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- Have a rummage sale to raise funds for a needy individual
or your favorite nonprofit organization. Ask several people
to donate items and help set up and work at the rummage
sale.
- Help a needy individual by holding a car wash.
- Plan an activity to raise funds to purchase prizes and
create games for a carnival for kids with special needs.
- Raise money to fix a landmark.
- Consult shelter wish lists - what could they use? Plan
a bake sale to raise funds to purchase items on the wish
list.
- Contact a local volunteer center to find out what is
needed in your community
- Cut and sell firewood to raise funds for a needy individual
or nonprofit organization.
- As a fund-raiser for the school, plan a Muffins with
Mom, Doughnuts with Dad or Goodies with Grandparents activity
at a preschool or kindergarten. Charge a fee to attend.
Offer magic, storytelling and games.
- Have a bake sale to raise funds to put on a birthday
party for shut ins. Themes of party could be circus, western,
safari, etc.
- Serve a "high tea" with tea sandwiches, petit
fours, fruit, etc., as a fund-raiser to benefit a local
nonprofit. Have a selection of fancy straw hats for patrons
to wear - take pictures.
- Conduct an old fashioned taffy pull. Fun for the entire
family! Sell it by the bag for a fund-raiser.
- Create silent auction baskets with different themes such
as gardening, new baby, gourmet foods, household repairs,
books and magazines, herbal teas and crumpets, pamper yourself
(bubble bath, lotions, etc).
- Raise funds by having a used-book sale. Ask people to
donate their used books, videos, puzzles, etc. Conduct the
sale at a popular place.
- Plan a bake sale at a large company (maybe your workplace)
to raise funds.
- Sponsor a benefit dance with free with donations at the
door. Silent auctions also go well at benefit dances.
- Have a potato bake - baked potatoes with all the trimmings
and salads.
- Host a volleyball tournament. Provide concessions for
attendees. Funds raised can go toward assisting a camp,
school or other nonprofit organization or a needy individual.
- Host a talent show in the community. Consider selling
coffee or refreshments and ask for freewill offerings.
- Plan "after prom activities" for students.
Sell flowers or other items beforehand to raise funds for
door prizes and savings bonds. Plan games and activities
for the students.
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- Help the homeless or other needy people by making personal
care kits with combs, toothbrushes, shampoos, compact mirrors,
etc.
- Clean up trash along a river or in a park.
- Repair broken fences or other equipment at a park.
- Contact a local volunteer center to find out what is
needed in your community.
- Provide Easter baskets for shut-ins.
- Make birdhouses and feeders; then take to an area care
home. Place where residents can enjoy.
- Conduct a "trade your skills" activity and
offer things such as landscaping, tailoring, fix-it work,
wallpapering, canning, baking, car repair, etc., to help
seniors.
- Create gardening kits for seniors - include seeds, small
potting plants, garden gloves, fertilizer, potting soil,
large print instructions, small birdhouses, birdseed.
- Build a wheelchair ramp for an accident victim or another
needy individual.
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Members of the Tama
County Chapter in Iowa organized a 3-part Join Hands
Day project. Over 64 volunteers were involved in painting
"no parking" areas on Main Street, weeding and
planting flower beds and spreading gravel over a playground
area in a local park.
Members of the Johnson
County Chapter in Iowa organized a Tasting Bee to raise
funds for scholarship for Concordia Seminary. The community
service team limited the number of tickets sold. Attendees
tasted the 36 prepared recipe items, received a cookbook
of the recipes and were entered in a drawing. Over $1500
in funds were raised and $800 supplemented through the Care
Abounds in Communities® program.
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