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Question: Charity Fundraising Ideas?

Hi Everyone,
I do a lot of volunteering and I am always looking for unique and fun ways to raise money. Could you share your ideas with me? Thanks

Answer: you could go to a car-boot sale and buy loads of melons and let people pay money to smash them up and trust me you will get a lot of people! wanting to take out stress. especially in the credit crunch!

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Question: Los Angeles: Will you please sell me your empty Squirt soda cans or bottles?

I need to collect 72 cans or bottles of Squirt for a charity fund-raising concert.

The problem is, it’s in 10 days and I can’t drink that much soda!!!!!

Please help me out by collecting the cans or bottles that you drink at home or at your family bbq this weekend. I will GLADLY come pick them up and give you .20 for each can or bottle.

Please have them ready by Tuesday, July 21st so I’ll know how much soda I’ll have to buy and drink/ give away/ dump

Thank you so much for your help!!!!

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/wan/1270105687.html

Hi K. – yes, it has to be Squirt.

Answer: hmm, i don't drink squirt, but...
maybe buy 72 cans of squirt,
take them somewhere with lots of hot people, like the park,
and ask them to drink a squirt for charity!
i bet lots of people would do it!

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Good Fundraising Ideas For Clubs

Question: What are some good fundraising ideas my school’s Green Club can do?

I’m in the Green club at my school and we want to raise money to donate to different kinds of organizations that will help our planet be a better place, but also keep a little for future fundraising ventures. Themes for fundraising can range anywhere from endangered animals, global warming, air pollution, rainforest deforestation, ocean pollution, etc. Our school already recycles and we’re planning to plant a tree in our school’s quad (hopefully!). Anyways, does anyone have any successful fundraising ideas?
Oh, and we try to make our fundraising excursions a bit different from the same old bake sale, although bake sales do work… creativity would also be appreciated. All sorts of ideas are welcome! Thank you!

Answer: You could try an auction of promises - a very green thing to do and you don't rely on badgering people for prizes! Put out an email or letter to the parents (and on freecycle) asking for donations of promises, this could be a cleaner for 2 hours; a cake baked for a special occasion; help with DIY or gardening. If you are lucky some parents maybe able to offer goods or services from where they work. In the last one I did we had a box in a west end theatre to see a musical; a trip on the london eye; a trip to paris (courtesy of a parent who ran a travel agency) and a trip to the london dungeon.

These prizes generated a lots of interest and a lot of money.

You could also try a 'Race Night' you can buy these in or do one yourself - You need a DVD or video of some races - these can be horse races, dog races or even silly things like chariots (taken from ben hour) or an old video of a school sports day (obviously not recent ones as people will remember who won lol) you can even do things like snail races lol.

now you've got the races you need to sell the horse/dogs etc. you need to sell the horses/dogs etc. You do this by working out how many participants (horses dogs etc) are in each race and draw up a table with the following headings

Horse/Dog/Etc Name Owner Price paid

Do this for each race and leave on race for horses to be bought on the night (you can auction the horses off in the middle of the evening)

Usually £5 to buy and name a horse is ok but you can do it for less or more

This is where it is handy to have someone who can set the odd for you. This is where the bought packs (amazon have a good one) are good as they will give the odds for you. But if you know someone who works in a betting shop or casino they should be able to do it for you. Even a trip to your local independent bookmaker could be good as they may be able to do the odds for you - it shouldn't take them too long and they won't have to give you anything to support your cause.

On the night you will need a host and a two or three cashiers. You can limit bets or not. But limiting the bets to a max of £5 on a horse is good to do as you won't be paying out more than you get in!

For the last race auction the horses as this will yield more money for you as people get caught up in the atmosphere.

The last one of these I did gave us a profit of over £500 - not bad when the attendance was around 40 people! - We had also been given a two night trip to Paris so we made that a prize for the owner of the winning horse on the auction race.

I did another one to raise funds for someone with cancer and we had such a good turn out we raised nearly £1.5k after paying out for costs.

Why not contact BCTV (British Conservation Trust Volunteers) to get some volunteers and ideas - they are dedicated to helping Green projects and are in most areas of London. http://www2.btcv.org.uk/
Hope your event goes well.

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Fundraising Ideas For Charity Events

Question: Fundraising ideas for a charity?

For a graduation requirement I have to do an extensive project. I want to raise money for a charity by selling baked goods and pastries because that is the career i will be going into. I want to have a benefit of some sort but selling pastries doesnt seem like enough for a charity event. Does anyone have any ideas? I will be using my schools kitchen. I cant use my kitchen from home because I would need a license which would be too much of a hastle.
Thanks for the help!

Answer: Go to the school, start making your crap. Then when everyone leaves rob them blind.

Fundraising Event Ideas

Fundraising Ideas For Youth Groups

Have you been given the job of organising a fundraising event and are stuck for ideas? Here’s seven great and simple ideas that you can organise:-

Cookie Dough fundraisers

This is an ideal fundraiser for all times of the year. Just take orders and sell tubs of delicious cookie dough to your group. Profit margins 30-50%.

Fundraising Cookbooks

Often described as a recipe for fundraising success (groan!) – creating a personalized cookbook is ideal for groups such as churches, schools, charities and hospitals. New publishing techniques make it easy to profit from selling just a few or even hundreds of cookbooks. Profit per book from $3-$10.

Pizza Fundraiser cards

People will be happy to pay for these cards which entitle them to free pizzas. If your group is spread out geographically, this may be ideal. Ideal for small groups due to small minimum order requirements. Profit margins 70-90%.

Scratch card fundraising

Easy to order and can be printed to link to your group e.g. basketball, baseball, high school, etc. Each person in your group begins fundraising with 1 scratch card. They simply approach friends, family, and neighbors and ask them to scratch too! Profit ranges from 90% upwards.

Fundraiser candles

Everyone loves candles and especially scented candles! Simply take orders from friends and families – these items are especially good for Christmas fundraising. Profit margin 50%

Candy fundraising

Ideal for easter or summer fundraising events – sales of candy can be profitable. You can sell the chocolate at school, pep rallies, sports events, businesses or just person to person. Profit margin 50-60%.

Fundraising brochures

Brochure fundraising allows you to raise money by offering products from color brochures to family, friends, neighbors and business associates. Ideal for Christmas fundraising. Profit margins 40-55%.

These fundraiser ideas are great, for:-

• high school fundraising
• college fundraising
• cheerleading fund raising
• fundraising for youth groups
• sports group fundraising

Set yourself a target, establish a plan of action, involve parents, teachers and students and go for it!

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This article was submitted by Jennifer Carter, author of School Fundraising ideas

About the Author:

Jen has been involved in school fundraising since 2001. She regularly writes articles to share her experience as a fundraiser.

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