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Fundraising Projects

Spanda Inc. serves individuals both locally and throughout the world who have vision and other health care needs. Our programs are designed to help all individuals be as successful as possible in their daily living activities. To accomplish our goals, we rely on the generosity of individuals willing to donate both their time and monetary resources. Your donation can and will make a positive difference in the people we are serving. Please consider making a gift towards the health care needs of your local and international neighbors.

Spanda Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

Please also see Events for more fundraising opportunities.

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Angel of Comfort

Adopt an Angel of Comfort Doll & Bring Clean Water to Those in Need!

Dolls can be a child's friend, playmate or can carry their dreams and wishes. Minimum donation is $35, this will help us bring clean water to communities in need. (Add $20 if you would like to keep a doll for yourself). Buy a doll and honor the special people in your life: moms, dads, teachers or friends, while supporting the Spanda Clean Water program.

What am I adopting?
A Cedar Rapids volunteer, Mary Uthe, continuously hand crafts knitted dolls to be adopted
by a donor and given to a Kenyan child orphaned by AIDs. These dolls are known as Duduza Dolls-- “Duduza” is a word for “comfort”.

How does it work?
The doll is given a name by its adoptive parent(you) then distributed to a child in the clinic
areas sponsored by Spanda Inc. A certificate with a picture of the child receiving his or her
doll will be given to the adoptive parent.

Where is my money going?
To continue the partnership of bringing clean water to impoverished orphanage communities. The value of clean water is limitless, but the impact to a Kenyan child is priceless.

**The form gives us your contact information and the name you have designated for your
Angel of Comfort Doll. A doll will be picked out by our volunteers (All dolls are unique and
none are the same) and will be tagged with its name. They will either be shipped or personally delivered to the child. A certificate and picture will arrive in the mail showing that your gift, an angel of comfort doll was received.

Or contact us today to become a proud parent of an Angel of Comfort Doll!

 

EZWebContacts.com

EZ Web Contacts is a convenient on-line contact store with a social conscience. Dr. Fitzgerald and Associates believe quality vision care should be available to all. For each box of contacts you purchase from Easy Web Contacts, $1.00 will be donated to Spanda Inc. You will become part of the team where “a single action” does indeed make the world a better place.

EZ Web Contacts

Trash to Treasure

It is simple: collect old cell phones, empty ink jet cartridges, laser jet cartridges, or gold jewelry. This helps in two important ways—it saves our environment by recycling what would end up in the trash and helps to raise funds for the programs of the nonprofit, Spanda Inc., whose mission is to combine optometry with other health care specialties to improve the lives of all individuals—regardless of age or personal situations—throughout the world.

How can you Help?
It is simple, we ask you to collect any type of cell phones, empty ink jet cartridges, laser jet cartridges, or gold jewelry in a your place of business or at home. Remember every dollar raised can make a difference in the eyes of every man, woman, or child.

How does it work?
We know you are busy and the easier it is for you, the more successful the fundraising project will be.

  1. Notify us by email at spandainc@yahoo.com, subject line “Trash to Treasure” stating your interest to take part of the fundraiser.
  2. In the email, please note if you will be needing a box to collect the items and how many flyers you would need to post.
  3. Spanda Inc staff or volunteers will personally drop off requested material and will email the marketing materials to help get the word out that you will be collecting at your business, office, or home.
  4. You will also be given a spreadsheet of the dollar amounts of the value of the recycled item; for you to keep track for your records of what you have donated for tax purposes. This also allows transparency on how much we are collecting for the item from the partnering company that is paying us for these items.
  5. When you need to have the items collected, you can contact by email spandainc@yahoo.com, subject line “Trash Pick Up”. We then will have someone come out to collect the items from you and supply you with any additional material if needed.
  6. There is no commitment obligations or time constraints on being apart of the Trash to Treasure fundraising campaign. So how much, how little, how much time, or even how long you take part is decided by you.

Spanda Inc. is a 501 c 3 organization and donations are tax exempt. For additional information on how you individually can help or how your place of business can participate, please contact Sandy Mostaert at 319-350-8394 or email spandainc@yahoo.com.

Do You Shop Online or Search the Internet?

What if Spanda Inc. earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!

Good Search

GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, eBay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting your favorite cause.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Spanda Inc. as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!

Make the following your home page search engine. http://www.goodsearch.com

Bookmark this page when you are ready to go shopping: http://www.goodshop.com