bry's-gal Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 My family going with a group from our church to Trinidad for a mission trip. We will be running a Bible camp for local children. We are needing ideas for fund-raisers. We are already sending out letters and doing a meal at the church. We have a wide variety of ages in our group- youngest is 4 and the oldest is in his 60's. We also have a wide variety of skills. What ideas do you have for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In2why Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I received cupcakes in a jar today as part of a mission fundraiser. They were delicious and easy to market using facebook, friends and family. I am not sure how they are made, but basically they are already cooked cupcakes layered into a canning jar with a mission label and a plastic spoon atttached. I paid $10 for each of them, and bought quite a few to send to deployed military. I imagine that the profit was high, but that also depends on the cost of mailing to those that bought them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigomama Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Why not let people, especially your church know that you are looking for odd jobs to do and fundraising for your trip. I've done this as a teen and washed windows, helped pack a moving van, cleaned a house after someone moved. People then "donated" money. Most donated more than if they had just paid someone to do the job. They got chores done and we raised funds for the trip. It worked really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bry's-gal Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thanks for the ideas! They are great! I just thought of doing a family movie night at the church. We can charge a small entrance fee and then sell snacks. How do you think that would go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Why not let people, especially your church know that you are looking for odd jobs to do and fundraising for your trip. I've done this as a teen and washed windows, helped pack a moving van, cleaned a house after someone moved. People then "donated" money. Most donated more than if they had just paid someone to do the job. They got chores done and we raised funds for the trip. It worked really well. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenlaw31 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 My dd softball team stood outside walmart and sold tshirts. They had a breast cancer awarness theme. Half of the money earned went to a breast cancer charity and the other half went to the team. They made over $1000 in a few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 We've done a coffeehouse, where Starbucks donates coffee and the teens (missioners) bring a sweet, then people from the congregation perform. It doesn't have to be just the ones going on mission. I think we made $500. We have bake sales for the Super Bowl and one other time. We don't price the items--people give much more. We hold a huge garage sale, and make about 3K from that. The kids rake leaves and do odd jobs--usually they can make at least half their $ that way (we go with Group, and it's about $250 a kid, which they raise). We also do a couple of parents-night-out evenings, where we provide childcare at the church and people pay what they can. I think the first time we did it, we had about 25 kids, and made around $5-6 hundred dollars. We put some kids in the nursery (the littlest), some played in the SS rooms (we set up a little dramatic play area, had playdough on a table, put out some construction toys, had a snack, played board games, had a big mural to color...), and of course we used the church playground. We ran it from 6pm to 10pm, and we had the kids bring their jammies and toothbrushes, so teeth were brushed and jammies on when the parents picked them up. We ran a video for the last hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 There are copyright issues to trying to do a movie night. Even if you aren't charging people you have to have permission to show the movie. I don't know the details, but just know that it's easier to show some movies like Facing the Giants than a typical Hollywood movie. You would need to check into the legalities. A huge garage sale can bring in a lot. Our church used to do one every year. People liked having a place to bring stuff they didn't need anymore and it was also appreciated by the people who came to buy. We don't do it anymore simply because it is a lot of work and no one wants to organize it! We made $1,000-$3,000 depending on the year and the quality of "stuff" we had available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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