There are a million reasons why to love Bonfirefunds.com.  Here are the top 7 reasons why Bonfire Funds rocks.  

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Crowdfunding is a great way to raise money for your cause.  According to Mashable, "Crowd funding or crowdfunding (alternately crowd financing, equity crowdfunding, or hyper funding) describes the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their resources, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. Crowd funding is used in support of a wide variety of activities, including disaster relief, citizen journalism, support of artists by fans, political campaigns, startup company funding, movie or free software development, and scientific research."  Using crowdfunding as a type of fundraising has exploded in the recent years.  Are you making sure to stay up with the times?  

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Every year most of us support a local Girl Scout Troop by purchasing a few boxes of cookies.   But many people don’t know that those young ladies are out and about in their communities all year long, doing projects, building friendships, and learning valuable skills.  It’s not all about the Thin Mints!

We met Girl Scout Troop 51365 of Peters Township, PA, back in February, when they reached out to us about a fundraiser for their Bronze Award community service project.  The Bronze Award is a community outreach or improvement project that elevates Junior Girl Scouts to Cadettes.  Troop 51365 decided to tie their project in with Earth Day, by designing and handing out reusable shopping bags inside of a local, family-owned grocery store.  Brilliant idea!

The Bronze Award requires a minimum of 20 hours of planning time, so the first task at hand was finding a way to raise money to purchase the bags they would eventually...