I need your ideas.?

Question

In my local community I am starting an endowment to buy bread at a local food bank that I volunteer weekly for. What an endowment does is the interest from the money in the bank and pays for what you want to buy that way. The money I need to earn is $195000 to have enough bread for 200 families per week. I am going to be a senior in high school in august. Do you have any fund raising ideas

Answer 1

a talent show, including the people who receive food from the food bank and others in the community (and anyone else who wants to participate, of course).  I think you might be surprised at how much talent you will find, especially with the kids.

Answer 2

Candy bars, magazines, T-shirts, Car Wash, Bake Sale, Benefit concert if you know any hometown bands that will play for free. Offer some food drinks and the band for $6 a persone.

Answer 3

Pampered chef does charity sales, I liked the idea of the dinner or luncheon, but make it $50 per plate.  You might try the talent show idea, but make it a battle of the bands, and charge an admission fee.  Try to do it in connection with a local radio or television station, or even a local college that has it's own radio station.  50/50 raffles are good, where people buy tickets for the raffle, but the prize is half of what you make on the raffle tickets, and the other half goes to the charity, sometimes people donate their half back to the charity.  You could do the raffle in connection with the battle of the bands and sell donated refreshments at the battle, and also have a donation box.  Make sure that you make some sort of "thermometer" or maybe a huge poster of a loaf of bread that you color in as you total the donations.  If you get your high school friends involved, a battle of the bands will take off, especially if you involve a local college and/or radio station.  Lots of press is key.

Answer 4

Musical Chair Competition

(Sounds bad but they're really fun, and you can actually make a lot of money...put up posters all over town, and charge a small admission fee, and maybe offer a small prize as an incentive)

Bake Sales

Car Washes

Through a Dance Party

Put up Collection Jars for spare change in local schools

Many franchises offer fundraising oppurtunities...such as Papa Gino's

Go to local businesses and ask for donations

insiderpages.com is really helpful, too.

Good luck!

I hope I could help!

It's a good thing you're doing!

Answer 5

Sell chocolate or any other items

Stand in front of Wal-mart and ask people for money (it works)

Car wash

If there is an election in your state you could campaign for a canidate and get them to pay you

Answer 6

Naked car wash.

Answer 7

the last one had a good idea, also might consider having a fund raiser dinner and inviting others that support the food bank. Make the plates around 200 per person, and go from there. Best of luck to you

Answer 8

Little Caesars Fundraising Program (www.pizzakit.com)

When I was in high school they started doing this fundraising for the after prom expenses and they have gotten really good results from them. People enjoy them because it costs less than going out to eat and isn't very time comsuming. Your organization earns $5 for every item sold!

Tupperware (www.tupperware.com)

This was a fundraiser that I had to do for one of my classes to help with the costs of classroom supplies. My teacher really enjoyed this fundraiser because you can earn 40% profit!

Fundraising.com

JustFundraising.com

You might also consider...

Car wash

Bake sale

Talent show

Carnival

Collection jars

Donations

Answer 9

Bikini car wash.  We made loads.  Don't like it but s*x sells.

Answer 10

Krispy-Kreme Doughnuts has a Donuts to Dollars program that has helped millions of organizations to raise money.

http://www.krispykreme.com/fund.html