fundraising ideas for band to go to Disney

[goofygreb]

Our wrestling booster club works company picnics in the summer. We can make $1500. or more for a days work. We help with set -up, and work the game booths, make cotton candy ect.. It's a long day, but worth the money. We usually set up shifts so nobody has to work the whole day. We also do a corn roast stand at the local fair and work at some brat and burger stands in front of grocery stores and wal-mart.

 

[TSWJan78]

Here are a few of my favorites....

Kiss a fish... We did this my freshman year of high school... You get 5-10 teachers or community leaders to volunteer and you set up coffee cans with there names on them... students and parents are encouraged to put the money in the jar of the person they want to see kiss a fish (Does not have to be a fish can be what ever).. the one with the most money after a certain amount of time has to kiss a fish in front of everyone... could be during half time of the home coming game, when ever.

We have also had some great raffles where the cost can be more than $1.00 a ticket.... my favorite was a recliner and blanket along with food and beverage service for the homecoming or thanksgiving day football game

We also raised quite a bit with a calendar raffle where each day of a month had a dollar value - $25, $50 or $100.00. The calendars were $10.00 and we sold 1000 of them each with a number corresponding to the pick 3 daily lottery numbers. If there number came up they won the prize. If that calendar was not sold the prize went back to us!!!

We raised the most money with our services auction…. It was everything from babysitting services, to lunch with the principal, to free parking pass for the year to things donated by local business and restaurants. If you can pool things together like dinner and a movie and make a big deal out of your auction than it goes over well. Could be a teacher giving no homework for 1 week to the highest bidder to the library reliving any late fees you have. The sky is the limit on this one!!

In addition to carnations or valentines day or appreciation day remember Halloween. You can make ghosts out of those huge lollipops with a small piece of fabric and sell orange carnations and call them Boo-quests and ghost grams… They gave us a few hundred dollars!!!

We have also asked business to sponsor students… They will get a post card and photo from the students trip and maybe list there name in a thank you ad you take out in the local newspaper.

Along with Cow Chip bingo you can sell tables to other groups or individual band members ($25.00 a table or 10% of there profit) and they can do what ever they want with it… face painting, kids crafts, food and beverage, craft sale, Krispy Kremes. Then the word gets out and you draw in more people and you raise more money… some times it take the cow 20 mins some time 2 hours so plan accordingly but if you do 100 squares at $20 a square, plus sell 25 tables at $25 a table and your band does the food you are looking at at least $3500.00 plus the kids can work on raising there own money.


If you want more PM me.. i still have a ton!!!

 

[kehouse]

http://virginiatoy.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=7&osCsid=598b4532e465c881bef3dfb947fe2a40 this company seems to have some good prices on glow sticks and necklaces. maybe you could sell them. i believe they also have the glow ice cubes(maybe for your hogie sales?).

 

[mkymouse1928]

I have only scanned all of the other posts so sorry if I duplicate ideas.

Our local shopping malls offer free gift wrap at Christmas. They supply the wrapping paper and then pay groups to come in and do the wrapping. I believe each group gets a week at a time.

The concession stands are also worked by fundraising organizations at our professional sporting events (at least football, I don't go to baseball games). The wages that would normally be paid to the persons working go to the organization.

Jeans for a buck day. Contact local business. If their employees are required to wear business casual or business formal during the work week see if they would sell tickets for $1 to their employees to allow them to wear jeans on a specified day. We do this for many different organizations at my job and we love it! The money goes to a good cause and we get to dress really relaxed for a day!

Penny Wars -- Again involve local businesses. Everyone who participates gets a large jar in which to collect change. Pennies are positive and paper and silver are negative (just for the purpose of winning) whoever has the most money to the positive you could buy lunch for their employees (usually pizza as it is fairly easy to get a local pizza joint to donate or cut you a deal so it doesn't really take too much of your profits) You could also do this idea at school. Teachers would collect the money and whoever wins gets a gift or whoever loses has to do a silly dance at one of the school dances or pep rally or something.

I saw the Cow Patty Raffel idea. This has been a great fundraiser in our area.

Bag groceries at the local grocery store for tips. This is done a lot in my area and the kids make big bucks.

That's all I can think of right now!

 

[mysibee74]

I've worked with a youth group for awhile, and the best fundraiser is the yard sale--We get family and friends to donate the stuff and end up getting a good amt of cash. We also sell soda and popcorn at the yardsale and do a 50/50 raffle.

We've "rented teenages" to do yard work and babysitting.

We also did a spagetti dinner--that was fun, you could have some of the band members do some numbers for the music. I bet you could get a lot of the family and friends out for that--if you have a place to have it.

the WORST was a wreath sale--although it sounds like a fantastic deal, it was a NIGHTMARE!!!!! STAY AWAY FROM THE WREATHS! That was about 10 years ago and we still roll our eyes!

GOOD LUCK!

 

[chop456]

Here are a few fundraisers I have done:

*birdseed sale
*Monopoly Game of your hometown (you sell advertising for all of the squares to local businesses and then sell the games) There are companies who produce these games. A bit time consuming, but well worth the $$
*Salad Luncheon
*School night at the local minor league sports team stadium
*Raffles are a great source of income - if you do not have a permit, team up with a local non-profit who does and share the work ... and the proceeds!

 

[MiraDawl]

I've done tons of fundraisers, including raising money to get to WDW (Anyone else in Odyssey of the Mind back in '98 when we invaded the world?)

Some of the best moneymakers:

Hold a Tag Sale : everyone has stuff to get rid of and it's an easy way to make a buck while cleaning out the garage!! We held one of ours indoors at a local high school

Superbowl sunday grinder sale: We bought bread, and offered choices of ham, turkey, roast beef, and tuna salad. Grinders included cheese and lettuce, and condiments like mayo in packets on the side. We took orders in advance and even delivered! We were able to make the sandwiches pretty easily that morning.

We did the standard candy, candles, and other assorted sales items.

We hosted a dance! Charged a per ticket price, held raffles, and sold bowls of snacks and beverages.

Held carwashes, but a few times offered to wash cars free but received pledges of how many cars we could wash in a day (most people donated .25 cents a car, something like that.) One person donated $1 per car, and even though we washed in the hundreds that day, they paid up! Since the customers weren't paying for the wash, most of them tipped us too!!

Hold a dinner, we did roasted chicken, but pasta is easy, cheap and yummy! Often times a local church donated the use of their kitchen and hall for the event.

Bottle drive (if you live in a state that takes deposits on cans, etc.)

PM me if you need some more ideas or want specifics. I've been there and thankfully you've given yourself lots of time!!

 

[barkley]

i have'nt read all the replies so i apologize if this is a duplicate:

1. one of our area high schools did a fund raiser where you could book the whole band or a smaller portion (wind or jazz ensamble) for a performance of holiday selections during the month of december (i think they charged 50/100 depending on entire band or ensamble).

2. when i was high school our musical group (choir/band/dancers) arranged to put a gift wrap booth in one of the department stores-the store provided the wrap and supplies (tax write off for them) and then did a promotion wherein you received free gift wrapping. we had a large "donation/tip" jar.
we worked in shifts during non school hours and made a good sum of money.

3. if you have sold from one of the school fundraising companies (cookie dough, etc) find out if they have their wherehouse near you. Red Apple (which is a major player in california schools) has one near us, and twice a year they are open to the public. the items you sell for $30.00 a pc. and get only $2.00 for are available at 2 or 3 dollars each. many groups go to these sales and get out of season items to resell during the appropriate time of year (at a much better profit).

4. check with your local college to see if they have a "student job center". many times they will know of stores that need help for invantories. (they usualy pay cash and feed the kids as well).

5. use that teenage muscle-there are lots of people like myself that will pay to have help cleaning out the yard or a garage. during the holidays you can charge to put up christmas lights (or take them down now-i still see some on many neighboring houses)

6. a local candy store/bakery will make you a good deal if you take orders for their product (pies for thanksgiving, cookies for the holidays, some special item that appeals to the kids-if you get the orders, pick them up and then deliver it's even more appealing to the buyer-esp. pies around the holidays).

7. involve the parents-do a lunch fundraiser (like bbq, beans, a veggie, roll and homemade dessert) have the parents take orders from their co-workers and then deliver in styrafoam containers. i had a co-worker whose church did this once a month, and she would get at least 75 orders in our office alone (lots of us bought several to take home for dinner).

8. our local bank had about 2 dozen gift baskets on display for several weeks in their lobby-they were made by one of the highschool groups as raffle prizes. they sold raffle tickets at the teller windows and you put your ticket into a jar by the basket you were interested in.

best of luck !

 

[pjlla]

I second the notion of Krispy Kremes! The nearest KK is almost 2 hours from here, so they are a real novelty. Last year's 4th grade class raised $4000 selling these donuts! I would strongly consider it.

Also, how about a talent auction? You could auction off babysitting time, yardwork time, attic cleaning time, garage cleaning time, housework time and the like. ................P