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fundraising
collecting charitable money
Fundraising is the activity of collecting money for a charity, group or cause.
This vs that
We’re doing fundraising for the shelter.
We’re doing volunteer work at the shelter.
Hear it in real life
Why are you selling cakes?
It’s part of our fundraising for the shelter.
The school is doing fundraising for a local children's hospital.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'Doing some fundraising' is the natural everyday way to describe the activity.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We did a fundraising for the hospital.
Say: We organised fundraising for the hospital.
Use 'fundraising' as an uncountable activity, not 'a fundraising'.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
fundraising (uncountable noun); fundraising for something
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Your turn: say it out loud
We’re doing some fundraising for the food bank.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
fundraising
collecting charitable money
“The school is doing fundraising for a local children's hospital.”
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