Do you have alumnae that you could call on to help your chapter fundraise? If so, see if they have ideas or if they'd be willing to help out.

My chapter's also small, so holding big fundraisers have often been out of the question. Once a semester we'll hold a car wash at a gas station--preferably one close to a mall, shopping center, or grocery store. A great time to hold it is on Sunday morning when lots of people head out shopping. The last car wash earned us almost $900!

Another idea is to maybe solicit help from those in the community. One of the things we're doing this semester is selling ice cream tickets. For $5 they get a gigantic slice of ice cream pie (it's really good!), and $3.25 of that goes to us. I know companies like the Cookie Corner and Mrs. Fields do similar things with bags of cookies.

Another thing we've done in the past is buy candy and goodies wholesale, put an assortment of them together in a giant bag and sell them for $5. Selling them during exam times is a good idea! Very profitable too.

But before your chapter sets forth on a fundraising venture, make sure your project's approved by your organization and that it doesn't violate any standing rules!