Find many ways to raise money.
When it comes to raising money, fundraisers, garage sales, charities and benefits are the first options that come to mind. While these are great options, people can find a variety of different ways to raise money. Many schools, day cares, sporting events and benefits depend on raising money to support their cause.
Car Wash
Raising money can be fun by doing a car wash. You can hold a free car wash and ask for donations or just ask for a set amount per car. Set up a concession stand at the car wash and sell food, drinks and other goodies to raise more money.
Walk-A-Thon
This works great for students, but could work for adults as well. Each person gets a sponsor for the "race" and for each lap walked the person will get a designated amount of money. For example, if you set the amount at $1.00 per lap and you walk 10 laps, you will earn $10.00.
Dinner Fundraiser
Have a dinner fundraiser, charge per person, and make money on each person that eats. Instead of expensive catering, have everyone donate food and still charge a certain amount per person. You can also have a live or silent auction after dinner for extra money. Auction off donated items to make even more money.
Penny Challenge
The penny challenge works with pennies, but any change will work great too. This challenge is great for schools or sporting events. Have each class or team compete for a certain number of weeks to see who can raise the most money in change. This is especially fun when using only pennies and you can raise quite a bit a money. However, if you use any change, you can count it all as pennies (meaning a quarter is worth 25 pennies).
Cake Walk
Have everyone that is trying to raise money bake a cake, cookies, brownies or something fun and edible. Then have a cake walk and charge per head to play. If 25 people participate at $1.00 a head, you will get $25.00 for one baked item.
Raffle
Raffles are always a great way to raise money. Raffle something like an ATV, electronics or furniture. You can hold the raffle until you have made enough money to pay for the item and double your money or you can set a date when the raffle will end. For big items, you can charge $5 or $10 a ticket to raise money fast.
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