How do we raise money for the charities?

Step one: Set up a team donation page at firstgiving.com or justgiving.com for the charity you select. 

Step two: Link your firstgiving/justgiving page to your team homepage so everyone following you can make a donation. 

Step three: Throw parties, coerce your grandmother, tell you FB friends, do whatever you have to in order to raise the money. 

All money must be raised through firstgiving.com or justgiving.com so that the world can see your progress. Offline donations are discouraged and must go through a verification process. Everyone has credit cards nowadays so it shouldn't be an issue -and it's easy enough to simply throw the party money into an account and put it up.