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Question: Fundraising ideas to attend an Acting Institute!?
Hello all!

I'm in a dilema!.!.!. Although I'm blessed with passion and talent for acting, I am not blessed with wealth! I would love the opportunity to do an intensive course at either the Lee Strasberg Institute in NY, The Stellar Adler School, or the Actors Studio!.

For this opportunity I would literally break a leg or two! I know that these Intensives cost around $5000 New Zealand Dollars (around $4000 USD), and living expenses would be about $2000 USD per month!. So I basically need at least $10,000 Dollars to fund my study and expences!.

That is a LOT of money!.

I need good, viable ideas of how to fundraise this amount of money!. As an international student, working while in the US is out of the question!.

Thankyou in advance for your ideas!

-A poor thespian!Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Dear Poor Thespian!

Where there is a will, there is a way!. You should look into scholarships and sponsorships!. Sometimes you can get a local college with an arts department to sponsor you or even ask local businesses to sponsor you!.

Another idea is to have a sing-a-thon!. This would take participants but maybe you could partner with a local high school!. If you could get 30 singers to raise $100 each, this would give you $3,000 toward your goal!. This would require coordination with a school/college!.

Hope these ideas are helpful! On another note, thought you may be interested in a new social networking site for actors called casted as!. This site is 100% free for all users and you can create a very professional web page with photos, videos, audio clips and more!.

Good luck with your fundraising!. If I think of something else, I'll post another comment!.

Take care!Www@QuestionHome@Com

How to turn a $200!.00 investment into $600!.00;

Go to your nearest Goodwill and empty the place out of $2-$5!.00 items (you'll spend about $200!.00 worth to start)!. Now, take your haul of treasure to a Paid per booth flea marked in your area!. Or do the familiar yard sale!. Of course, you'll mark up your items to make a profit!. By the time you've done this a few times, you'll be half way to your money to do your courses! If you do it in the yard sale format, you'll be able to pocket more of your profits!Www@QuestionHome@Com

hm!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.well you could start off with a simple car wash!. then if you or someone you know is good at making stuff, have them make jewelry or scarves or watevr they're good at making, and you can sell that!. if you have any old books or furniture that you don't need/use anymore you can sell that!. bake cookies or muffins or tea cakes and put them in a basket!.!.!.decorate it attractively and sell that!. uhm!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.have a local coffee shop or something hire you and you can practice your acting in front of crowds!. charge about $10 per person!. that's all i can think of!. prices are up to you though!Www@QuestionHome@Com