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QuietLunatic · 05-01-2007

I'm on my local parish council and we're always looking for new ways to raise money for the parish. The high school started trivia contests a couple years ago and so I'm organizing one of those for either late summer or early fall. We do the yard sale thing, and the supper thing and a tea in the summer, but what other ideas does anyone have to bring people in?

Kaizen · 05-01-2007

Well you could always hold a raffle, buy something that would appeal to a large amount of people and sell tickets for $1.00 each. The profits from raffles are quite big.

Lloyd Brown · 05-01-2007

Car washes are fairly popular our here

SerenBaker · 05-02-2007

Those are both fairly common around here for everybody who wants to raise money and are good ideas, but if you want something different, that trivia thing sounds good. How about a dance?

QuietLunatic · 05-03-2007

A dance might be a good idea, too. I just have to find a decent band that can play a variety of music, but there are lots of downhome music makers around here.

I could probably put something together. The Youth Group is doing a car wash, so that's done already. Raffles are always popular.

Thanks, everyone. I appreciate all the suggestions. Here's to a profitable year!

Mousetrap · 05-06-2007

My sister's elementary school received fundraising coupon books from a fast food restaurant and sold them for $5 each. I don't know how the school got the books or how much they paid for them. They did make a lot of money off of them though.

Also, candy and cookie sales are probably the most profitable fundraising idea that I've been a part of. Candy is relatively cheap to buy, and sells for anywhere between $1 and $2.

lalajean · 05-09-2007

If your local city has a big festival type thing, you can see about getting a discount on the price of a booth, and raise money that way. I have seen churches do it and have been successful.

simonsays · 05-09-2007

I do not have an direct ideas that have not been listed, I would like to see some unique ones as well. I have some people who need to raise money too.

kkk3 · 08-28-2007

How about person helping people to do stuff like clean out garages, mow lawn, take persons who are not able to walk alone, walking. Teaching someone to use software like Word and Excel.

05-01-2007	#1 (permalink)
QuietLunatic Consumer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 66	Fund Raising Ideas I'm on my local parish council and we're always looking for new ways to raise money for the parish. The high school started trivia contests a couple years ago and so I'm organizing one of those for either late summer or early fall. We do the yard sale thing, and the supper thing and a tea in the summer, but what other ideas does anyone have to bring people in?

05-02-2007	#4 (permalink)
SerenBaker Consumer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 50	Those are both fairly common around here for everybody who wants to raise money and are good ideas, but if you want something different, that trivia thing sounds good. How about a dance? Last edited by SerenBaker : 05-02-2007 at 11:33 AM.

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05-01-2007	#2 (permalink)
Kaizen Consumer Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 55	Well you could always hold a raffle, buy something that would appeal to a large amount of people and sell tickets for $1.00 each. The profits from raffles are quite big.

05-01-2007	#3 (permalink)
Lloyd Brown Administrator Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 518	Car washes are fairly popular our here

05-03-2007	#5 (permalink)
QuietLunatic Consumer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 66	A dance might be a good idea, too. I just have to find a decent band that can play a variety of music, but there are lots of downhome music makers around here. I could probably put something together. The Youth Group is doing a car wash, so that's done already. Raffles are always popular. Thanks, everyone. I appreciate all the suggestions. Here's to a profitable year!

05-06-2007	#6 (permalink)
Mousetrap Consumer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 29	My sister's elementary school received fundraising coupon books from a fast food restaurant and sold them for $5 each. I don't know how the school got the books or how much they paid for them. They did make a lot of money off of them though. Also, candy and cookie sales are probably the most profitable fundraising idea that I've been a part of. Candy is relatively cheap to buy, and sells for anywhere between $1 and $2.

05-09-2007	#7 (permalink)
lalajean Consumer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 34	If your local city has a big festival type thing, you can see about getting a discount on the price of a booth, and raise money that way. I have seen churches do it and have been successful.

05-09-2007	#8 (permalink)
simonsays Consumer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 25	I do not have an direct ideas that have not been listed, I would like to see some unique ones as well. I have some people who need to raise money too.

08-28-2007	#9 (permalink)
kkk3 Consumer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 71	How about person helping people to do stuff like clean out garages, mow lawn, take persons who are not able to walk alone, walking. Teaching someone to use software like Word and Excel.