# Web store's alternative to children fundraising door-to-door

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/10/11/web-store039s-alternative-children-fundraising-doortodoor/
- Published: 1998-10-11T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

In February this year UK Fundraising [reported](https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/02/07/safety-first-100/)
on the murder of a child involved in house-to-house fundraising for their school
in the US. A couple in Virginia have now set up a fundraising Web site to help reduce
the need for children to raise funds by knocking door-to-door. Charles and Meryem
Grammick have set up [Sports4Kids](http://www.sports4kids.com) “to keep children
safe while helping schools raise money”.

The site is another example of a Web-based referral programme. Five per cent of 
the sales of sports equipment generated by a school directing customers to the site
is donated to the school. So far this year schools have received $5,000 from the
store.

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