What are some good fundraisers my church youth group can do?

Question

we are in highschool if that helps

Answer 1

PERFECT IDEA: how about you present a fundraising cruise? My company puts together fundraising cruises through Carnival Cruise lines-let me know if you're interested! They handle EVERYTHING and will even present the idea to the church and parents...

Answer 2

Car washes are always popular. I've participated in donation-only car washes and I've found that people often donate more than what the car wash is actually worth because they don't want to appear stingy. Instead of charging a standard rate such as $5 per car, you might ask for donations only, and a lot of people might pay $10 or $20.

A bake sale can be a good way to raise money too. If everyone in your church group bakes at least one item, you should end up with a nice assortment to sell to the public. Perhaps you could put up a stand outside of Wal Mart or some other popular location in town?

Another good fundraiser is to organize a raffle. You can either do a 50/50 raffle where the winner receives 50% of the proceeds from the raffle, or you can raffle off specific items. If you choose the latter option, make sure that you'll be able to raise enough proceeds to more than cover the cost of the raffle prizes. Sometimes people will donate items for you to raffle off too. In this case, you can keep 100% of the proceeds. Perhaps you could visit local businesses and inquire about whether any would like to donate an item for the raffle. This will help your youth group to earn more money, and it will help the business by providing them free advertising and an improved public image. After all, businesses love positive publicity in which they are publicly seen performing acts of kindness. Sometimes stores and restaurants will donate gift certificates or specific merchandise, so don’t be afraid to go around and ask!

Here's another idea: you could organize some type of charity dinner! Make sure you choose a dinner that's relatively inexpensive to make, such as spaghetti with dinner rolls and sweet tea. As long as you charge more for the dinner per person than the price of the food per person, you should be able to make a nice profit. Perhaps you could charge somewhere between $5 and $10? Maybe you could host the dinner right at your church, and you could get all the church members to come in addition to the friends and family of the youth group members.

One last thought--you could host some type of golf tournament. I'm not exactly sure how these generally work, but I've heard of several organizations hosting them to raise money.

I hope these ideas help. Good luck!