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Car Washes etc
Car Washes etc
Some always do car washes. A lot of the guys are in town or come in to party or work on summer recruitment stuff on weekends. You just call your local Wally World, invest in some cheap soap, sponges, towels, buckets etc.. They usually have hoses and such (most of them are probably sick of car washes but they are probably the easiest fund raiser out there - also doesn't help to call your favorite alums and let them know to get their car washes).
Or, if you know the right people, plane washes can be EXTREMELY lucrative. Go to a private airport and volunteer your services for 'donations'. Apparently $100-$200 per plane is not completely out of the question.
For chapters which are small, holding big fundraisers can often seem out of the question. Once a semester they might hold a car wash at a gas station--preferably one close to a mall, shopping centre, 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 one small chapter almost $900!
"We are having our first ever summer fundraiser. We are gonna have a couple of carwashes. The only thing is, what should we say the money is for? If we say that the money is for Kappa Kappa Gamma, people might be like "you're raising money for yourselves?" kinda deal. Any ideas?"
"-- Donate a percentage to your local philanthropy. Put that on your signs, etc.. and if they ask you, it's a fundraiser for KKG with a portion of the proceeds going to (your philanthropy's name here)".
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