Fun Ways to Fund Raise for Individuals or Groups

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Fun Ways to Fund Raisefor Individuals or
Groups

• Power Point by ilycul

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• BAKE SALE - Everyone's favorite!
• Include baked foods from around the world
• Provide printed recipe cards

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• Church wide/Neighborhood
• Flea Market
• Books
• Used clothes
• Restored bicycles and
• Baby things car seats, etc
• Old Furniture

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Hold an Autumn pot-luck dinner outside.
Organize simple activities to attract children
to the event - leaf rubbings, story-telling,
etc. Charge admission for activities.
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• Hold a weekend car-wash to raise money.
• Do a contract carwash, asking people to pledge
  a certain amount per car washed
• Then wash cars for donations
• Go back to the pledgers to collect from them also!

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Contract Car Wash Form

• Name of Organization_____________________
• Name of Pledge Giver_____________________
• Phone or email____________________________
• Pledge amount
• 2 per car washed
• 3 per car washed
• 4 per car washed
• Report of cars washed ___________
• Pledge amount collected _________
• Thank you given when collection picked up._____

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Get your ministry group to suggest recipes and
print and sell cookbooks. Have fun with recipes
from children, from your pets, bachelor soup,
etc.
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Bachelor Soup

• Go to store.
• Purchase can of Campbells soup, any flavor.
• Return home.
• Open can, mix into saucepan with equal parts
  water.
• Heat, stir, enjoy!

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• Holiday sale of hand crafted items, Christmas,
  Fall Bazaar, Spring Craft Sale
• Involve your deaf group or the womens group of
  the church

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• Pizza partywith Top-Your-Own Pizza toppings
• Charge a flat rate for the pizza and a set amount
  per topping
• Sell beverages
• Have a donation jar

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• Variety show with
• Dancers
• Clown skits
• Singing
• Signing songs or deaf stories
• Karate demonstrations
• Magic
• Comedy
• Karaoke

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• Dinner Theatre, add a meal to the variety show
• Charge Admission
• Mystery Dinner
• Menus are a riddle
• Y in the roadfork
• Rhymes with moonspoon
• Swimming in the lake this morningfish
• Cloud Juicewater
• Use your imagination!
• Surprise the diners
• Act out a murder mystery

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• Have a Pancake breakfast (or supper) with a few
  friends helping to
• make and serve pancakes
• sausages
• coffee and juice

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• Flocking
• Purchase plastic flamingos (8-10)
• Sell insurance to keep them out of the yards of
  church members
• Have a team go and put them out in friendly
  places who will pay to have them picked up
• Whoever doesnt buy insurance gets flocked
• He who gets flocked gets to pick the next place
  (unless they have insurance)
• Make a sign that says

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Youve Been FlockedYouve Been Flamingoed

• Thank you for supporting the Deaf Ministry at
  ________ Church
• Church address and phone
• On the back of the sign, have a number to call to
  have the flamingos picked up and moved to the
  next location.
• Only do this with a friendly group of church
  members.

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• Make yourself (and friends) available to run
  errands,
• do yard work, or walk dogs, etc.
• Make up fliers to advertise your services and
• Explain where the money will go that is earned.

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• FAST from certain foods and save the money youd
  spend
• Give up one meal a week
• Give up junk food
• Save the money.
• If your church will do it with you, place
  containers around for members to place their
  change.

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• Game tournament have a Checkers Tournament
• charge small administration fee
• sell light refreshments during the tournament
• Monopoly ( or other board game)
• Spades (or other card game)
• Any popular game

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• Progressive Dinner with 3-4 other people
• charge tickets and
• have these friends provide an
• appetizer,
• salad course,
• main course and
• dessert.

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• Sell Things
• Candy
• Candles
• Magazines
• Popcorn
• Magnets
• Luggage Tags

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• Luggage Tag Sales
• All Luggage Tags are made from durable, heavy
  duty plastic(The same size, shape and plastic as
  credit cards)
• All Luggage Tags come with clear plastic straps
  for attaching to bagsLuggage Tags are sold in
  SETS of 2 tags for 10.00(Your Group Makes 5
  per sale!)
• BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS BAG TAGS,you can expect
  to get 2, 3 or more orders from each family.
• NO UP-FRONT PAYMENTYou don't have to pay us
  until AFTER you receive your ordered Luggage Tags.

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Luggage Tags
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• On birthdays ask family and friends to make a
  money gift instead of buying something
• Explain the event for which you are needing
  money.
• Send photo from event with thank you.

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• Hire out at car dealerships to wash cars after a
  rain.

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• Sell Calendars that you create and print on your
  desk-top computer
• Add photos
• Bible verses
• Famous quotes

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• Internet appeals/campaigns with information about
  your need for funds.
• Add photos and make an
• e brochure

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• Recycle bottle can drive with collected items
• Collect anything that gets a refund for you
• Recycle other stuff just to be good to the
  environment

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• Spare change collection
• Give out quart jars and
• Ask friends and church members to collect spare
  change every time they empty pockets or purses
• Make a label for the jar that tells about your
  project

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• Hire out at Fireworks Stands at New Years and
  Fourth of July
• Hire out to clean up after city wide celebrations

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• Check to see if outdoor theatres in your area
  hire ushers or concession workers.

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• Hire out to hang Christmas Lights and set up or
  clean up Christmas dinners.

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Raffle Off Services

• Babysitting
• Garage Clean Out
• Pet Sitting
• Gutter Clean Out
• Put Up/Take Down Storm Shutters

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Letters

• Church Members
• Friends
• Relatives

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• Ask Lions Club, Rotary, and other civic clubs to
  sponsor you
• Offer a program when you return

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Make things to sell

• Craft items, pins, paintings, cards, decorations,
  needlework
• Homemade pies, cakes, candy
• Decorate T shirts
• Make simple jewelry
• Badge-a-minit buttons

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Face Painting

• Set up a face painting booth
• Charge per design
• Offer fun temporary tattoos (decals)

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Loans from Relatives

• Explain the need for the loan
• Promise pictures of the event
• Pay back in timely fashion

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Distribute

• Phone books
• Pizza coupons
• Circulars
• Store ads

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• Set up a Vacation Fund that you dont touch
• Put in your earnings from odd jobs
• Put in your money gifts from friends
• Put in your profits from sales
• Put in your family loans
• Keep good records
• Pay back promptly

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Ideas from the Orlando Conference Participants

• Soup Kitchen
• Christmas Wreaths
• Prayer Walk with a Cross
• Koozies for water bottles
• Silent Auction
• African Night Dinner
• Booth at your churchs Christmas Market

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Ideas from the Orlando Conference Participants

• Mexican Fiesta
• Tacos
• Fajitas
• Salsa
• Tamales
• Grow and Sell Flowers
• Christmas tree bells (ILY)
• Pizza Kits

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International Bazaar

• Contact Amos Muyambo for Zimbabwe items
• apmuyambo_at_yahoo.com
• Contact returned mission teams for items from
  countries theyve served.

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• Have a great time
• Be friendly
• Think enthusiastic and youll be enthusiastic
• Sell up!
• Educate folks about your project
• Thank your patrons

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So now, go out and raise all the money you need
for your projects!

• Power Point by ilycul