The most important rule in planning a youth fundraiser is to make sure that everybody has fun!
These ideas will work well for a youth group, a church young people’s group, non-profit group or a youth sports (e.g. football, baseball) group.
Here are seven ideas to get your fundraising started:-
Sales -if you type in youth fundraiser on any search engine you’ll find offers to sell cookie dough, pizza cards, scratch cards, candles, sports goods and plenty more. Depending on the age of the children and the type of group, the locality, consider which of these are likely to be well received in your area. Using existing contacts with family, neighbours and friends alone can be quite profitable.
Car wash – this can be a profitable way to raise funds. It will need good planning. A great free guide to organising a successful car wash event is available from carwashguy, called How to run a successful car wash fundraiser and is written by Lance Winslow.
Fundraising auction – clear out the garage, spring clean the house, ask for donations – and then auction!. Publicise your...