Fundraising ideas

[PMookie]

Two of my kids have big trips this year. One goes to Carnegie Hall to sing with his HS choir, and my daughter’s gym is going to Disney for a Gymnastics meet.

 

My wife is VP of the 503© Booster Club for my daughter, and I’ve been enlisted to help the choir.

 

We need BIG dollar ideas for fundraising... What have you seen work? What are your ideas?

Please, no “selling candy” ideas.... Thanks!

 

We need BIG ideas!

 

 

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[Shankster]

Golf tournament!

Have the local Boosters sponsor holes and teams.

[golfertrb]

I've done a lot of fundraising for youth ministries in the past and I have had varying degrees of success with the following:

1. Golf tournament - I know Shankster recommended this earlier but if done well - this can do really well. The down side is that the amount of work - organization is fairly intensive but worth it. A lot of times, people will donate prizes and sponsor holes and your profit can be quite good.

2. 5k health run - if you combine it with a health fair (lots of places will participate for free) and do free health screenings lots of people are drawn to it. I used to do one in the fall and link it with a fall festival for the kids and one of our sponsors was the Cleveland Cavaliers. A fair amount of work but quite lucrative.

3. Spaghetti dinners - spaghetti is inexpensive and easy to fix (compared to some other things) and the kids would serve. We made it donation based and we always did better than when we charged a particular amount. 

4. Car smash - I usually would do this one connected to fall festival - it's a crazy idea but people love it. Get a car donated and charge for swings with sledge hammers. There are some insurance things to consider and waivers to provide but that one always did well with minimal effort. 

You can combine some of these and the spaghetti dinners can be done multiple times. These worked well for me in the past but YMMV.

[Golfspy_CG2]

1 hour ago, PMookie said:

 

Two of my kids have big trips this year. One goes to Carnegie Hall to sing with his HS choir, and my daughter’s gym is going to Disney for a Gymnastics meet.

 

My wife is VP of the 503© Booster Club for my daughter, and I’ve been enlisted to help the choir.

 

We need BIG dollar ideas for fundraising... What have you seen work? What are your ideas?

Please, no “selling candy” ideas.... Thanks!

 

We need BIG ideas!

 

 

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A Golf Tournament at Compass Pointe Golf course is a great idea