Find a local restaurant that is willing to host your fundraiser. They will appreciate the extra business it will bring them and you will have fun raising money. Your group will take over waiting tables and bussing dirty dishes, in exchange for tips for your group. You will probably want some experienced wait staff on [...]
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Reality TV Fundraiser
Reality TV - how are we all pulled into watching it. Instead of watching it, why not use it as a creative fundraising idea for two charities.
Teams are formed, and over several weeks, tasks are given, such as selling baked goods, or putting on a talent show, and for each task half of the money raised is [...]
Starting a fundraiser
Here is a site I came across that gives a person new to fundraising a little know how before for they jump in head first and become confused and frustrated.
www.wikihow.com/Fundraise-for-Charity
Business Challenge Fundraising
Many companies host team-building workshops and outings to help increase morale and build cooperation among co-workers. You can turn your next team-building exercise into a philanthropic one by adding a charitable component to the event.
Companies in the UK are partnering together to sponsor such an event. Corporate teams are invited to test their business knowledge and entrepreneurial skills [...]
Cook Up a Family Specialty
Does your family have a secret recipe or a special dish that gets rave reviews everytime you serve it?
Use your specialty to benefit your charity by cooking up a batch and selling it.
It could be pans of lasagna, chocolate chip cookies, strawberry jam, or whole-wheat bread. The options are limitless.
Take orders for the item and [...]
Amazing Race Fundraiser
Follow suit with the popular TV show and create your own Amazing Race for charity.
Teams of 2 sign up to participate. Set the registration fee in line with your fundraising goals for the event.
Plan a race course throughout your community that will take between 4 and 6 hours.
Enlist the help of local businesses to sponsor [...]
Be There and Be Square Fundraiser
Bring back a bit of nostalgia by hosting a Square Dance for your next fundraiser.
Hire a professional square dance caller.
Decorate the property or room by stringing white lights, cover tables with red & white checked table clothes, set out lanterns , or if outside – start a campfire.
Start by having the caller teach a couple [...]
Dinner… With a Stranger
Check out this link for a truely unique fundraising idea. http://www.frankejames.com.php5-10.websitetestlink.com/debate/?p=118
The premise is you invite yourself over to someone’s house for dinner in exchange for making a donation to a charity of their choice. The fun of it is that the only thing you reveal is your name. The person you are asking to have [...]
