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Holiday Bouquet Delivery Fundraiser

Holiday fundraising made easy….offer your talents in creating and delivering handmade bouquets!  Many people search for unique gift ideas and handmade items are always appreciated.  Capitalize on that fact combined with your creativity to raise funds for your group. The library or a simple web search will impart inspiration for designing lovely arrangements.  Keep it very simple.  Single stems…

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Send in the Clowns! (Kid-Friendly Fundraiser)

Here is a creative fundraising idea for kids, teens, AND adults –for Clowns come in all shapes and sizes! Offer your team’s services as “Clowns for Hire!” Put together inexpensive costumes from party stores and sew easy clown patterns found at the local fabric store.  Practice zany routines – bad juggling, pantomimes, sight gags, and general silliness! When you are…

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Family Movie Night – Fundraising Idea

School and Church Auditoriums make GREAT places to hold a Family-themed movie night, which you will quickly find is a large-scale yet EASY fundraising idea to raise money for your group. Schedule the event on a Friday night after a blockbuster is due to be released and run it on the projector, before most people have…

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Lawn & Garden Care – Fundraising Idea

Need creative fundraising inspiration?  Look no further than your own neighborhood! In Spring, people begin looking at their yards and gardens again… In Summer, the grass seems to grow by the minute… In Fall, oh just look at those leaves! Flowers are lovely, but planting 50 petunias or digging holes for 200 tulip bulbs is enough…

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Personalized Greeting Card Fundraiser

For a creative fundraiser, offer personalized birthday, anniversary, congratulations or other celebratory greeting cards.  Visit craft stores, ask scrapbookers for inspiration or download a template in a word document software.  Make sure you personalize each creation such as “John’s Birthday”, or make a wedding card with the names of the couple on the front. Have the customer…

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Gone to the Dogs! – Custom T-shirt Fundraiser

Animal lovers will LOVE to display their pride in their pet by wearing a custom-made shirt with their beloved pet’s footprint over their heart in this creative fundraiser. Purchase t-shirts in various sizes and pastel colors, non-toxic (pet safe!) ink or fabric paint.  Also, it is important to purchase cardboard t-shirt forms to use inside the shirt to prevent the paint…

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Make and Take – Scrapbooking Fundraiser

This is a creative fundraiser for any age group!  Volunteer scrapbookers can put together a simple scrapbook sheet complete with stickers, embellishments & borders that are suitable for a family album.  Sell the completed pages based on a pricing scale. A simple page may cost $4 or $5, and more intricate pages are priced accordingly.  You can…

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Community “Idol” – Fundraising Idea

Here is a fun and creative fundraiser!  Have your group or club host a talent competition.  Accept participants from your school, church, or other organization to compete for top honors and a prize. Small trophies are very inexpensive.  You also may be able to get them donated. Decide on a location, how much time each act…

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Thank You Note Fundraiser

Here is creative and easy fundraising idea at your fingertips….. Most newlyweds are happily besieged with gifts.  However, then follows the arduous task of hand writing “Thank You” notes.  We know that is a small price to pay and they of course ARE grateful!  Yet, it can be a time-consuming and stressful task amid all of the other things they…

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Furry Beauty Contest

Here is a creative fundraiser for all those pet lovers out there!  Have contestants submit photos of their pets The contest is “judged” by number of votes received for the most “beautiful” pet Each vote costs $1, and everyone can vote as often as they wish. Keep a careful tally of votes received The pet with the…

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