Ideas for Fundraising

J.
I do fundraising for my sons football league & for our community baseball league.
I use Charitymania.com
to sell tickets for what ever the sport is that I happen to be helping at that time. I raised just close to $10,000.00 for our football league last season.
We also did a candle light bowl with a silent auction of sports memorbila. We raised somewhere in the neighborhood of $5000.00
Good Luck

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Our ladies group did fundraiser last fall for the food pantry at our church. We held a fancy Tea Party. Tickets were $25 each. Each member of our group did a table. provided our own dishes (some did fancy china others did paperplates and cups) you had your own themed table. I had christmas so did stuff for that. the girl who had june did a picnic theme and used paper stuff. We had about 45 people attend. we made little finger food stuff and only spent about $150. It was a really good time and we made a donation to the pantry of more than a $1000. st. peters church in aurora does a basket bingo thing. they make a lot on that. fashion shows are always a hit also.

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Our football organization does a few things:

for the kids: we sell Valucards (www.valucards.com) which are discount cards to local businesses and those outside your area (it's a national program). If you have an aunt who lives in Schaumburg, she can buy the card and look on their website (or in the handy booklet they provide) for many places around her. A $10 gives your organization $5.

for the adults: we do a golf outing, adult dance, and texas hold 'em nights. It really just depends on the organization you are involved in. These work well with football, but may not with a "quieter bunch". All of these have opportunities to be big fundraisers as long as you market them well... a good idea goes alot farther with more people involved!

Hi J.! I LOVE fundraising. I am currently involved with 2 Relay for Life walks and am fundraising for 12 other teams as well. Things I have done that have been successful.

*BINGO PARTY...$20 in advance, $25 at the door, get prizes donated, provide some snacks and round tables!

*CHARITY GARAGE SALE...Have friends and family donate stuff they want to get rid of. People always have stuff they want to donate. When its over have Good will or Am Vets come pick up the rest. Schedule pick up in advance for the next day.

*PROM DRESS RESALE...Have friends and famly donate old prom, bridesmaids, formal dresses and then advertise at a local school.

*SELL SOMETHING...This is what I do as of now. I have a Home Based Business called Homemade Gourmet and I have 12 teams right now that are selling from what is like a Girl Scout Cookie order form. They get 25% of the sales.

There are alot of ideas out there. Alot depends on what the fundraiser is for. There is a website www.efundraising.com that has some great fundraising. Good luck.

Hi J.!

I am a Consultant with The Pampered Chef and we have a fabulous Fundraiser Program. Please let me know if you are interested and I will forward you some information.

You could also invite a few direct selling companies that have fundraiser programs and have them set up. They could also donate a "gift basket" as a raffle prize.

Good luck!

S. Centeno
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