No-calorie Fund Raising Ideas
March 3, 2010scfm 18 Comments »Every parent has experienced the dread that comes with their child announcing a school or sports team fund raiser. Parents find themselves helping their child hawk containers of high-caloric cookie dough…or skimpy rolls of wrapping paper…or calendars they’ll never use…or magazine subscriptions to Bee Keeper Gazette. How about suggesting the school or team try a few innovative fund raising ideas? The following ideas are creative ways to raise money for your specific program.
Teachers Lip Sync Extravaganza: Teachers are often hesitant to perform in traditional talent shows. Performing in a lip sync act requires only exaggerated, outlandish stage presence, not talent. Charge admission for families to come watch teachers and staff as they display their talents playing air guitars and prancing around in swimsuits, carrying surfboards and lip syncing to songs such as California Girls.
Many cities have businesses pay to decorate life size cows or pigs, which are then displayed throughout the community. Why settle for decorating a traditional animal statue? Encourage businesses to pay to be corporate sponsors for the chance to get a toilet destined for the dump. Each business receives a clean, yet used toilet,(available from most recycling centers) which they decorate. On a designated day, collect the artistically decorated toilets and set up makeshift bowling lanes. Community members pay to view the toilets and pay extra to roll a bowling ball down the lane and smash the toilets. Just think. Your organization gets money when businesses buy a toilet and then additional money as people pay to destroy the toilet with a bowling ball!
300 million children around the world are without a pair of shoes. Teach your children how to help others while also raising money for your organization. Soles4Souls, a non-profit agency, has distribute over 3 million pairs of shoes around the world. Students simply take orders for clogs or flip flops, which Soles4Souls distributes free of charge to people in need. For every $5.00 flip flops or $10.00 clogs students sell, your organization receives 40% of the proceeds. More important, your student’s efforts help put a pair of shoes on the feet of someone in an impoverished or disaster-stricken area of the world. Contact www.soles4souls.org or 615-391-5723
Americans are spending billions of dollars on jeweled collars and personalized raincoats for their pets. Sponsor a pet fashion show where pet owners pay you to participate. For added interest get the mayor of your community or a local celebrity to “model” along with their pet. Any pet store would be glad for the publicity that comes with paying to be a “corporate sponsor” and promote their products. Planning is simple: Pet stores pay to be a sponsor, people pay to walk the runway with their adorable dog, cat, ferret, miniature horse, etc, and people pay admission to attend the event. All you need is a gym with a runway and a few pooper scoopers on hand!
Question about fund raising
fund-raising???????????i need to know whether you can fund raise money for a school trip. We are going to costa rica to help out the sea life turtles and whilst we're there we will be going hiking, canopy tours etc. are you able to fund raise for a school trip or not? and any ideas on fund-raising?
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Posted on March 3rd, 2010 at 7:09 am
Glad you liked it, shortly there will be more being added to help start-ups and early stage businesses..
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 at 7:20 am
Andrew Miller’s video on Business plan layout and writing tips
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 at 7:23 am
thank you very much sir
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 at 7:39 am
MAKE POSTERS, AND BOXES SAYING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CLUB AND TRY TO COLLECT MONEY. IS YOUR SCHOOL ALLOWED TO DO DANCES? TRY TO DO SCHOOL DANCES? MAKE THE ENTRANCE AT LEAST $3 NO $5, NO ONE WILL GO. ABOUT THE JUNK FOOD, CAN YOU PEOPLE STILL SELL FOOD, REAL FOOD? FRUIT SALADS? WATER? ARE THERE ANY GOOD ARTISTS AT YOUR SCHOOL? DO PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND MAKE T-SHIRTS, AND SELL THEM. OUR SCHOOL DID THAT ONCE.
GOOD LUCK!
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 at 8:16 am
I think you should have a bake sale.
That's what we did anyways and not only was it a lot of fun but we also made some really good profits.
BTW. That's awesome that you guys are helping out the sea turtles : )
Good Luck <3
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 at 8:45 am
ask a restaurant to donate a portion of their income of one night, you can also do raffles like make raffle baskets to raise money, their are a lot of great ideas out there
but door to door really does help haha. Good luck! 
plz answer my question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtrVvazMAzF.565LMTlu2njsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20091217133503AA0uvYi
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Make your money and do it the best why you can
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 at 11:05 pm
A business plan does not guarantee a businesses success. However, if it is a well written business plan then it will provide a good platform for the success of your business.
You wouldn’t build a house without a plan right? Well, with business its the same thing, planning provides the foundations that you can then build your business upon.
Posted on March 4th, 2010 at 11:02 am
why is there even a christian club ?.. can't you just do any normal fund raising activity except wet T-Shirt car wash (unless u have a jesus shirt on).
Posted on March 4th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
The best thing you can do is speak with your accountant or a business consultant and they will help you write this part of your business plan.
Posted on March 4th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Rummage Sale; run an ad and make pick ups
Golf Tournament; run an ad then organize it
Bingo; ask local businesses for donations
Dinner; make a meal and sell it by the plate
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Good and to the point video Matt. Definitly will use it again for reference towards build my buisness plan outline. Thanks!
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
how about a car wash. if you and your girls dress the part im sure you will get lots of cash. here some organizations use one of our local gas stations and hold car washes for $10.00.
be sure your car wash sign is big enough and use colors to catch peoples eyes.
good luck!
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Helpful video. Inpiring and informative. Does anyone know any good business plan competitions to enter? Has anyone heard about the launch together business plan comp? Is this the first year they are doing it? I love the video they have on the website. Someone should post it on here. Comments appreciated
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
The fall is a great time to do a fundraiser with candles. You can take advantage of the fact that almost everyone buys them. We use a company with a simple program with no upfront costs and made a nice profit.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 1:59 am
Nice & Helpful video.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 6:46 am
I have answered a similar question twice before. Here is the answer I gave to the last request for someone wanting to hold a benefit concert:
I would start by determining what talent you intend to showcase. If you use local talent, it may just be a matter of getting in touch with them to see if they would be willing to offer their services for the cause and publicity. If you intend to use bigger talent, you will probably need to get in touch with their managing agency (i.e. William Morris Agency). Even for charity, there will be contracts and legalities (and possibly monies) to take care of, and more than likely, they will require you to provide the equipment. Make sure you can get the equipment requested. I would not do anything else until I get the overall details worked out with the talent.
The remainder is an answer I left last week for someone who was wanting to host a benefit for the local animal shelter. Some of the suggestions may also help you.
This is a great cause! The first thing I suggest you look into is http://www.jooners.com/ – a free web app that is great for coordinating all kinds of things. They even have an event category.
Here, the animal shelter is a pet project of the city. I'm not sure if you are in a familiar situation. I would find the person in charge of coordinating events for the city (here it would be the community relations board) and ask if they could provide any assistance. I would go with some suggestions in my pocket, but wouldn't bring them up until I got their input. Sometimes when you make specific requests, you may get them answered and no more. If you leave it open ended, you will be surprised just how many ideas they will come up with that you had not thought of. Then contact them later with your pocket requests if you want. Also think of arenas, civic centers, and other locations in your area where events are often held. The Parks & Rec Department? Get in touch with the Coordinators there and ask the same open ended question.
Does the shelter have contacts with Rescues? See if you can contact them and ask for their suggestions.
Contact the community relations officers at the largest employers in your area and large chain stores. They are use to requests from charities and usually have specific procedures in place to make offers or to determine if your cause is eligible for assistance. Ask to speak directly to the manager.
Contact other volunteers of the animal shelter and ask if they know any companies that would be willing to contribute in any way. Make sure that when you get other people involved that you know who they are going to ask before they ask. Otherwise, you will have duplicate people going to the same sources.
Contact local restaurants. Contact local printers – they may agree to donating or low cost printing of fliers, banners, or the like.
Contact the local newspapers – they often have someone who will work with service organizations on PR possibilities for free or almost free.
That is all I can think of off of the top of my head. I think if you contact these people you will be truly surprised at just how many prize donations and how much PR assistance you will receive. And if you end up with too many prizes or prizes that do not make sense for use to participants, have door prizes and use that as PR to increase spectator attendance.
Oh, and if you want to have a step in for the following year, recruit volunteers to hand write thank you cards to everyone who gave assistance.
I hope this helps.
- Laurel Plum
http://laurelplumonline.com
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Hi Adam, more videos are on the way shortly to help demystify the process..