One environmentally friendly fundraiser idea is to have a petting zoo. This is a great way to introduce kids to different types of animals. Ask local farms if they will volunteer their time and their animals to your cause (a pony, goat, pig, etc.) You can also ask domestic pet owners (dogs, cats, reptiles) to do the…
So many people who work in offices like to play golf. Why not build a nine-hole miniature golf course in your work parking lot, featuring ramps, water and sand traps? You can charge co-workers to play a round of golf during their breaks! This would be a fun fundraising event to run in conjunction with another…
This fundraiser is great for those people who hate getting hit up for multiple fundraisers! Parents buy a card stating that they are free from any fundraisers for 6 months to a year! Just create a wallet size card which states that the parent is free from having to participate in any fundraiser your organization runs…
Although this may be hard for preschool children to do it would be hilarious if you could get their parents to participate. You have the children or parents get sponsors and see who can teeter-totter the longest. You could perhaps have parents and children trade off. This can make for some great laughs and money for…
Everyone has books that have been sitting on shelves, in the attic or in the basement collecting dust. Ask your friends, family and neighbors to donate books they no longer want and set up a weekend book sale in your front yard.
For a creative twist on the traditional wall clock, have your kids sell custom artwork clocks as your next furndraiser. Purchase several round or square clocks. Take out the original paper and trace the shape onto another piece of paper. Have each child draw their art onto the paper. Next insert it back into the clock. Another…
Who doesn’t like watermelon? Buy a bunch of large watermelons and sell them by the slice. This is a good fundraiser to do after a softball game or school event. Keep the watermelon on ice to keep it cold and be generous with your slices to make them worth the money. You can have games and play music to make…
This creative fundraising idea is to gather a group of volunteers and offer to clean silverware. You just need to buy the correct polish and cloths and make sure that you have a shoe box or other way to separate the orders. You can do this as a group while watching a movie or listening…
With this creative fundraising idea, you speak to a representative at a corporation or other businesses in your area and ask them to sponsor you for a certain amount of miles in an upcoming benefit race in exchange for you or your group wearing their company’s t-shirt, hat, etc. (donated by the company).
Here’s an original fundraising idea. Have a few local jewelers donate two real stones and about 200 fake cubic zirconium stones. Put them in plastic “eggs” and charge $10 to be able to participate in “the hunt”. The finders are happy and so are the jewelers who donate the stones because the people who find the real stones usually want to have them set in rings….
