I involved in a Young Enterprise Company, and am looking for ideas for a fundraising event. We are not allowed to sell food/drink
2007-02-15 08:10:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
5 aside football tournament. teams pay to play and people pay to watch!
2007-02-15 08:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by P B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
...but can you charge an 'entry fee' for people for an event that INCLUDES food & drink? (or sell tickets with a 'food & drink included' notation.)
I organised a fundraiser with a Christmas theme and "Sherry & a mince pie" were included in the ticket price. The fact that it was in September helped to garner support I think!
How about a 'Hawaiian Party Night' in the depths of winter - or a 'Christmas Party' in June?
People love the unusual - and are always ready for a good night out.
When you are looking to book your venue - ask them to donate a bottle of spirit as a prize; then use the bottle as an all night target... set it in an area free from passing feet and draw a bullseye on the floor (if it's in a cormer it can be a quarter of a bullseye etc.) people roll coins towards the bottle all night - nearest coin wins the bottle! By clearing all but the closest coin to the bottle all night you will encourage others to have a go.
We did it once with a bottle of vodka donated by the venue host and we made over £100 on that alone! It was the biggest individual money-maker of the night - early in the night people rolled 20p's (minimum value permitted and by their design very wobbly and hard to direct) - by half past eleven some men were even rolling £2 coins at it! (hic* "If I can just get it to stop when it's leaning up against the bottle - it's mine... hic*)
Strangely - we didn't discourage this drunken behaviour!
Can be done with a box of tea bags, a jar of coffee or anything you think might work for your 'audience'.
2007-02-15 08:40:09 · answer #2 · answered by franja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
car washes , yard /rumage sales , raffle tickets for certain prizes , ie get a 50 to 100 dollar prize and sale tickets for like a buck the prize can be something that others may want like a digital camera , an mp3 player etc , , yard sales work well to get friends and neighbors and others at your company to donate good used items to sale , another thing u may consider is getting a costume of a bunny and have pics taken with the bunny etc for a price u have to spend a lil to make a lil but u may be able to talk to local bussneses etc to see if they can help by donating various items , youll be surprised how many are willing to help , u may even try putting a collection jar etc inside of your local grocery store with the charitys name or organitions name on it asking for donantions ,
there s also the oriental trading comapany they have a online site wher e u can order things to sale pretty cheap , u can get like pencils , craft items , beads , etc in bulk , for as little as 10 bucks , there so many things u can do , if u need the money now u may see if thery have like a helen grace in your area , , u can even have like a lil carnival . the possibilities are there , no matter what u decide talk to local bussinesses and see if they can donate prizes gifts etc , to help with the fund raisers
2007-02-15 08:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by dale621 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rent someplace where it's in a nice area...Throw a party/dance like thing (charge to come)...(have it be semi-formal always helps to sell tickets)...Pay for good advertising on the party...when there inside you can raffle thing off...Maybe a party out of it...maybe a good town band can come...yes this cost money but when you play ur cards right you could make a nice profit...
You didn't really give enough info on this so...I don't know if this would work for you!!!
But i've done something like that and i made a nice profit!!!
2007-02-15 08:55:16 · answer #4 · answered by `~Its love~` 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
call your local footbal club get them to donate some prices, try the local celeb she if you can get anything from there, what about sports events people love sports so every one wins a boat race a bile race a fancy dress 5k run just a few ideas
2007-02-15 09:19:13 · answer #5 · answered by ebonybailey2007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
car wash, or get creative, raise money and do something like a jump rope a thon, or anything along those lines. Get poeple to sponsor you in a competiton. Make ppl want to help pay for something fun to watch.
---James
2007-02-15 08:19:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well: according to "SmallBusiness type Ownner you can
belong with certain Orginization that they'd would form a
Special event programs for each one Community every
year like Arts & Crafts Fair" very interesting idea
refer http://yahoo.smallbusiness/artsncraftsfair.com
2007-02-15 08:29:55 · answer #7 · answered by toddk57@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what about a sock hop? pay one ticket price which would include food, drinks and entertainment. everyone come in costume. would be lots of fun. you could even do 70's or 80's night.
2007-02-15 08:19:53 · answer #8 · answered by catwoman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try a walk-a -thon or a concert .. try to do some kind of thing for a good cause you can give 20% of your funds to schools or something mcdonalds does it all the time so does sprint and subway
2007-02-15 08:21:29 · answer #9 · answered by christina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you have refreshments at a dance?
What kind of things do you have to work with, any type of budget?
2007-02-15 08:17:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋