Yard Sale

Coordinating a yard sale from donated items is a great low-cost way to raise cash. You could even bring in some sweets from your own kitchen. The usual brownies, biscuits, and sweets are always a tremendous hit with hungry bargain buyers.

Craft Boutique

For more artistic and low-cost fun fundraising plans, consider coordinating an artistic locale like a craft boutique. Rent stall space to your local artists. Your artists might make anything such as jewelry, gourd art, drawings, hand-crafted soaps, and other special, one-of-kind creations. Do a little advertising to get out the news about the sales. Don't forget to remind your artists to do a little marketing too!

Picnic Games and Contests

Picnics are invariably a fun way to spend a weekend afternoon. Turn a picnic into a fun fundraising event by offering boxed picnic lunches or BBQ for sale, collect entry fees for enjoyable competitions and games such as egg tosses, sack races, or dunking tank. Add a neat scavenger hunt for the explorers in your organization. Before the picnic, collect contributions from local businesses for game prizes.

Fairs

Carnivals have got to be the top of fun fundraising ideas! There's nothing more exhilarating and jazzy than a community carnival. These events can run the gamut from fairly simple to extremely extravagant, depending on your resources. Funds from fairs come from several sources, including leasing space to vendors, selling tickets for carnival games like bottle toss or ball pitching, and setting up a miniature golf course.

Dine and Dance

Finally, a listing of fun fundraising ideas would not be complete without an refined and fascinating evening. Host a first-class dinner and dance, black tie all the way. Find volunteers to prepare the food, or hire a moderately priced chef, and have some fun preparing a remarkable menu. Employ the entertainment,  Disk Jockey or band. Print up menus and an evening guide for your guests. Your guide should include the bill of fare, the entertainment, and advertising space. Collect funds from supporters for advertising space. Let your patrons know this is a good time to dress in their finest ballroom dress and flaunt their greatest dancing moves. Pick your reverser raffle tickets through the evening. And, be sure to remember to write a thank-you-for-coming speech!

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