{"id":2161,"date":"2008-07-20T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T15:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/20\/unique-fundraising-ideas-that-work\/"},"modified":"2008-07-20T10:08:11","modified_gmt":"2008-07-20T15:08:11","slug":"unique-fundraising-ideas-that-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=2161","title":{"rendered":"Unique Fundraising Ideas That Work!"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Terry Terhune<\/div>\n

If you are looking to come up with unique fundraising ideas for your group, you’ll need to think about a few things first. Think about what resources you or your group has which can make putting on a fundraiser easy. Also, consider what sort of fundraiser will best appeal to your community<\/a>. Finally, consider what talents and skills your group has which will lend themselves to a successful fundraiser.<\/p>\n

Knowing your resources can help you in coming up with unique fundraising ideas. These sorts of factors include facilities at your disposal for hosting<\/a> an event, things which you have to sell and others. If you have no resources to begin with, this does not mean that you cannot hold a fundraising event, just that you are failing to take advantage of something which you have not thought of. A lot of fundraisers can be done on little to no budget.<\/p>\n

You should also consider the skills of the people who are willing to donate their time for the fundraising event. It the fundraiser affects them at all then they should be willing to donate their time. If people in your group have skills like baking really well then you might consider a bake sale. If you have an art teacher in your group then maybe you can hold an arts and crafts event. This often works well when parents bring their children in to creatively make artwork and sell it to the public. When you know your group well then you can come up with some really good ideas for holding a fundraiser.<\/p>\n

Also, consider the tastes of your community. This will help you to come up with a unique fundraising idea that will draw people in – and if your cause is one which will capture the attention of your community. If your neighbors believe in your cause, you will have a much easier time fundraising.<\/p>\n

You should also hold an event where you know people have money to spend. If you hold an event on the poorest side of town where the economy is very poor then your chances of making money are much lower than if you were on the rich side of town.<\/p>\n

There are local businesses and private organizations which are likely to be willing to help in some capacity with your fundraising efforts. For instance, if you are raising money for your book club or local library, why not reach out to your area book stores? They may be willing to donate books for a fundraising book sale. Whatever your organization, look for businesses in your area who have interests similar to your own and ask them if they would be willing to assist in your fundraising.<\/p>\n

Grocery stores are also a good bet – again, they generally carry books as well and also will often be willing to allow you to place a table somewhere on their property to hold a bale sale. Any public place which will allow you to hold an event and has a good amount of foot traffic will work well for your fundraiser.<\/p>\n

To come up with unique fundraising ideas, think about all of these things. Knowing the skills of your group, the resources available and the nature of your community will help you to come up with an event which will work well for your group.<\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/div>\n
The author, Terry Terhune, writes<\/a> often on topics like Unique Fundraising<\/a>. For more great articles<\/a> and videos, take a few seconds to visit Fundraising FYI<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are looking to come up with unique fundraising ideas for your group, you’ll need to think about a few things first. Think about what resources you or your group has which can make putting on a fundraiser easy. Also, consider what sort of fundraiser will best appeal to your community. Finally, consider what talents and skills your group has which will lend themselves to a successful fundraiser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-2161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}