Guest guest Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Don't know how many of you have Fund Raisers for your people who go to SRD, but thought I'd share a couple of things we do at our chapter. We meet on Thursday nights, so we have a fund raiser on the FIFTH Thursday of the months that have 5 Thursdays; will work out to be 3 or 4 a year. We also have one big garage sale with all members contributing, usually in October. We had one of our fund raisers last night: we had a salad supper and EVERYBODY brought a salad AND also paid $5.00 to eat. Many of us go out to eat after the meeting every week, and believe me, we don't eat as well for $5.00 anyplace else!! We had 20 people at the meeting last night, so that put $100.00 in our SRD fund. Sometimes we have craft auctions; we have a lot of "crafty" people in our chapter - - we have POUND AUCTIONS (which are our best money maker) - - Everybody brings one or two gift wrapped packages (or gift bags) with something/ANYTHING that weighs exactly ONE POUND! Then we auction off the packages without anyone knowing what they are bidding for! It's lots of fun - - we've had things like a huge potato that weighs a whole pound, a box with pennies weighed out to be exactly a pound, green tomatoes to equal a pound, a bottle of prune juice that weighed 16 ounces, a pound of nuts, even stuffed animals or ceramic pieces that weigh out at one pound. Half the fun is in making sure your gift weighs exactly a pound! We divide our SRD money on a point system - between the members who are going to SRD. You get one point for every fund raiser that you participate in - - and each point is given a value, depending on how much money is in the SRD fund. So if you didn't participate in a fund raiser, you get less money that the ones who have supported each and every function. We once had a member who dropped out of the chapter after SRD every year, then made it a point to come back in January so she could get her "divided equally" share of the SRD money, go to SRD, then disappear again. So we had to do something to make it more fair for the ones who faithfully participated in everything. Members who can't be at a fund raiser meeting for some reason can still contribute a minimum of $5.00 and maintain their point for the distribution of funds. It's really not as complicated as it sounds - - the treasurer just has to keep up with who participates in each fund raiser. My chapter divides the money only between the members going to SRD, but one of the Lubbock chapters divides theirs on the same point system, but if the member isn't going to SRD, they can apply their share to chapter dues or charms; they don't get cash money if they don't go to SRD, but they can use it for TOPS expenses. Would like to hear what any of you guys do for fund raisers - - - ((((((HUGS))))))) clara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 We have a salad lunch the last meeting of every month. We close the meeting first, so it's not a "food function." Everyone brings something lowfat or low calorie and also pay $3.00 to eat. It's a good fund raiser for us. We also have 2 garage sales per year, usually in Spring and Fall. This helps us clean out our houses, plus putting cash into SRD fund. We usually make between $600 and $800., so it's a big addition. Here are some other fund raiser ideas I have received on various email loops. Hope there is something in here that anyone can use. TOPS - FUND RAISER IDEASWe have an auction, every body brings something from home that they haven'tbeen using or don't want, then every body bids on them. We usually getabout $160 every time we have one. Our group usually has about 20-25attending every meeting. I am doing my fundraiser for the year now. It is6 weeks before Easter and I made up a Easter Beauty Basket, filled withshampoo, conditioner, deodorant, hand lotion and goodies like that. It costme about $24 and I took it in today, sold raffle tickets for fifty centseach and if they wanted to take some tickets with them home and sell them tofriends andfamily they could. So we will sell raffle tickets for 6 weeks, we soldabout $20 dollars worth today at the meeting. We did the Tax thing lastmonth, and we got about $65. If you like I can send you that form, I got itfrom some one in the group a couple years back.*********************Try an in-chapter bingo with a 50/50 proceed. half to chapter, half tobingo winner. Brown bag auctions work too!Grocery store bingo. Bingo cards went for $1.00 per card (all moneyinto the SRD fund) and members brought in HEALTHY grocery items for thebingo. Aseach bingo was won, the winner got their choice of any grocery item on thetable.**************************Our chapter holds a plant sale annually in May - we bring in cuttings ofplants, flower pots, seeds etc., anything to do with gardening and auctionthem off. We also have a book/puzzle exchange in November or January'; wepay 25 cents for each book, 50 cents for each puzzle. Both of these usuallyraise about $30 - $40 or so.*********************Our Chapter has a 50/50 nearly every week----but on the first meeting of themonth, we often have a Chinese Auction....We pick about 3 people to bringin something new or in excellent condition that isn't wanted anymore---wrapthem in pretty paper---and issue coded envelopes with about 10 matchingnumbered or lettered bits of paper inside. Then for a dollar, they can put those ten pieces of paper in front of any one of the gifts that strikestheir fancies----and they can buy as many envelopes as they wish... then anumber is drawn from in front of each gift. Matching number or letter winsthe gift. It's fun and very profitable for the chapter!***********************Our club has a drawing each week. It costs 25 cents to put your name in thepot. The best loser for the week draws a name. That person gets 1/2 of themoney and the club gets the other half. We also have a paper bag auctionevery couple of months. Everyonebrings in a paper bag with something in it--should cost $1.00 or more-andseals the bag shut. Then we hold an auction and the members bid on the bagswithout seeing what is inside. We started out making it a bottleauction--what was inside had to be in a bottle. It could be wine, bath oil,cooking oil, etc.Good money maker.***********************Hugs, Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 We have a salad lunch the last meeting of every month. We close the meeting first, so it's not a "food function." Everyone brings something lowfat or low calorie and also pay $3.00 to eat. It's a good fund raiser for us. We also have 2 garage sales per year, usually in Spring and Fall. This helps us clean out our houses, plus putting cash into SRD fund. We usually make between $600 and $800., so it's a big addition. Here are some other fund raiser ideas I have received on various email loops. Hope there is something in here that anyone can use. TOPS - FUND RAISER IDEASWe have an auction, every body brings something from home that they haven'tbeen using or don't want, then every body bids on them. We usually getabout $160 every time we have one. Our group usually has about 20-25attending every meeting. I am doing my fundraiser for the year now. It is6 weeks before Easter and I made up a Easter Beauty Basket, filled withshampoo, conditioner, deodorant, hand lotion and goodies like that. It costme about $24 and I took it in today, sold raffle tickets for fifty centseach and if they wanted to take some tickets with them home and sell them tofriends andfamily they could. So we will sell raffle tickets for 6 weeks, we soldabout $20 dollars worth today at the meeting. We did the Tax thing lastmonth, and we got about $65. If you like I can send you that form, I got itfrom some one in the group a couple years back.*********************Try an in-chapter bingo with a 50/50 proceed. half to chapter, half tobingo winner. Brown bag auctions work too!Grocery store bingo. Bingo cards went for $1.00 per card (all moneyinto the SRD fund) and members brought in HEALTHY grocery items for thebingo. Aseach bingo was won, the winner got their choice of any grocery item on thetable.**************************Our chapter holds a plant sale annually in May - we bring in cuttings ofplants, flower pots, seeds etc., anything to do with gardening and auctionthem off. We also have a book/puzzle exchange in November or January'; wepay 25 cents for each book, 50 cents for each puzzle. Both of these usuallyraise about $30 - $40 or so.*********************Our Chapter has a 50/50 nearly every week----but on the first meeting of themonth, we often have a Chinese Auction....We pick about 3 people to bringin something new or in excellent condition that isn't wanted anymore---wrapthem in pretty paper---and issue coded envelopes with about 10 matchingnumbered or lettered bits of paper inside. Then for a dollar, they can put those ten pieces of paper in front of any one of the gifts that strikestheir fancies----and they can buy as many envelopes as they wish... then anumber is drawn from in front of each gift. Matching number or letter winsthe gift. It's fun and very profitable for the chapter!***********************Our club has a drawing each week. It costs 25 cents to put your name in thepot. The best loser for the week draws a name. That person gets 1/2 of themoney and the club gets the other half. We also have a paper bag auctionevery couple of months. Everyonebrings in a paper bag with something in it--should cost $1.00 or more-andseals the bag shut. Then we hold an auction and the members bid on the bagswithout seeing what is inside. We started out making it a bottleauction--what was inside had to be in a bottle. It could be wine, bath oil,cooking oil, etc.Good money maker.***********************Hugs, Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 We have a salad lunch the last meeting of every month. We close the meeting first, so it's not a "food function." Everyone brings something lowfat or low calorie and also pay $3.00 to eat. It's a good fund raiser for us. We also have 2 garage sales per year, usually in Spring and Fall. This helps us clean out our houses, plus putting cash into SRD fund. We usually make between $600 and $800., so it's a big addition. Here are some other fund raiser ideas I have received on various email loops. Hope there is something in here that anyone can use. TOPS - FUND RAISER IDEASWe have an auction, every body brings something from home that they haven'tbeen using or don't want, then every body bids on them. We usually getabout $160 every time we have one. Our group usually has about 20-25attending every meeting. I am doing my fundraiser for the year now. It is6 weeks before Easter and I made up a Easter Beauty Basket, filled withshampoo, conditioner, deodorant, hand lotion and goodies like that. It costme about $24 and I took it in today, sold raffle tickets for fifty centseach and if they wanted to take some tickets with them home and sell them tofriends andfamily they could. So we will sell raffle tickets for 6 weeks, we soldabout $20 dollars worth today at the meeting. We did the Tax thing lastmonth, and we got about $65. If you like I can send you that form, I got itfrom some one in the group a couple years back.*********************Try an in-chapter bingo with a 50/50 proceed. half to chapter, half tobingo winner. Brown bag auctions work too!Grocery store bingo. Bingo cards went for $1.00 per card (all moneyinto the SRD fund) and members brought in HEALTHY grocery items for thebingo. Aseach bingo was won, the winner got their choice of any grocery item on thetable.**************************Our chapter holds a plant sale annually in May - we bring in cuttings ofplants, flower pots, seeds etc., anything to do with gardening and auctionthem off. We also have a book/puzzle exchange in November or January'; wepay 25 cents for each book, 50 cents for each puzzle. Both of these usuallyraise about $30 - $40 or so.*********************Our Chapter has a 50/50 nearly every week----but on the first meeting of themonth, we often have a Chinese Auction....We pick about 3 people to bringin something new or in excellent condition that isn't wanted anymore---wrapthem in pretty paper---and issue coded envelopes with about 10 matchingnumbered or lettered bits of paper inside. Then for a dollar, they can put those ten pieces of paper in front of any one of the gifts that strikestheir fancies----and they can buy as many envelopes as they wish... then anumber is drawn from in front of each gift. Matching number or letter winsthe gift. It's fun and very profitable for the chapter!***********************Our club has a drawing each week. It costs 25 cents to put your name in thepot. The best loser for the week draws a name. That person gets 1/2 of themoney and the club gets the other half. We also have a paper bag auctionevery couple of months. Everyonebrings in a paper bag with something in it--should cost $1.00 or more-andseals the bag shut. Then we hold an auction and the members bid on the bagswithout seeing what is inside. We started out making it a bottleauction--what was inside had to be in a bottle. It could be wine, bath oil,cooking oil, etc.Good money maker.***********************Hugs, Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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