tanzania. Contact us for details.
♥ Social Networking Top of Page
When you learn more about the mission of Hearts in Unity, and show your support through your social networks, you help us to raise awareness of the work that we are doing for the children in Tanzania.
81) If you are a teacher, teach your students about Tanzania using the “About Tanzania”
link on the Hearts in Unity website. Check out the other Hearts in Unity web pages for
projects that the students can get involved with. Consider hosting a fundraiser to give
your students the opportunity to help the children in Tanzania.
82) Visit our website and learn more about the mission of Hearts in Unity. Sign our
Guest Book and tell us what you like best about Hearts in Unity and our projects for the
children of Tanzania.
85) “Add us” as one of your Facebook friends. Our Facebook profile name is “Hearts Unity”
86) Encourage your Facebook friends to send a “Friend Request” to Hearts in Unity.
87) Click on “SHARE” to share your favorite Hearts in Unity status updates with your Facebook
friends.
88) “LIKE” our Hearts in Unity non-profit organization PAGE on Facebook.
89) Encourage your Facebook friends to “LIKE” our Hearts in Unity non-profit organization
90) Follow us on Twitter.
91) Encourage your friends to follow Hearts in Unity on Twitter.
92) “Retweet” your favorite Twitter tweets from Hearts in Unity.
93) Read and follow our Hearts in Unity Blog.
94) Subscribe to our Blog.
95) Share our Blog address with your family and friends (via email, on Facebook, etc.).
96) Watch our videos on YouTube.
97) Share our YouTube videos with your family and friends (via email, on Facebook, etc.).
♥ Don’t forget these very simple ways to help Top of Page
98) Pray for the children of Tanzania and their parents and other family members.
99) Pray for the teachers in Tanzania.
100) Pray for all who donate of their time, talents and treasures through Hearts in Unity for the
children of Tanzania.
101) Share this “101 Ideas” list with your family and friends.
♥ Questions? Comments? Have an Idea? ♥
Contact Hearts in Unity for more information about how you can help the children of Tanzania
Whether your help comes as a gift of your time, or your talent, or the sharing of your “treasure”
your gift for the children of Tanzania is appreciated, and accepted with heartfelt thanks.
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