25 Quick Ideas
  1. Acting
    (stand in the middle of town and collect donations for improvising scenes)
  2. Animals
    (walk dogs or groom pets for donations)
  3. Arts and crafts
    (auction off your work, sell it at a local show)
  4. Bake sale
  5. Bike race
    (collect pledges)
  6. Boating
    (collect pledges for how many days you can live on your dingy)
  7. Clothes
    (have people make a donation and pick out your clothes for a period of time)
  8. Consulting
    (architecture, financial, landscaping, psychology and more -- auction off your talents)
  9. Fishing
    (host a fishing tournament or collect pledges for how many fish you can catch in an outing)
  10. Game show
    (host a game show at a local church or community center)
  11. Golf tournaments
  12. Horses
    (collect pledges for how long you can ride your horse)
  13. Knitting
    (knit items for sale, sell squares off in memory of someone for a large blanket)
  14. Mechanical
    (fix cars for donation, restore a car and auction it off)
  15. Motorcycles
    (hold a rally and collect donations, collect pledges for how many miles you ride)
  16. Mow lawns
  17. Play music
  18. Read
    (collect pledges for how many books you can read in a given period of time)
  19. Running race
    (collect pledges)
  20. Swimming
    (collect pledges for how many laps you can do)
  21. Throw yourself in a mud puddle
    (collect pledges)
  22. TV
    (couch-potato-athon)
  23. Vow of silence
    (collect pledges for how many days you can go without speaking)
  24. Walk
    (collect pledges for every mile)
  25. Weightlifting
    (collect pledges for how much you can lift)

Do It For Dad!

Get Active Against
Prostate Cancer

Since the National Prostate Cancer Coalition was founded 10 years ago, deaths from prostate cancer have dropped 35 percent. A big reason for that is the people who have come forward to take an active role in the fight against the disease.

Whatever it is you do for fun or leisure can be turned into a fundraising tool to help our efforts in bringing an end to the devastating impact of prostate cancer on men and their families.

Share your story and get active against prostate cancer by writing us or by calling Jamie Bearse at 202-303-3105.

In Zmood
to Help the Cause

Dov ZmoodIn a tribute to his dad, New York City musician and ad designer Dov Zmood reached out to his network of friends and colleagues to put on a show at a local night club.

His band rocked the night away, spread awareness and raised $5,000 for the cause.

Heart Throb Soap Star
Recruited to Help Fight

Thorsten & Jennifer

While looking after her father with end stage prostate cancer in 2006, Albany, Georgia's Jennifer Zigan turned her attention to helping others become aware about prostate cancer and getting tested.

Zigan had a friend at Cat and Moon Productions who knew All My Children Soap Opera star Thorsten Kaye and worked with him to create an eBay.com auction, where the highest bidder won dinner with the heart throb, raising more than $15,000 for the cause.

Run Against
Prostate Cancer

She had not run more than three miles in her life, but when other moms from the neighborhood started to train for local road races, she jumped at the chance.

About two weeks into training for the Kiawah Island Half-Marathon in 2004, Hillary Jones found a larger purpose in her steps. Her dad, Steve, had relapsed just a month before -- prostate cancer for the third time in 12 years. This time the diagnosis was terminal.

That's when Hillary decided to run the Hilton Head, SC Marathon raising more than $20,000 in pledges from around the city. Her efforts helped the National Prostate Cancer Coalition to test more than 600 men for free.

One Lap Against
Prostate Cancer

Robin Sparrow

A Director at Studley, a highly successful Corporate Real Estate company, Robin Sparrow has always had the passion to race cars. When his mentor was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, the McLean, VA resident decided to compete in the One Lap Around America race -- a modern day version of the Cannonball Run.

One Lap to Fight Prostate CancerTeaming up with friend Dick Radawicz, Robin is selling ad space on his car and collecting pledges from friends and colleagues with the goal of raising $50,000 to help fight prostate cancer, as he readies himself for the 4,000 mile seven-day race.

Sparrow also organized a movie night at a local theater and pub. More than 60 people showed up to support the cause and watch the classic road-race movie "Cannonball Run."