Church Fundraisers

Our girl’s youth group is raising money so that we can all go to girl’s camp, or at least pay less than we usually have to.
What are some really cool creative ideas to raise as much money as possible?
We can’t have an auction be our main source of money because our Bishop doesn’t want all of the church members to have to basically pay for the camp every year, especially if they don’t have a daughter even going to camp.
So, anything to appeal to the public?
We’ve tried garage sale,
But not everybody participated, and yeah.
So; Ideas?

Hi Lynne,

First off, here are a few sites you might want to check out for fundraising.

http://www.fundraising.com/

http://www.fundraisingweb.org/

http://www.youthpastor.com/Resource/index.cfm/Youth_Ministry_Fundraising.htm

http://www.churchbizonline.com/youth_fundraising.htm

Suggestions I would make are:

1. A Bake Sale – After (or before) church sell baked goods to the congregation. You can also sell some good coffee. If you don’t want to bake see if the local donut shop will give you a deal on donuts to sell.

2. Chores – Offer to do chores for members of the church. Car washing, yard work, etc. could bring in some good money.

3. Dinner and a Show – Put together a show with all the girls doing 8-10 skits (kind of like Saturday Night Live) while parents and friends eat a dinner you all made. Spaghetti is easy to make a lot of.

4. Restaurants – Some restaurants like Round Table Pizza and Carl’s Jr. have a fundraising program where you invite everyone you know to eat dinner there one night (basically having a big party) and your group gets a portion of the money.

5. Parent’s Night Out – At your church or someone’s home provide an evening where parents of the church can drop off their kids. While you and the other girls babysit the kids the parents can have a nice evening out.

6. Door to Door Car Wash – Find a safe neighborhood and go door to door asking residents if they would like a car wash. Make sure you have a hose, soap, rags, etc. Either have a parent drive the stuff around in their car or keep it all in a cart that you can pul from house to house.

7. If all else fails kidnap the Bishop and hold him for ransom. As long as it’s all in good fun.

Good luck!

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I am a 16 year old president of a church youth group. We are planning to go to Philidelphia in July. Right now we are possibly looking at $600 dollars a person. I am trying to find business that will donate cash or something we could use (food or drinks) to help cut some of those cost. Please refer and one willing to help or even fundraising ideas. Thanks.

I traveled as a student ambassador when I was a couple years back, and I had to do a lot of fundrasing. I would recommend meeting with different local business, or writing letters to them explaining what you are raising money for. Local business are a better place to look for help because they are more likely to sponsor things that are in their neighboor. Far as corporate sponsorship I would not recommend it because they recieve a lot of request and it would take a long time to recieve any sporing. Setting up at a craft fair is a good idea. Some of the craft planner will wave the fee. Selling candy like suckers can be good because at craft fair most parents bring kids and there is not much their for the kids. This can also be a good outlet for donates from a community and getting the word out. Newspapers will sometimes publish article that can help get the word out, if you contact the newspaper they might put something in the newspaper about it and this can help get donations.

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How can I or my youth group raise money for church? We are trying to help families in need by bying them food, clothes, and sometimes help them pay there rent.
How can I or my youth group raise money for church? We are trying to help families in need by bying them food, clothes, and sometimes help them pay there rent.

I raise money for my Humane Society. Bake sales, Hot dog sales, silent auctions, putting a “famous” person in”prison” and letting people bail him out, food drives in school, penny drives in school, get a local radio station to help you, make a drop off at the local food store so people can donate food as they leave the store.
good Luck!

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Ok I’m doing a fundraiser for my youth group and I need $500 in like 2 weeks. I’m going to california to be on 3abn (my church’s tv channel) and im telling them about our mission project and our outreach we’ve been doing. We’ve been making blankets for unwed mothers at the university hospital and now we’ve been invited for a youth conference to tell about it. But no one has any money in our group but our tickets have been bought by a loan from the church. And we need to pay the money back in a few weeks. I dont know where to get it from. any suggestions would be helpful.

This is not a cause that will get people running in to make donations.
Your group might have to do some hard work to raise the funds.
Try pamphlet delivery over the Christmas break or delivering phone books if possible.
Hold a car boot sale or garage sale through the church.
Good luck.
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Bringing forth good in whatever you do in support of the church has been a practice of almost all ministries and church affiliations regardless of religious beliefs. Fundraising is a key element in enabling many of these practices. Church fundraisers can either be a group of people or an activity intended to generate an adequate sum of money to support the church’s activities, operations and other sundry events all on behalf of the ministry and its people.

Church fundraising has been a critical part of the programs of the church and the people behind it, because contributions from believers and other sponsors are usually not sufficient for the sustenance and provision of the church. Since the amount coming from church collections and tithes are the only funds allowing the church to continue what has been started, the need for additional financial assistance is crucial for carrying on the mission of the church.

However, the big question is how can a group of people start off with their church fundraisers planning and make it a successful one? This is the exact question frequently asked by those who are willing to volunteer and provide their full service for the benefit of the church programs. Since there are a lot of religious groups and affiliations in a church community, it is generally the church youth group fundraisers who are more often than not taking in the responsibility. Needless to say, there are also support groups coming from elders in the church community.

To give you some helpful guidelines, use the following checklist to arm yourself and your community with the purpose of raising funds for the church. You need to check and mark these things out.

• Check and determine the primary purpose of the fund raising project. If you are planning to hold a fund raising program, you need to set your objective of convening an event. If this is meant for the church’s ongoing construction, support for the poor people or an added fund for an upcoming major church event, then all these significant matters should be put in writing and in your proposal plan.
• Check and evaluate how much money should be raised. The target sum of money should be properly discussed and supported among other members of the committee.
• If there is a fundraising project involved, of course, there should also be programs for sponsors and other people to expect. For instance, the church community will hold a concert and tickets that will be sold are all for the benefit of the church’s financial stability. Therefore, if you are going to set church fundraisers, ensure that you have a program or event to serve as a secondary purpose of the church fundraising that supports sponsors and even the community.

No matter what kind of fund raising project your church will organize, it is essential that you hold on to your primary purpose to bring forth and continue the works of the church and be able to contribute in your own little way both in giving your full service without asking something in return and to ultimately provide support to your ministry.

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