Saving the few remaining gorillas? Here are some tips to help you put the fun into fundraising and help support the Gorilla Organization’s conservation projects. Make your presence felt online, setup an online giving link, make a video of what you’re doing to help the gorillas and put it on youtube, tweet on twitter or facebook everyone you know.

Talk to your company about matched giving, there are heaps of benefits to companies giving to charities, and many are keen to get involved.

There are some rules and regulations that apply to collecting money in public so please check with us first if you plan on holding a public event. In the mean time, here are a few more ideas to get you started.

Fur-clad Sporting Events:

Go to aerobics in your gorilla suit; Hold a gorilla football match; Play gorilla golf; Go gorilla dry slope skiing; Indoor ape bowls / 10-pin bowling; Gorillas on ice / roller skates; Gorilla tennis; Mountain gorilla bike ride; Gorilla tug-of-war

Fur-less Things to do at Home

Hold a grill-a barbecue; Banana curry and banoffie pie night; Host a Gorillas in the Mist movie night; African wine tasting night; Jungle juice cocktail evening

Apes at Work

Wear your gorilla suit to work; Sell homemade banana deserts; Sell bananas

Gorilla Friendly Fete Ideas

Gorilla face painting; Banana throwing; Guess the weight of the gorilla

Fur Lined Fundraising

Gorilla fashion show; Gorilla art exhibition; Hold an ‘Adorable Ape’s Ball’; Go on a gorilla pub crawl; Gorilla quiz night

Aping about!

Sit in a bath of bananas; Host a gorilla’s picnic; Shave/wax your head/chest/back; Grow a hairy gorilla beard; Wear gorilla feet for a week; Soggy  banana sponge throwing

Hire-out your Gorilla services to…

Shine shoes; Wash cars; Mow lawns; Clean windows; Slave for a day; Give massages; Walk dogs (if you dare!);  Baby-sit (err maybe not!)

The gorillas need your help and whether you decide on one of the above suggestions or have your own ideas there is something you can do to help ensure their survival.

Let us know what you plan to do maybe we can help you email sam@gorillas.org