Fundraiser Events
Kids Haircuts
Have a salon or individual stylists come to your school or event. They can either donate their time and do cheap cuts to raise money or charge their normal rate and split the money with the organization/school. Have a bake sale at the same time to increase profits. Make sure to get the word out.
Tile Wall
Kids and businesses can decorate tiles with handprints, paint a picture or paint a logo. Families or businesses purchase the tile. It is a project that will be up for years to come.
School Carnival & Raffle
Put on a carnival. Get local businesses to donate prizes for a raffle. Kids purchase tickets for the homemade booths.
Selling Books
A Parents Guide To Raising Great Kids””. This is a wonderful book for parents and a great way to sell something that benefits the whole family. Order for only $11 per copy (retail $14.95) and your school or organization will make a profit of $3.95 on each book sold. Contact JourneyPubs@aol.com or edwim@aol.com
OneCause.com
Your school earns up to 20% whenever you make a purchase at one of the more than 250 participating SchoolCash merchants — from Amazon.com to JC Penney to ToysRus. no enrollment fees, no membership dues and you dont pay any higher prices than you normally would! When you shop at OneCause.com, youll find the same merchandise and prices (or better) that youd find if you went directly to the merchants website or store. Go to www.OneCause.com
Raffles
Raffles are a great way to make money for your organzation or school. You can make money off the tickets you sell. The key is to getting great prizes donated by businesses.
Have awards for those that sell the most raffle tickets to encourage sales.
Print a list of the potential raffle prizes so that people who are buying the tickets are motivated to buy more.
Ask people to sell a certain amount of tickets so that everyone participates. These people can choose to sell them or take the easy way out and buy the tickets for themselves.
Restaurant Ideas
Many restaurants (see restaurants on the site) will donate a percentage to your fundraiser if you host it at their location.
For example, you can host your dinner there, you encourage everyone to attend that day and everyone pays for themselves. Some will even do the total of all meals purchased from 4-9pm in the evening even if the customers were not part of your event.
This means there is very little set-up, no clean up, no cooking or hiring caterers and it is a fun night out for everyone. You can raise even more money by coordinating a raffle for the evening.
Escrip.com
You can raise money for your school by registering at www.escrip.com
If you register your Vons card, credit card, ATM cards with escrip, everytime you make a purchase at a variety of vendors (ie: Vons, Office Max, etc), they will contribute 3-10% of your purchases to the school of your choice. You can also register your Albertsons card for their Community Partner Program to support your child’s school.
Fundraise with Discovery Toys
There are a few ways to raise money and/or products via Discovery Toys…
1. Have your consultant set up a display table at your school, church or non-profit with order forms, catalogs, etc. and sell toys both on order and “over-the-counter.†This could be done 2-3 days in a row at specific times.
2. Place catalogs and a letter of introduction into mailslots for customers, employees or parents to pick up. They can place orders by filling out an order form and returning it to the organization, which then could be passed along to the consultant.
3. Have customers, parents or teachers host a Discovery Toys party at the organization or at home.
With all of these scenarios, the organization earns cash or free products, or a combination thereof, whichever is desired most, based on sales. Half priced items and sale items are available, too. In addition, those organizations that might have a wish-list for educational toys, games, books and software can encourage buyers to purchase an item off the list for the organization.
iSold It
iSold It can also help with fundraising for your school/organization and put the “”fun”” back into fundraising. iSold It now offers a completely innovative, extremely simple way to raise funds for your organization. Simply register your school or not-for-profit with iSold It to qualify for our discounted fundraising fee structure. Then, ask your network of supporters, friends and family to drop by iSold It with items to sell on eBay (be sure to have them specify your organization as the recipient of the funds).
Once an item sells, iSold It will send your organization a check!
For even more impact, let iSold It help you organize a Drop Off Drive at your school or other location. We can provide the flyers and donation forms for you to use, to collect items at a location of your choice. Go to iSoldIt.com for more info.
