What about a Coffee fundraiser?
Specialty coffee and beverages are an exploding market nationwide and it practically sells itself. Java Joe's Roasting Company is an upstate New York based coffee roaster, who specializes in fundraising. Organizations will realize a profit of $2.50 or more per bag sold. The products will be customized to promote your organization (free of charge) and there are no set up fees or minimums. This fundraising program is equitable and offers your supporters a first class practical product that is perfect for every day use. Good luck Rachel! I hope I was able to help.
p.s. My son's preschool made $2,496 during a 2 week campaign.
If you are interested, the website is www.javajoesroasting.com
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First of all, congrats on getting your fundraising started! Raising support for a worthy cause can be super rewarding.
One route you might want to consider is setting up a homepage for your group on a fundraising website.
Raising support online is much simpler and more tidy than raising funds via cash or check (most sites can link donations straight to your bank account through a merchant processor). And having a group page gives you a central place to post information, photos and let people know what you do - this helps you promote your cause to friends, family and whoever else you want.
There are plenty of sites these days that help groups meet their goals - here are some good options:
First Giving (www.firstgiving.com) is a solid one. They charge about 5% on donations raised and have a simple structure to set up your page (though you may have to be a certified non-profit to register with them).
If that's the case, another option is Empowered (www.empowered.org). They process about 3.5% on donations raised, offer lots of tools to help organize/fundraise, and I know they support all small groups, regardless of non-profit status.
And you could always try to send up your own PayPal account to link to you directly, but this is a little trickier and a bit inflexible.
Good luck getting your fundraising going
Probably one of the best sites to look at when coming up with fundraising ideas would be www.fundraiserhelp.com/. You could also try checking out www.abcfundraising.com/ for more ideas.
According to the website Rewarding Fundraising Ideas, the following companies offer the best fund raisers: SSA Custom Apparel Stores, Go Fund Me, Micro Giving, GA Fundraising, Easy Fundraising Ideas, ABC Fundraising, Sitesell Web Services - SBI!, Movie Mondays, Charity How To, Supporter Wall, Custom Bottles of Water, and DoJiggy Fundraising Management Software.
There is tons of information on the internet for fundraising ideas. Do a search for "school fundraising options" or "school fundraising ideas" and you will find a multitude of websites that will give you ideas, a list of fundraising companies, and fundraising products. You could also call other schools or churches and see what they have done for fundraising. Here are a couple websites that have a ton of information: http://school.familyeducation.com/school-fundraising/38482.html, http://www.fundraisingweb.org/ , http://www.easy-fundraising-ideas.com/programs/school-fundraising-ideas/
Inspiration can be found about the ideas for Christmas fundraising in various different and several websites that pertain to Christmas fundraising that have been successful in the past.
There are many websites that have fundraising ideas that one could use. The Sign Up Genius website has a list of 50 different ideas. Some fun ideas from the list are: Spell-a-thon challenge, 50/50 raffles and auctions from donations.
Quotes about charity and charity work may be found in the Bible, at Rewarding Fundraising Ideas, the Charity Ideas blog, and Better Fundraising Ideas.
shave your hair
At http://www.better-fundraising-ideas.com you can get more detailed information about the things that you need. There are many good ideas that might be handy.
You can get the information you need and ideas for a great money-maker at candyfundraising.org or easy-fundraising-ideas.com. Hersheys has great fund-raiser packages, as does See's Candy company.
bake sale or car wash
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There are many church fundraising ideas. They include 50/50 Bingo, Buy a Meal, Party like it's 1999, Scratch Cards, Go Hairless, Make the Grade, etc.