"Alexia's mom, Ms. Sue, leads the kids of Ella Mentry School in the weirdest fundraiser in the history of the world!"--

Freddy and his classmates are going to participate in a Bike-a-Thon to help raise money for a local animal shelter, and Freddy needs to learn how to ride a two-wheeler.

Reluctantly agreeing to organize a children's benefit at which a rock-star ex-lover is performing, renowned glassblower Sheila Crispin finds her efforts complicated by her clashes with a fellow organizer, her best friend's catering mishaps, and a new relationship.

Inspired by the beautiful dresses at the Academy Awards show, Kylie Jean decides to try her hand at fashion--and Lilly recruits her to model the dress she is making for a school fund raising auction.

As Ramadan nears, Sadiq and his friends form the Money Makers Club to plan a community fundraiser, an iftar, but when Zaza stops participating, Sadiq gets upset with him.

While trying to find a way for her elementary school to help fund the seabird rescue following an oil spill in the San Francisco Bay, Julie investigates the theft of rare guitar. Includes a "Looking Back" essay about benefit concerts in the 1970s.

Painting in her grandmother's studio and riding her favorite horse, Georgia, helps fourth-grader Saige cope with missing Mimi and sparks an idea for funding the school art program, but more creativity will be needed to keep Georgia from being sold.

The Eastern Shore Animal Shelter is set to close its doors in just a few weeks, and sixth-grader Hope Roberts is determined to find a way to raise enough money to save the shelter where she adopted her two dogs; she is already working weekends at a doggy day-care site, but it does not seem like that will raise enough money--so Hope needs to come up with another plan to get the support the shelter needs.

The bad news is that the animal shelter just burned down. This means a big case for Nancy Drew because she doesn't believe that it was the result of bad wiring. The good news is that Nancy Drew and her friends are working on a concert to raise funds for a new shelter.

Gavin Blake, desperate to escape his world of prostitution, violence, and pornography, seeks refuge at St. Benet's, a church in the heart of London, where he becomes involved with Carla Graham, a church fund-raiser struggling with her own demons.