<p>Service auction: members of the organization offer services, such as 4 hours of yard work (in teams), dog walking, etc. For many years I “bought” four members of the football team for a day to do my fall yard work. You can either auction to highest bidder or just let the community know that people can be hired for x amount for the day. I recommend having them work in teams so that creepy community members aren’t a problem.</p>
<p>Oh yes - we did that too for a church thing^^^^ Good point about working in groups.</p>
<p>One fund raiser I do not recommend is one our ex church youth group leader did - some weird thing with someone paysyou and they take a goat to someones house and they have to pay to get rid of it or something. The kids thought it was fun but I think it p*ssed people off more than anything else.</p>
<p>I get so sick of having to buy stuff. The best fundraiser I was ever involved in (for the school’s Learning Garden) we put together a small booklet of gardening advice and then had acknowledgements at the back. We sent home envelopes in the kids’ back packs and said anyone who gave us $1 would have their name in the back of the booklet. Nearly everyone in the school participated and lots of people gave much, much more.</p>
<p>Please use old threads for research only. Closing.</p>