Unique fundraising ideas for your fundraising event

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Welcome to unique fundraising ideas.

Running an unusual or unique fundraising event is sure to attract
good publicity for your cause.

Here's a few unusual and creative fundraising ideas that I've heard
of lately:-

Abseiling fundraising
By getting together with your local abseiling club, to ensure a safe
event, you can not only give your members a memorable occasion,
but raise funds too

Beauty pageant - with guys!
Imagine if you will the full fun of a beauty pageant, but with guys.
You have the usual features - parade in evening dress, talent
competition, but your crowd will be roaring with laughter. This is a
definite crowd puller and lots of fun!

Destroy a car
Would you believe this one? Teams pay to compete to destroy a
car in the shortest time possible - the crowd pays to watch.

Pooh Sticks or Rubber Ducks
If you've got a shallow river nearby, you might consider playing pooh
sticks or racing ducks. Do ensure that safety has been taken into
account.

YoYo challenge
How long can you keep the yo yo going? Contestants pay to enter
and a winner receives a prize.

Here are some more conventional fundraising ideas that have
often proved successful:-

100 club
Art fundraising
Candle fundraising
Car boot sale
Christmas puddings
Cookie dough fundraisers
Dinner dance/ball
Disco
Face painting
Fundraising consultants
Fundraising software
Garden party fundraising event
Karaoke event
Magazine subscriptions
Mufti or non-uniform day
Raffles
School fair
Sponsored events
Young Enterprise (students make & sell for profit)

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New & Unusual Fundraising ideas

Need some new fundraising ideas? When your organization or group
needs to raise money for a trip or project, there is nothing wrong with
another bake sale. Do something a little different, though, and you may
get more volunteers for the event. You might also get more media
exposure, meaning more people will participate, which means more
money raised. Why not try one of the following ideas.

Mobile rummage sale. Having a rummage sale is a common fundraising
idea, but how about a mobile rummage sale? It requires collecting
donations of things to sell, and the cooperation of someone with a pick up
truck. Sort the things as neatly as possible in the back of the truck, then go
door-to-door, explaining to the residents that you are raising money for
your cause, and asking them to take a look at your sale. Maybe they'll also
want to donate things to sell. Take the sale to the beach or other busy
places too.

Dog wash. A car wash is one of the most common fundraising ideas out
there, but a dog wash is less common. Find a place where many people
walk their dogs. A brush, dog shampoo, and a source of water are all you
need. You could also sell dog toys, dog snacks and other pet-related
things for even more profit.

Business clean-up. Many businesses need to have the area around them
cleaned up. Restaurants might have trash around the edges of their
parking lots, some businesses may need their signs washed, and others
could need their sidewalks and lots swept. A crew of young people could
clean up a property in an hour for a set fee, and the business could write
off the contribution on their taxes.

Online donor recognition. When you collect donations for a project or
regular event, you can promise donors that they'll be recognized on your
group's official website. They get a bit of internet immortality as one of the
people that made your event, trip or project possible. It is common that
donors get their names put on a plaque, but the website is accessible to
all their friends anywhere in the world, so they can show them how they
helped.

Treasure hunt. This could be a big event, even an annual one if your
organization needs a regular fundraising event. The basic idea: Rope off
an area of a beach, bury silver bars and coins in the sand, and let people
hunt for them for an entry fee. Let's say you bury 4 quarter-ounce gold
coins, 20 one-ounce silver bars, 1000 various foreign coins (some coin
shops sell these for ten cents each), 500 dimes and 2000 pennies.

At today's prices it would cost you about $1,000, which you might first
raise through donations. With 3524 coins, almost everyone would find
something. 300 people paying $10 each would net your group $2,000,
plus you could sell hotdogs and drinks during the event.

Except for the last one, these are all relatively cheap events to plan. Tell
the papers about your plans, of course. The more unusual fundraising
ideas are more likely to get some free press coverage.

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