What are some ideas to help raise money for your school, parish, etc....?

Question

For examples

1. Bake sales
2. Pancake breakfast

Answer 1

We did a basket raffle.

Groups donate to fill baskets with various themes, chocolate theme, movie theme, beach day theme, getting your drivers license theme, etc.

Tickets sold for $1 each or 6 for $5.

from a website link...
Briefly describe this fundraising event:
Each classroom picks a certain topic they will use for their basket, such as a sports basket or a choclate lover's basket. There are hundreds of ideas. Items get donated.

Organizing the event:
Baskets are numbered. List of items are made. Each kid gets a list and shows family and friends. Kids sell tickets for $1.00 for a chance at the basket of choice.

Capital possibilities:
Our school made $2000 this year. All tickets sold are placed in a ziplock bag with each basket. One ticket from each bag is chosen. The baskets were beautiful.

Degree of difficulty:
Collecting stuff for the baskets. If it's a stationery basket, call your local card supplier to ask for donations. Be creative. Parents from each class puts baskets together.

Other suggestions or comments:
People think this is a great idea. Anyone will give a dollar for a chance at maybe a $200-$300 basket. Sell tickets for at least 4 weeks. We also sold in front of Sam's.


Wrap all baskets in clear wrap, and display them during sports games, conferences, etc.

We made A LOT of money!


Let me know if you need more specific information from our raffle. Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

***Check into local stores like WalMart. They will often match your earnings on a fundraiser (as will other companies). WalMart will also donate the materials for car washes (some locations)

1. Bake sales
2. Silent Auction
3. Entertainment books
4. Car washes
5. Teacher Auction (each teacher comes up with a fun outside of school activity ie: movie, mini golf, high school basketball game, arranges to have winner practice w/ high school pom pon squad, sledding, pizza, Build a Bear some examples-Kids buy raffle tickets and try to win the event they would most enjoy winning)
6. Pocket Peelers
7. Brick Paver Fundraiser
8. Walk
9. Culver's night (everyone goes to Culver's-your school earns 10% of profits between 4:00-7:00)

Answer 3

I bake a lot of cookies for fundraisers and these sold out first every time.I bake any kind of big chewy thick cookie on a popsicle stick or chop stick then cover with frosting add some sprinkles and add some curly string these sold for a dollar. Kids love anything on a stick.We used a chocolate fountain recently to make chocolate covered strawberries on chop sticks these sold pretty well for 2 for a dollar.

Answer 4

Some that have worked great.
1 car wash.
2. bake sale
3. benefit meal. (grilled chicken etc. etc.)
4. Hire out the youth and ,or adults for yard work
5. flea market, using donated items.

Answer 5

yes and carwashes and candybar sales