Fund raising ideas for teens? Daughter needs to earn money for academic trip to Europe.?

Question

Prefer not to solicit donations. She is willing to sell, make, help, work. Any good ideas for raising big bucks? We need $6000 by next summer.
Thank you for any suggestions you have.

Answer 1

My daughter went to Japan this summer, 1/3 came from
her granddparents, the rest came from her selling pizzas to
her neighbors, dog and cat baskets with permission from
her local WaWa to sell outside, and cookie and soup in
a jar which she sold outside of a Walmart with their
permission.

Answer 2

Try having a carwash- say it's free with donations. That usually earns quite a bit of money. Good luck! You can also try babysitting if you are old enough.

Answer 3

1. Start recycling, as in collecting glass bottles, plastic drink bottles, and aluminum cans and taking them to the recycle place for cash. Carry bags in your car and pick them up as you go. Collect them from her school campus if they are not already recycling there. At $1.55 a pound for aluminum cans, it's nothing to turn your nose up at.
2. Start recycling furniture. There are lots of people here in the US who need furniture. Have her collect pieces from people's garages they don't want, fix them up and sell them at yard sales.
3. Have her help people clean out their garages and hold yard sales. She can make upwards of $50 per yard sale.
4. Hook her up with mommies needing babysitters. She can charge more than $20 a night for to give a couple of desperate parents a night out without the kids.
5. If she's 14 she needs a work permit for an official job. But if you go with her to sign up, and you live near an arena or big theater, sign up to be ushers for special events. That way you can get paid to see the performances. Don't be afraid to work for hockey games, football games, concerts, etc. It's a great way to see the show or the big game. If not as an usher, they have a lot of high school kids work as popcorn and soda sellers, or man the concession stands.
6. Learn to sew quilts and have an auction. There are plenty of ideas and patterns in current quilting magazines. (American Patchwork and Quilting is a terrific magazine to get started!) She could also learn to make and sell things like pillows, clothes for dolls, and stuff like that to sell at fairs or flea markets.
7. Pick up those pennies! My daughter and I pick up pennies wherever we go - we've collected more than $100 so far and she's only 6.
8. Old "Victoria" magazines have terrific ideas of beautiful items people make. If she wants to make pretty things, that's a great source for ideas. You can probably find those magazines at thrift stores for cheap.

Good luck and I hope she gets there!

Answer 4

my brother spoke with a salesman of insurances who offers a good commission to him by each sale
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Good luck!