In DESPERATE need of Fundraising ideas!

[BabyBlueVegas]

Okay, so I go to a VERY small private school in the North Georgia mountains and I've been appointed Fundraising chair. My sorority only has 6 on-campus members and our school itself has under 600 kids. What kind of fundraisers are VERY cheap and easy to do with what little resources we have?

[Kevin]

Bake sales.

Car washes.

[AGDLynn]

One year, they sold pinwheels to be put on the front lawn of the courthouse.Very cute!!

[cutie_cat_4ever]

I saw this one chapter that did hand dipped chocolate strawberries and other items and it was a huge sale it went out fast!

[honeychile]

1. NEVER cannabalize your membership! Don't plan to sell something that only members of your sorority would be interested in.

2. If you spend $5 to make cookies, plan on making AT LEAST $7.50. Even better is 100% profit. If you find that unethical, most department stores charge over 200% profit.

3. Try something that you can go to each dorm, sorority/fraternity house to sell, is cheap, and will be wanted. Good things include chocolate bars, half-dozen or a dozen cookies, etc.

4. If your school allows you to set up a table or stand, do so! You'll get everyone on campus that way. Dress nicely!!

5. ADVERTISE! "Bake Sale - January 1st - Student Union Lower Lobby - 8a-6p - benefits (charity) - Held by XYZ Sorority", on posters & in the Student Newspaper.

6. With enough advertising, fresh doughnuts in the morning work VERY well! This can also be done with order forms.

7. Decide how much you plan to make prior to event, and don't stop until you've made AT LEAST that much!

8. You only have six members, you cannot afford to burn out!

9. Plan to hold one of these events a month so people get used to them.

10. There are a lot of ideas for Valentine's Day - sending lollipop messages, rose messages, etc. They're very successful, but very time consuming. If you can use some of your younger (biological) sisters to help, do so!

11. Good luck! Feel free to PM me if you feel the need!

[navane]

Our alumnae association did a candy fundraiser with See's Candies. With only a few of us participating (maybe 9 people?) we sold $1800 worth of candy and, as a result, took home $900.

We did the holiday programs fundraiser for Christmas - they also do Valentine's Day and Easter. I think that the Christmas one would be most lucrative as people loved to buy the items for stocking stuffers or for simple gifts for neighbors, their babysitter and so on.

The holiday items were an easy sell, I simply posted the display sheet on the bulletin board at work. At $5 each for a quality brand name product, the items sold themselves. We didn't have to purchase the candy in advance. We actually took the pre-orders, collected the totals and ordered the number of cases we needed.

There are also boxed candy, candybar and lollypop options. I don't *think* you have to be near one of their locations; but, I did notice that there were a few in Georgia.

Here is the link to their website! http://fr.sees.com/frhome.cfm

.....Kelly

[Drolefille]

EVEN HER USER NAME IS SHOUTING AT US

[honeychile]

And the best time to sell candy (or any other food) is during Midterms and Finals!

[James23]

One year, they sold pinwheels to be put on the front lawn of the courthouse.Very cute

[acipgadelta]

If you have extra rush or social shirts laying around, which most chapters at north georgia do (I know I went there and my SAE chapter had always had a few extra) then you can try to sell them online to recapture some of the money lost.

[Benzgirl]

We did a "best legs" competition. All you could see from the contestants were their legs. There was a curtain draped from their hips on up, so unless you could recognize either their legs or their shoes, you had no idea who you were cheering for.

We did groups of 4 at a time. Each sorority and fraternity could enter up to 3 members. Since this was a while ago, I can't remember how much we charged.

Judges were non-Greeks and included faculty as well as independents. This was a lot of fun and always brought in quite a bit of money.

[Benzgirl]

One of the Fraternities, sold Singing Telegrams on Mother's Day. They would call your mother (grandmother, aunt, etc) and sing the song of your choosing. I think they charged $5 per call.

[Eyez/SBX]

U can try selling candy bars, if U have a Sam's Club or Gordon Food Services u can go there and buy a box of candy for like $25-$30 and most of them have anywhere from 40-51 bars that U sell for $1 each. That can bring in money for your chapter, you also look into like Krispy Kreme i know they do fundraiser stuff, also.

[mtecfounder]

If you are in need of capitalization, why not combine car washing, soda pop and pizza. I do not know to many brothers that can not resist beautiful sisters , food and pop. You could have your cake and eat it to.

I am sure you have discount soda pop and pizza restaurants in your area. You could charge $ 2.50 for a chees and pep, $ 3.00 for a combo and charge 1.25 for the soda pop.

make the point that you need repairs to property and needs of the sisiters.

Thank You,

Todd