Title: Fun Ways to Fund Raise for Individuals or Groups
1 Fun Ways to Fund Raisefor Individuals or
Groups
2- BAKE SALE - Everyone's favorite!
- Include baked foods from around the world
- Provide printed recipe cards
3- Church wide/Neighborhood
- Flea Market
- Books
- Used clothes
- Restored bicycles and
- Baby things car seats, etc
- Old Furniture
4Hold an Autumn pot-luck dinner outside.
Organize simple activities to attract children
to the event - leaf rubbings, story-telling,
etc. Charge admission for activities.
5- 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!
6Contract 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._____
7Get your ministry group to suggest recipes and
print and sell cookbooks. Have fun with recipes
from children, from your pets, bachelor soup,
etc.
8Bachelor 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!
9- Holiday sale of hand crafted items, Christmas,
Fall Bazaar, Spring Craft Sale - Involve your deaf group or the womens group of
the church
10- 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
11- Variety show with
- Dancers
- Clown skits
- Singing
- Signing songs or deaf stories
- Karate demonstrations
- Magic
- Comedy
- Karaoke
12- 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
13- Have a Pancake breakfast (or supper) with a few
friends helping to - make and serve pancakes
- sausages
- coffee and juice
14- 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
15Youve 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.
16- 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.
17- 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.
18- 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
19- Progressive Dinner with 3-4 other people
- charge tickets and
- have these friends provide an
- appetizer,
- salad course,
- main course and
- dessert.
20- Sell Things
- Candy
- Candles
- Magazines
- Popcorn
- Magnets
- Luggage Tags
21- 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.
22Luggage Tags
23- 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.
24- Hire out at car dealerships to wash cars after a
rain.
25- Sell Calendars that you create and print on your
desk-top computer - Add photos
- Bible verses
- Famous quotes
26- Internet appeals/campaigns with information about
your need for funds. - Add photos and make an
- e brochure
27- 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
28- 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
29- Hire out at Fireworks Stands at New Years and
Fourth of July - Hire out to clean up after city wide celebrations
30- Check to see if outdoor theatres in your area
hire ushers or concession workers.
31- Hire out to hang Christmas Lights and set up or
clean up Christmas dinners.
32Raffle Off Services
- Babysitting
- Garage Clean Out
- Pet Sitting
- Gutter Clean Out
- Put Up/Take Down Storm Shutters
33Letters
- Church Members
- Friends
- Relatives
34- Ask Lions Club, Rotary, and other civic clubs to
sponsor you - Offer a program when you return
35Make things to sell
- Craft items, pins, paintings, cards, decorations,
needlework - Homemade pies, cakes, candy
- Decorate T shirts
- Make simple jewelry
- Badge-a-minit buttons
36Face Painting
- Set up a face painting booth
- Charge per design
- Offer fun temporary tattoos (decals)
37Loans from Relatives
- Explain the need for the loan
- Promise pictures of the event
- Pay back in timely fashion
38Distribute
- Phone books
- Pizza coupons
- Circulars
- Store ads
39- 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
40Ideas 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
41Ideas from the Orlando Conference Participants
- Mexican Fiesta
- Tacos
- Fajitas
- Salsa
- Tamales
- Grow and Sell Flowers
- Christmas tree bells (ILY)
- Pizza Kits
42International Bazaar
- Contact Amos Muyambo for Zimbabwe items
- apmuyambo_at_yahoo.com
- Contact returned mission teams for items from
countries theyve served.
43- Have a great time
- Be friendly
- Think enthusiastic and youll be enthusiastic
- Sell up!
- Educate folks about your project
- Thank your patrons
44So now, go out and raise all the money you need
for your projects!