Fundraising can be a fun experience rather than a stressful event. All you need to do is prepare beforehand and choose the right fundraising idea to match the style and goals of the people involved. The typical fundraising ideas generally involve either taking orders for a specific product and then delivering the product, or selling a particular item right on the spot. Baked goods, boxed cookies, and cookie dough are some of the traditional examples, but there is no need to stop there. If the group organizing the fundraising includes some good cooks, consider offering home-cooked meals, pizza bargains, frozen food, or homemade candy. You could even raffle cooking classes or set up a refreshment stand at school or church functions. Aside from food, other great fundraising ideas include raffles and auctions. This can take the form of live auctions or silent auctions, where people present their bids inside sealed envelopes. If you collect prize donations, you could organize a sealed-envel
Chosen by Asker I did a fundraiser for my department, for a charity, at work. We had everyone bring in stuff they didn’t want any more and basically had a big garage sale — all profits going to the charity! The other departments saw how successful we were, and had their own sales. It really raised a ton of money, and didn’t cost us anything. Good luck to you!
After being in the fundraising business for years we found a few fundraisers that work time and time again:
Discount Card Fundraiser has given our groups the most return in the shortest period of time with the least effort. No wonder its so popular. Just be careful of companies that want you to get your own discounts, this is the most difficult and time consuming part of the job. Our company takes care of it for you.
Cookie Dough Fundraiser a great fundraiser that can raise a lot of money quickly. A few things to be aware of; do not run this at the same time as the girl scouts are selling cookie and make sure you have an organized team to distribute the frozen cookie dough
Popcorn Fundraiser always a great holiday season fundraiser. Sell this before Christmas or put together a "movie night" theme sale and this can be an easy sell.