Want everyone’s contribution to your playspace set in stone? Consider creating a brick memorial path or wall leading to your playspace. Community members may buy in memory of or in honor of a friend or loved one. Each brick is engraved with a name. Engraved bricks generally cost about $12 per brick, plus shipping and handling. Sell the bricks at a price you believe is acceptable to your community. Our partners have charged anywhere from $40 to $100 per brick. To help reduce costs, have volunteers lay the bricks.
Prep Steps:
1. Secure a manufacturer that makes engraved bricks.
2. Create an order form for the bricks. Most companies provide these.
3. Advertise the memorial path and create a mailing list of perspective donors.
4. Secure a temporary storage location for the bricks, and another location for the permanent path.
5. Send flyers and order forms to parents of the children.
6. Work with a landscape architect or contractor (or your Construction team captain!) to determine the best place and construction method for the walkway or wall.
Materials Needed:
1. Order forms
2. Brick laying supplies for build day
3. Specialty bricks
Helpful Hints:
• If you do not know how to lay bricks, consult books on masonry or outdoor projects.
• Collect money at the time the order is placed.
• Look in national landscaping magazines and on the Internet for vendors who sell engraved bricks.
• A great selling point about the bricks is that the engraving will last for many years to come.
STORY: This fundraiser helped a military base community raise $16,000. They felt it was a great way to have their own version of the Washington Memorial on base, while creating a foundation for their children’s future.
Raised: $$
When: M
Publicity: High
Volunteers: 15
Challenge: Moderate
Audience: 1000
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