Fundraising Idea

[dspstu]

I'm the current director of development at Delta Sigma Phi in Milwaukee, I do the fundraisers and rush. I've just started up two new fundraisers. The first one is simple, we do a 50/50 raffle for sports events. For those of you don't know what that is, it's just another raffle, but 50% of the money in sales goes to the winner. This increases attendance at games, and gets some really easy money. You would just need to obtain a raffle license from your state.
The second one I've just started up a dunk tank. I schedule professors and staff to be dunked, and rent a tank from a local vender. Our school has a designated "free hour" and we run it through that time. Sell balls to students walking through the campus.

[ADPi Conniebama]

Runners are crazy interested in 5K and 10K events - winter, spring, summer, or fall - if it is properly measured and accredited by whatever local group checking that stuff then "they will come."

Positives
- T-shirts have your org name on them (good pr)
- $ comes from runners and advertisers (win-win)
- the local runners group will do most of the work (i.e. measuring, location, numbers, advise)
- it is only one day of real, time involved, work.
- healthy and good for members
- includes people outside of the greek system.

If it is done right 5K events are wonderful and a great fundraisers.