Fun and Easy Fundraising Ideas

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Do you need to raise money? 

For your school or for your extracurricular activities?  Or maybe you want to raise money for charity.

No matter what you want to raise money for you need to put in a little bit of effort and save the money your earn putting it towards your goal.

This past weekend I helped my sons Cubs group do a bottle drive.  Taking 6 young people around collecting bottles is a bit of a task. Combined the group is working toward raising funds for tents and other items for their annual camping trip.

Going door to door fundraising taught the boys a bit of work, entrepreneurial spirit and the need of funds to buy things.   They encountered positives and negatives in their journey but they all handled it with manners and acceptance. I was very proud of their fundraising efforts.

Fundraising tips and tricks.

Organization and planning is a must.  The better the planning and organization the more profitable the activity.  Simply putting out a jar with a note saying “I’m raising money” is not going to work.

Set your time, place and plan in motion. How much money do you need to raise? What are you doing with that money – what is your goal? What type of fundraising would best suit your group and your goal?

Figure out how much time you have to set your plan in motion?  Are you doing this as a group or as an individual? Set some rules and guidelines.  Store the funds raised in a responsible place.

Be aware that some people are just not financially able to support your fundraising events.  Pay it forward.  Have grace and be kind. Say thank you.

Below you will find a list of 50 fun and easy fundraising ideas that you could use for your school fundraising, group fundraising, charity fundraising or individual fundraising ideas.

50 Fun & Easy Fundraising Ideas:

1. Craft sale
2. Bake sale
3. Christmas cookie jar sale
4. Donut sale
5. Garage sale
6. Bottle drive
7. Flower sale
8. Spring carnival
9. Raffle
10. Dinner fundraiser
11. Sports game fundraiser
12. Charity ball
13. Prize draw
14. Bingo
15. Movie night
16. Art in the park
17. Selling chocolates
18. Selling popcorn
19. Selling wrapping paper
20. Selling pastries
21. Crowdfunding
22. Charity auctions
23. Holiday wrapping events
24. Community cookbooks
25. Golf tournaments
26. Walk/Run events
27. Charity picnic
28. Chili cook off
29. 50/50 raffle
30. Car wash
31. Charity calender
32. Coin drive
33. Christmas tree collection & mulch
34. Lunch and learn
35. Jeans day
36. Fitness challenge
37. Icecream social
38. Art class
39. Photo contest
40. Book sale
41. Charity concert
42. Sport-a-thon
43. Fishing derby
44. Burger and beverage night
45. Casino night
46. Holiday pictures fundraiser
47. Santa Breakfast
48. Scavenger hunt
49. Fantasy football
50. BBQ cook off

Just the tip of the iceberg – make it unique. 

The 50 ideas above are just the tip of the list.  What are you raising money for?  Could you create a unique fundraising idea around your reason.   For example my son’s group is raising money for camping supplies.  They could always approach a local camping supply vendor and see if they could donate some camping supplies to raffle off. I could tell you right now I know 40 people who would buy those raffle tickets no matter the price – simply because it is camping gear and raising money for camping.

The same goes for most things.  I am sure you know people who would support an arts fundraiser or a cooking fundraiser.  The key is to relate to your audience.  Show them the benefit of the fundraiser.  What are they gaining and what is the group gaining.

Spread the word.  More voices make for a louder audience.  More voices means your fundraising idea travels farther and raises more funds.

Get out, have fun, organize, raise funds and support.

Have an amazing day,

Cynthia
Saving & Simplicity

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