Please share your ideas

[thefrogprincess]

I would like to expand my fundraising efforts for Great Strides this year and would like to hear what others have done. I was thinking car wash, benefit concert (a few friends of mine are in bands) and maybe selling candy or something at work. What do you think? Of course I will do the usual letter writing campaign and I am going to start budding my company for a big donantion (they did $500 last year).

 

[thefrogprincess]

I would like to expand my fundraising efforts for Great Strides this year and would like to hear what others have done. I was thinking car wash, benefit concert (a few friends of mine are in bands) and maybe selling candy or something at work. What do you think? Of course I will do the usual letter writing campaign and I am going to start budding my company for a big donantion (they did $500 last year).

 

[thefrogprincess]

I would like to expand my fundraising efforts for Great Strides this year and would like to hear what others have done. I was thinking car wash, benefit concert (a few friends of mine are in bands) and maybe selling candy or something at work. What do you think? Of course I will do the usual letter writing campaign and I am going to start budding my company for a big donantion (they did $500 last year).

 

[SuperRyan]

Hello

I am contacting local businesses ( most of which whom I already know the owners) and I am having them sponser a night during the week in which a percentage of the proceeds will go towards my Great Strides fundraising goal. One place is a Chilli joint and we are going to do a saturday night where we raise awareness of CF and we might include a silent auction. One of the places is a hair salon and day spa and they, I think, will do kind of like a hair cut-athon. I am trying businesses this year along with my letter writing campaign but I was trying not to hit up the same people every year (maybe every other year instead - ha ha). My oldest son has epilepsy so I am trying to raise money for that as well. YIKES.

 

[SuperRyan]

Hello

I am contacting local businesses ( most of which whom I already know the owners) and I am having them sponser a night during the week in which a percentage of the proceeds will go towards my Great Strides fundraising goal. One place is a Chilli joint and we are going to do a saturday night where we raise awareness of CF and we might include a silent auction. One of the places is a hair salon and day spa and they, I think, will do kind of like a hair cut-athon. I am trying businesses this year along with my letter writing campaign but I was trying not to hit up the same people every year (maybe every other year instead - ha ha). My oldest son has epilepsy so I am trying to raise money for that as well. YIKES.

 

[SuperRyan]

Hello

I am contacting local businesses ( most of which whom I already know the owners) and I am having them sponser a night during the week in which a percentage of the proceeds will go towards my Great Strides fundraising goal. One place is a Chilli joint and we are going to do a saturday night where we raise awareness of CF and we might include a silent auction. One of the places is a hair salon and day spa and they, I think, will do kind of like a hair cut-athon. I am trying businesses this year along with my letter writing campaign but I was trying not to hit up the same people every year (maybe every other year instead - ha ha). My oldest son has epilepsy so I am trying to raise money for that as well. YIKES.

 

[babimam]

We are doing a rose sale around Valentines Day. Everyone is trying to sell 65 and they are selling fresh ones, potted ones and anything with a rose motiff ( pins, earings, T-shirts etc ) We did this a couple of years ago and it worked well. This year we have the children involved at his before school program. They are making chore valentines and selling them to their parents for a quarter each. I am not sure where you live but a beef and beer always raises money around here as it costs the bar nothing and usually they make a lot extra.

 

[babimam]

We are doing a rose sale around Valentines Day. Everyone is trying to sell 65 and they are selling fresh ones, potted ones and anything with a rose motiff ( pins, earings, T-shirts etc ) We did this a couple of years ago and it worked well. This year we have the children involved at his before school program. They are making chore valentines and selling them to their parents for a quarter each. I am not sure where you live but a beef and beer always raises money around here as it costs the bar nothing and usually they make a lot extra.

 

[babimam]

We are doing a rose sale around Valentines Day. Everyone is trying to sell 65 and they are selling fresh ones, potted ones and anything with a rose motiff ( pins, earings, T-shirts etc ) We did this a couple of years ago and it worked well. This year we have the children involved at his before school program. They are making chore valentines and selling them to their parents for a quarter each. I am not sure where you live but a beef and beer always raises money around here as it costs the bar nothing and usually they make a lot extra.

 

[Ratatosk]

Do you have an Uno's Chicago Pizzeria in your town? Coworker just came thru with a fundraiser for her daughter's college lacrosse team. Basically you pick a 1-7 days and pass out little cards, which you take to the restaurant and they'll donate 20% of the cost of your tab to your charity, fundraiser of choice. We did this years ago, but at the time it was only 10% and they picked A day, which was a monday. But the Great Strides committee still raised about $100.

Maybe you can get a restaurant to do something like this. We weren't allowed to pass out the little cards on the property. That was the only rule.

 

[Ratatosk]

Do you have an Uno's Chicago Pizzeria in your town? Coworker just came thru with a fundraiser for her daughter's college lacrosse team. Basically you pick a 1-7 days and pass out little cards, which you take to the restaurant and they'll donate 20% of the cost of your tab to your charity, fundraiser of choice. We did this years ago, but at the time it was only 10% and they picked A day, which was a monday. But the Great Strides committee still raised about $100.

Maybe you can get a restaurant to do something like this. We weren't allowed to pass out the little cards on the property. That was the only rule.

 

[Ratatosk]

Do you have an Uno's Chicago Pizzeria in your town? Coworker just came thru with a fundraiser for her daughter's college lacrosse team. Basically you pick a 1-7 days and pass out little cards, which you take to the restaurant and they'll donate 20% of the cost of your tab to your charity, fundraiser of choice. We did this years ago, but at the time it was only 10% and they picked A day, which was a monday. But the Great Strides committee still raised about $100.

Maybe you can get a restaurant to do something like this. We weren't allowed to pass out the little cards on the property. That was the only rule.