[ovette]

im gonna host a fundraising activity for my school but i dont have any ideas to start with....i hope you could help me with this....

thanks in advance!!

[NAN]

car wash....
sell cookies, cup cakes, eggrolls, crab ragoons, etc.

[justwildbeat]

I'd stay away from selling things like food, crafts, etc because not only do they take time and money to make in the first place but the profit gained is limited. Try activity-related funraisers like a tournament of sorts, involving the campus (residential housing, Greeks, faculty) and charge an entrance fee.

[DKYang]

Car wash always work and, of course, you'll get more customers with girls in bikini. Business is business.

You could sell candy bars. Buy bulks from Costco, Sams Club, and etc, then sell 'em for a buck each. You'll make more money if you sell all of it in one day.

Another idea I saw at my school is hitting a junk car with a bat. If there's a rival game coming up, or whatever else you can think of, you can paint the car with that school's color and other stuff then charge people $1 per hit or two.

[akira53]

sell entertainment books...I know a lot of people hate those but I had a lot of experience fundraising with those and they make a lot of money, although they're not the easiest to sell.

[AznBetty]

candiesss, pastries, cakes. food stuff is pretty easy.

[dunpingy]

you should think big
like organizing a date auction or something
get prizes for top bidders, most restaurants will offer donations early during the month if you ask them
few hundred dollars easy

[mickey012]

at my school, they do korean BBQ, hot dogs, pazookies, milk tea, etc. you name it...they'll most likely make it for you to eat if you pay them.

there's also date auction...hand-made stuff...krispy kreme has fundraising programs...etc.

[MaC87]

well since it's going to be valentine day, maybe selling flower would be a good idea. Either make the fake flowers or sell the real ones. I pretty sure guys are willing to buy it for their love ones. Also, lil cute animals on the side. But it really depends on your budget and how much you expect to get.

[Tennyo]

hmm what are you fund raising for? Because if it's like a cultural group you can tie an activity based on the culture. And I agree, selling things (food, crafts, or otherwise) is very time consuming unless you have like a factory size team behind you.

I'm going to basically steal ideas from my own school here but cultural clubs usually have a show where they have performances (singing, dancing, play), fashion show, etc highlighting their culture. It takes planning months in advance but if you do it well you can really rake in the dough. Especially one club, the Vietnamese Student Association, managed to have an up and coming Vietnamese singer perform at the show and made like.. thousands.

Or you can do something small such as screening films in an auditorium and just ask for a small entrance fee. My school has this night where they tell you they're going to play three of the most horrible movies ever but you can't find out until you pay the entrance fee and watch. And if you can manage to sit through all three films without walking out you get a refund. You can also have board games, video game tournament, etc. I think something with minimal set up for the masses that require an entrance fee.

Fashion shows are usually popular as well. Usually you can just have clothing donated from stores for the evening so you don't really have to pay for anything other than advertising and facilities for the most part. Dance marathons can also be relatively easy because you only need to pay for facilities, DJ, and advertising. The people ARE the event.

Hope that helps!

[NAN]

oh yeah. i have one more..

contact a local restuarant, ask if they bring a lot of ppl to go (like a promotion for their restuarant), if u could get 10-20% of the sales of that night. then organize your club to all go and bring their friends too.
that's what my club is doing.

[swtyujah012]

im in a service frat and we do a lot of fundraisers to make money for our chapter.
The things that make the most, are probably staff pros. These, you're just working as staff at concerts and events, and if you're lucky you'll get to see a free concert. If you go in a group big enough you'll make quite a lot of money. It just takes a couple of weeks to receive the checks, but its a good amount.
another thing, is car washes. We can easily make 500 to 600 easily in one day.

[koneee]

CAR WASHES MAKE A LOT!
You can have parties and have people donate money. Or charge for drinks at parties.
I've suggested cleaning people's room/houses for a fee :]