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With these sure-fire fundrasing ideas you’re sure to get that badly needed money coming through the door in a jiffy.
Garage Sale
This is commonly overlooked but is rock-solid fundraiser.
In this scenario, the charity collects giveaway itmes and auctions them for making money for their cause. Because participants are donating the merchandise running the campaign is really cost effective. The sky is the limit for what you can sell, clothes, baby items, lawnmowers you name it.
Bake Sale
A bake-off or bake sale is another very profitable fundraising idea. Everyone loves sweet stuff right? And because the participants donate those chocalty goodies, profitability is high and risk is zero. That’s a good combination!
The Benefit Dinner
Here, the organization can place an entrance fee as a mean for collecting funds.
Usually there is a noteworthy speaker or some type of performance that helps draw money and people through the door.
In addition, and often overlooked is the possibility of selling products at the event. Since you have all those people right in front of you an up-sell isn’t just a possibility it’s a real no-brainer. Event participants should be voluntary. This helps keep down your costs and usually ensures greater success with your fundraising ideas.
Tupperware
Don’t forget about the always popular Tupperware sales event. Do you know anyone who doesn’t have at least a few leftovers in their fridge?However one thing to keep in mind is that participants will be limited to mostly women.
Pancake Breakfast
Pan cakes, people are crazy about them and they’re a good choice, provided you have kitchen facilities
at your disposal.
Bikini Clad Girls and a Carwash
You’d be surprised at how much money 4 bikini clad girls can brink in at $4 a pop. The great thing is all you need is girl-power, soap and water.
A Rock-Solid Classic: The Pizza Drive
Selling pizzas door to door works period. Who do you know that doesn’t like a hot slice of pizza? Because you deliver them frozen, there aren’t any spoilage problems and because the barrier to the sale ie. the price should be kept low and profits will be high.
Selling Services – A Hugely Overlooked Fundraising Idea
The bikini clad carwash mentioned earlier in this article is an example of selling a service instead of a product. This has to got to be the most overlooked fundraising idea ever. It’s often overlooked because, everyone focuses so heavily on product sales that this gem never even enters their minds.) If you have a fairly large and active community that you draw from to fuel your fundraising drive then a classic service upsell is a good idea. What you do is have fundraiser participants sell their services to people in the community.? ?They can rake clean up lawns and trim lawns,? ?clean gutters,? clean up? garages,? clean-up and detail wash? cars,? ?or do any other household job that someone might need done.? This is great esecially if there are a lot of senior citizens in your community who cannot do these things on their own. This is really just the tip of the ice-berg for what you can do service selling? wise. Seriously folks, these are just a few ideas.
Fundraising – Is Just Like an Iceberg
Just like an iceberg in which the majority of it’s mass remains hidden from view, so is the “hidden” talents in the community that sorrounds your fundraising efforts. If you haven’t taken inventory of what talents your members have that can be marketed you’re selling your fundraising effort short and are leaving a lot of money on the table.
Everyone in your community has some type of talent. In reality you are not sorrouned by members or fundraising participants. You’re sorrouned by small engine mechanics, landscapers, accountants, teachers, carpenters, sheetrock hangers, biologists and beauticians.