i need DIY church fundrasing ideas?

Question

i need some diy church fundrasing ideas. i would like to find some new and unique ideas. we have done the spagetti dinners and done car washes and they have been good success however would like to do something else

Answer 1

-Book fair with donated books

-Rock a Thon, Dance A Thon, Jump a thon. As teens we used to get donations per minute. It doesn't matter what it is, just something different

-Second Chance Prom- put on a nice Prom and charge lots of money for tickets

-Date Night- babysitting for parents, get volunteers to babysit for free and donate $ paid to church

-Bachelor/Bachelorette Auction- bidder gets bachelor, bachelor pays X for date

-Rent A Handyman/Rent a Teen- we used to rent ourselves out for yard work etc and the money paid went to the church or youth group fund. Make sure people go in pairs and only to church members for safety. Also good for housecleaning, babysitting, gardening etc

Answer 2

We have a Spaghetti dinner and a fish fry.
Its $8 a plate, $5 for kids.
Both are very cheap to do, and you presale the tickets.

We have the youth groups volunteer as the clean up crew and tea/ice servers. The senior groups do the money taking.
All baked good are for sale, $1 3-cookies or $2 a slice of cake-$20 a cake.

Our big seller is the "to go dinner" Its a family of 4 food and one chocolate or yellow bundt cake= $40 and its boxed and ready with a pitcher of tea in it. You put the pasta sauce in a container, the spaghetti in a container, 4 plates, 4 silverware sets, 1 pitchers of tea, 1 cake. IN a large box, ready to go, with "heating instructions for the microwave.

We have a "DONATION" of Dinner as well. $50 A charity gift
Goal is to sell 8-10 of these boxed dinners for four. We GIVE it to the people who need it the most, and we have the "teen drivers and eldercare minstry" take it to the persons home. Both shutins' and needy.

That one item literally pays for most of the supplies for the entire event and its all parts of the church that get the reward of the blessing of all the church working together.

We also, have a silent auction of items- normally 20 items that are donated and bidded for the entire time dinner is sold. The winner is called on Monday and listed in the bulletin.

Get those items a month a head of time and promote them in the bulletin. Even church itmes or services- one week of daycare, or blessed cross from the minister. We also raffled a dinner with the pastor for two, a nice restruant for a week night evening. That went for over $100.

Good luck.
Have fun!

Answer 3

You could try yard sales and bake sales. I have seen some combine the two. You could sponsor a youth dance and invite the teenagers from other churches. My church done an orange and grapefruit thing every year and had the youth group sort through the boxes on the day they were delivered to get the bad ones out and replace them with good ones. The youth group used to do candy bar sales. You could try the fundraiser where you sell two-year planners. As someone else suggested, there are jar mixes, candles, and even gift items that you can sell. You could even sell Avon for a month to see if that helps any.

Answer 4

Our church group did something unique a few years ago...they "flamingo'd" church members' yards.

They went and bought (or had donated) a bunch of those pink flamingo lawn ornaments and put all of them in a yard. I'm talking overkill.

There would be a note left on the front door...something like "You've been flamingo'd" with instructions on how to get rid of them. People would donate 5$ or whatever they wanted to have the youth group come get the flamingos.

It was cute...I guess you could do it with anything...gnomes, deer, etc. I think it went over pretty well. People have a pretty good sense of humor.

Answer 5

You could do this weekly.... or in combination with another fundraiser... but a 50/50 raffle always goes well. You split the money with the winner.

Also, check with local businesses. A lot of restaurants have fundraising programs for churches and schools. I work at a restaurant that holds quite a few per month for various causes.

Answer 6

With no offense to any others here I have suggestions.

Assuming that the congregation is largely behind this, you might band together to offer "Services" to the community. IE: Lawn cutting/yard work. ON site car washes. Transporting seniors to appointments or marketing. Tutoring. Baby sitting. House repairs/maintenance to seniors. Volunteer guest speakers on schedules with helpful/useful tips for the community, especially outside of your congregation.

Many more I'm sure, and all can be offered at reasonable, affordable costs to those you offer the services to.

Steven Wolf
(The Rev.)

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Answer 8

One time our church had a yard sale in the school parking lot where our church met. They "sold" spaces to anyone wanting to have their own booth. I believe it was around $20 or $25 for two parking spaces to set up your booth. They also had the "church booth" where goods were donated to the church and they sold them. Our old elementary school also had a similar fundraiser with the yard sale approach. Both the church and school raised money from selling spots to people wanting a place to sell their goods as well as money from selling goods in the church/school booth. This worked well because both the church and school were in neighborhoods that could not have yard sales, so there were many individuals willing to spend $25 for a space to sell their "junk".

Answer 9

This sounds simplistic but every summer our youth group has a giant garage sale in our gym. The church is encouraged to donate good quality used items....like cars! We get a few large ticked items and tons of small stuff! We usually clear about 10,000 over a three day period. It is a big undertaking, but that money funds our youth ministry for the year.

Answer 10

One popular church fundraiser is to sell a cookbook comprised of recipies submitted by the congregation. There are some places online where you can send in the information and they will do the printing for you. If you're interested, just do a search on "cookbook fundraising." Good Luck.

Answer 11

Churches in our community usually do dinners, annual rummage sales, a plant sale (indoor and out), bake sale/craft bazaar for Christmas and Easter, and the cookbook sales (you could get info on web for fundraiser companies that can get you started). The cookbook sales I like because the recipes are from within our community and the price can't be beat!