Here is a unique….and very loose……take on the progressive dinner trend: Gather several volunteers who you consider to be good cooks. Ask them to agree to prepare their “signature dish” en masse. If they are willing they can donate their supplies, but if it too costly, have them submit their receipts. Provide each volunteer with…
Looking for a creative twist on a common fundraiser? Why not put together a year long calendar featuring a different kind of muffin for each month. Ask for ideas from others in your group and collect favorite & well tested recipes. If possible try to collect recipes that are a little different. For instance, for September, Dutch Apple, October,…
This is a great idea for a youth group or school to learn about gardening and do some fundraising. Create a vegetable garden or flower garden and use your harvest for something meaningful. For a vegetable garden, you can use your harvest to create jars of salsa or homemade soup to sell. For a flower garden,…
This incredibly creative fundraising idea involves, architects and engineers competing to see whose team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than cans of food at Canstruction® Competitions throughout the U.S. After the competition exhibit closes, all food is donated to local food pantries. Canstruction® is a trademarked event, so visit their website…
Host a pancake breakfast with all the fixings! For a theme idea, do this during the Holidays and serve “Breakfast with Santa”, “Breakfast with the Easter Bunny”, etc. Don’t forget to have someone take pictures and dress the part. Charge a small admission fee.
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 is a really fun & creative twist on the regular dinner fundraiser! Have willing participants bring an individual serving meal & their checkbook. Tell them to get ready to have a fun time, as they will be bidding for their dinner! Meals can be as simple as you like…(can you say “macaroni & cheese”)…
Here’s a great environmentally friendly fundraising idea! Purchase some small plastic zip lock style bags and some seeds in bulk from an online seed supplier or a greenhouse. Divide the seeds up into the individual bags (be sure to label the bags) and sale them for $1.00 per bag. You can sell all kinds of seeds from flowers to…
At an outdoor event such as a picnic or ball game, hand out fruit such as apples, oranges and grapefruit. Ask the recipient of the fruit to donate a quarter per seed that they find in their fruit as they eat it. Be sure not to buy seed-less varieties of the fruit. After the event, you…
This is a fun fundraising idea where you have a group get together and have a party where you make your own granola. Find a recipe that includes lots of good stuff like nuts, banana chips, carbo chips, coconut, grains, honey, etc. Make it in mass quantities and then bag it and sell it. You…
