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SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING IDEAS WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE HASN’T WORKED!
PRESENTED BY: AAFCS DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
AAFCS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
GRACE ANGOTTICAROLE FROMER
NINA COLLINSKYLEY BROOKS
SHIRLEY HYMAN-PARKERMARGARET VIEBROCK,
CHAIR
WHY
FUND
RAISE ? It’s fun … or
make it fun! You have a good
cause … Promote AAFCS
to new people Money, of
course!
#1 MEETING FUND RAISERS
Theme basket – you win, you bring it next time
Day at a spa – donated by the business
Diamond Drop raffle
Make it a fun activity for members and use the money for a specific project
#2 AUCTIONS REINVENTEDCLEVER WAYS Sell a deck of
cards Auction your
services Find donors Plane ride with
a local pilot Pie-a-month
YOUR IDEAS?
We pay for good ideas!
# 3 YOU HAVE BEEN FLOCKED?
Write a ransom note and explain your fund raiser.
Immediate payment needed to have them removed!
Donor gets to pick the next victim – who will it be?
Or pay to have them “not” show up in your yard!
#4 USE A CHEF OR PLAN A COOK-OFF EVENT
Solicit local celebrities or chefs to enter their best dishes
Sell tickets to your friends and neighbors
Visibility for AAFCS!
#5 SIT-A-THON Offer
babysitting services to the faculty & staff for a special university event
Use Facebook Have a reason
for the money!
#6 TOO MANY SHOES?
HOW MANY SHOES DO YOU HAVE?
COLLECT MONEY FOR SHOES IN YOUR CLOSET
Flip Flops = 50¢
Casual = 75¢
Dress = $1
Boots = $1.50
#8 PLAN AN EXCURSION
Shopping Trip Winery Day Trip Garden Tour Holiday Homes What Could You
Offer?
What would people like to do?
# 10 OFFER CLASSESWHAT CAN YOU WHAT CAN YOU TEACH?TEACH?
Bridge Chinese Cooking Wine Tasting Wreath Making
$10/class or what ever your the market will allow!
WHO WANTS TO WHO WANTS TO LEARN?LEARN?
#11 JUST ASK!
Establish common ground
Why are you
asking for
money? Suggest ways to donate
Make it fun! Send a
valentine Pass the “hat”
Send a personal note
#12 DINNER/DESSERT EVENTS
Dinner for 6 - $5.00 tickets•Food prepared by members•Served in a member’s home•Winner chooses date and main course – beef, chicken or fish•Tickets sold at local event and through member sales•Raised nearly $900
#13 EAT FOR A CAUSE Ask a local
restaurant to donate 10% of their proceeds
Be sure all your friends eat out that day
Be the “wait staff”