creative fund raising ideas?

[nancielle]

A couple of years ago when we were raising money for our AIDS walk several of us joined together to hold a tag sale. We cleaned out our homes and made a decent amount of money. One member of the group offered to hold it at her house (fortunately the weather cooperated) and we took shifts being there.

For a charity walk I'm doing next month I'm holding a raffle on a jar of jelly beans (got a bunch of raging sugar addicts in my office). X/ticket on guessing how many beans are in there. Again, it won't be making bucketloads of money but it'll bring in something.

Contact your local newspaper about doing a human interest piece and including your donation site.

With some willing partners, you might find a church group with a kitchen that will let you do a breakfast or dinner (we've done pasta dinners in the past).

Are there any summer fairs or festivals in your area that allow people to set up informational tables? You may be able to get permission to set up a donation table.

Will your local bike shop(s) allow you to put up a donation flyer or maybe even a donation container?

That's all that's coming to mind right now.

[bluebug32]

I did LiveStrong a couple of years ago and my friend who sells Arbonne offered to host a part in which LiveStrong got a certain percentage of the proceeds. Apparently many of these companies will help support such causes this way. It ended up being a fun party. My friends came out to support my ride and sampled and bought products and there was a raffle. I don't remember exactly how much I raised, but it was definitely worth it.