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Re: Fundraising Idea
Being involved with Bible Quizzing, Puppet Teams, Ladies Aux, SFC and various other venues where fundraising was done, I've tried just about everything -- all the usual stuff -- bake sales, car washes, etc. And true, all the little totals add up but it takes so much time and trying to get people involved to do it is sometimes hard.
A couple of things that seemed to generate more funds with less expense:
The "hot dog wagon" or concessions at Walmart. At one time WM would match whatever we raised. We would get most all the items donated so our overhead was low. A hard days work, but good money most of the time.
Sunday potluck. We did this occasionally and asked folks to bring and then make a donation. MOST cooperated fine. Some complained about having to bring the food and then pay for it, but overall we would do better at this than having a supper and a set fee. In general people seemed to "donate" more than what we would have set for the price.
Wednesday night suppers. We would do light suppers like soup/salad or salad and baked potatoes.
One thing I have NOT been involved in but I know of several churches around that have and that is selling fireworks. I understand it is VERY hard work for that window of time that it is legal to sell fireworks but that the income is good. I've heard of some churches bringing in 10K during one run.
In "my day" our biggest fundraiser was the SFC walkathon. My feet hurt thinking about it!
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