ORBIS will help you develop custom-made programmes that match your office's resources and interests . The number of fundraising concepts are limitless. Consider these ideas:

• Promote monthly giving. Encourage your employees to make voluntary monthly donations from their pay cheques and match their contributions with a corporate donation.
  
  
• Initiate corporate volunteer activities. Encourage your employees to volunteer for ORBIS fundraising events and match the hours they donate with a corporate cash donation.
  
  
• Encourage donations rather than gifts. During holidays and other gift-giving occasions, ask your staff and your business colleagues and vendors to donate to ORBIS rather than sending flowers or giving a gift.

Several local companies and organizations have organized events that have not only raised funds but also raised awareness of the extent of preventable blindness in developing countries. ORBIS Hong Kong is delighted to publicise company fundraising efforts in its newsletter and on its website. For more details, please call (852) 2508-7019 or e-mail mary.lau@orbis.org.

The following examples illustrate a variety of cross-marketing activities organized by ORBIS partners:

• Prudential Hotel makes a difference for the preventably blind
  Prudential has organized a "Make a Difference" campaign and invites all guests to join the campaign and support ORBIS's sight saving programs worldwide. Simply put your donation into the envelope provided and hand it to the Hotel Duty Assistant Manager at the reception desk. By donating, you can illuminate lives of people suffering from preventable blindness. Can't wait for help? Just click here to donate NOW!
  
  
• Amex bonus points for ORBIS
  You can donate Amex bonus points to ORBIS. For details, please click to http://www.amecianexpress.com.hk.
  
  
  
• Sponsor a medical programme or the purchase of medical equipment
  Just US$5,000 will dramatically affect our sight-saving initiatives in China and around the world. Each year, we coordinate plane- and hospital-based training programmes in different countries across Asia and other parts of the world. Perhaps your company would like to demonstrate its support by sponsoring a fundraising programmes?
  
  All funds you and your colleagues donate will be used to screen patients, restore eyesight, purchase much-needed equipment, train local medical professionals and support fellowships. Alternatively, we would be delighted to tailor for you a specific project that mirrors your company's unique image and needs. Corporate sponsors are welcome to send representatives to visit projects on site in order to see exactly how their money is being used.