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Church Fund Raiser Ideas

If you're looking for some church fundraiserGardening  Supplies
ideas, here are a dozen or so that are fairly
easy to put together. These church fundAnother easy way to raise funds in the Spring
raisers are low cost and take some effort,is to host a garden supplies event in the
but they do a great job of raising muchchurch parking lot. Work with nurseries, yard
needed  funds.services, landscaping companies, and mulch or
pine straw distributors. Use lots of roadside
Bake  Salesigns and publicize it the week before to
attract  a  big  crowd.
Bake sales are a great way to get everyone
together and strengthen the bond with yourWristband  Fundraiser
church. You can do a typical bake sale
fundraiser or a Christmas Cookie box saleThese low-cost silicone bracelets can be
where you sell tickets and everyone gets toordered in bulk with your slogan of choice
fill  up  a box with their choice of cookies.for well under a $1. The right color
combination and message can create a huge
Yard  Saledemand. After all, Lance's Armstrong's
foundation has sold over 80 million
Doing a big rummage sale or yard sale in theLiveStrong bracelets. Consider phrases like
church parking lot on Saturday morning is aGot Faith?, WWJD, PrayStrong, BeStrong, Trust
fun way to raise funds. You can get people toYour  Faith,  etc.
donate their items for a general sale, sell
tables like a flea market does, or even letPoinsettias
people sell things from their trunks for a
small fee. Put out a general call for itemsThese beautiful flowers always sell well
and let parishioners know that you can send aaround mid-November. Take orders for various
crew around with a truck for big items fromtypes of poinsettias and deliver a few weeks
the  attic  or  garage.before Christmas. You can also include
wreathes and other holiday decorations in
Community  Cleanupyour holiday fundraising and make extra
profits.
A great project for a youth group is to do a
community cleanup fund raiser. Essentially,Recycling
your workers get pledges of so much per pound
of trash collected and hauled away. ThisLong-term fundraisers that help the
works especially well when the area beingenvironment are also popular. You can recycle
cleaned up is a visible eyesore such as aprinter toner cartridges or even used cell
creek  bed  or illegal roadside dumping area.phones and raise a steady flow of cash. It's
all about getting the word out and having
Car  Washlots  of  convenient  donation  points.
The perennially popular car wash fund raiserPancake  Breakfast
is a summer staple and for good reason.
Church youth groups can always count on it toA big breakfast is a surefire draw when
raise hundreds of dollars for mission tripsthere's a good cause behind it. A pancake
and  other  youth  ministry  needs.breakfast fundraiser is easy to do and very
low cost. Read the article for five great
Christmas  Ornamentsprofit tips and don't forget to place a big
jar labeled 'donations' right next to the
You can put together a 'make your owncash  register.
ornaments' craft class and charge a small fee
to each attendee plus make a little extra onPortrait  Day
supplies. Buy the supplies in bulk in the
off-season and schedule yours near theEveryone loves to have their picture taken
Thanksgiving timeframe. You can also offerand a dress-up portrait day is a great
Christian-themed ornaments, nativity scenes,photography fundraiser. Many companies will
decorations,  etc.  for  sale  as  well.give you a big share of the revenue and also
provide fun costumes for people to where. For
Easter  Lilliesexample, you could do regular family
portraits or offer 1890's costumes for an
To have these beautiful flowers available forold-fashioned feel. To increase attendance,
sale s few weeks before Easter, plant yourpre-sell appointment certificates offering a
bulbs in starter pots in February. Store themfree  portrait  for  $10.
in a low-traffic area and nurture them along
with some grow lights. With a cost of only aSo there you have it, a dozen or so church
couple of dollars apiece, it's a surefirefundraiser ideas. Select one, run with it,
moneymaker.and have fun!



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