New Fundraising Ideas

Want some new fundraising ideas? If your group or organization needs to raise money for a trip or project, there's nothing wrong with another bake sale. However, if you do something a little different, you may get more volunteers for the event. You may also get more media exposure, meaning more people will participate, which means more money raised. Here are some new ideas.

A treasure hunt could be a big event, and even an annual one if your organization needs a regular fundraising event. The basic idea is this: Rope off an area of a beach, and bury silver bars and coins in the sand, allowing people to hunt for them for an entry fee.

Let's suppose you buried 4 quarter-ounce gold coins, 20 one-ounce silver bars, 1000 various foreign coins (some coin shops will sell these to you for ten cents each), 500 dimes and 2000 pennies. At todays prices it would cost you about $1,000, which you might first raise through donations. 300 people paying $10 each would net your group $2,000, plus you could sell hotdogs and drinks during the event...

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