Tired of Bake Sales?

Like many other Bright Space Teams, you may be looking for fresh creative ways to raise money for your Bright Space project.

One Bright Space team in Minnesota are bring FUN back into their FUNdraising. Over the past week we've been having a blast following the story of Jill King who has been captured and held for ransom to raise money for Bright Spaces. Jill is a Bright Horizons Regional Manager in Minnesota that wanted to help one of her Centers raise money for their project. *quote from Jill here*

*Insert interview with Jill here and why she chose to get involved with this project in this capacity*

Below are some photos and comments from this experience. In the end, the SmithFranklin Center raised over $2,700 for their Bright Space at the New Life Shelter in Sweetheart, Minnesota.


The breaking news:


The "Hostage", day two, surviving on animal crackers:



The Center receives a plea from Jill's husband along with a photo:

"Kim,

We (boys, Cody the dog, myself) miss Jill and want her back! Ben and Nate have cleaned out their piggy banks, I cleaned our cars (amazing amounts of change found), and I promise a check will be in the mail Thursday morning. What would it take to negotiate an early release of Jill so she can be with her family for Valentine's Day?

Jonathan"