Cool Fundraising Ideas Discovers Some Unique Entertaining Ways To Raise Money

Game Show Fundraiser

Host a game show type of event in which you and your group set up a space that resembles a television game show.  Charge a small entry fee for participation.  Contestants play games or answer trivia questions until there is a winner.  You can also set this up as tournament where people compete in rounds.  Each winner goes to the next round until you reach two final contestants.  Then, do a special final round to see who will win the overall competition.  Offer winners and runners up some fun prizes. 

If you want to throw this type of fundraiser at work, church, or school, create a display board with game questions and answer sheets available for a small donation.  Place your display in a well traveled area where people will see it and can pick up their game sheets.  You can do this every day for a week or two.  Participants place their answer sheet in a drop box located at the display.  

You and your group members collect the sheets daily and tally up scores.  Each day, announce the winner or announce the names of every contestant who answered every question correctly (should you have a tie) and do a prize drawing over the intercom for that day’s winner.  Do this every day, with new game show quizzes, for as long as you wish.  Now that is a cool fundraising ideas.

Rat Race

You can hold this unique event at school, work place, or another venue.  Create or set up a special “race track” in which contestants can place rats, mice, or other creatures at the starting line to hold a fun rodent race.  Find out the cost for rats or mice at your local pet store.  Use this price to help your determine the price you should charge for your race entry fee.  Have contestants sign up ahead of time so you know exactly how many rodents you’ll need for the races.  Offer prizes to winners and a nice block of cheese to winning rodents. 

Hot Air Balloon Launch

First, you’ll need to find an aeronautics club or hot air balloon club that would like to feature their balloon for your occasion.  If you can’t find someone with a hot air balloon to set off, you can try to find someone with a small plane or other small aircraft.  Next, find an appropriate area to hold the event and make sure you comply with any local regulations. 

Promote your cool fundraising ideas via local radio stations, newspapers, and flyers.  Supporters pay $1 for every postage-paid postcard they want to send out into the air.  On these cards, they write their name and a short message asking the finder to return the card.  Gather all the cards from your supporters and give them to the balloon or aircraft pilot.  When the pilot goes up, he or she will start throwing the cards out into the sky.  Make sure all cards are addressed with the address in which finders should mail the cards. 

The person whose card returns that has gone the farthest distance by a specific date wins a prize.  During this event, you could also hold a raffle for a free hot air balloon ride.

Pirate’s Bounty

This is a cool fundraising ideas. Find a place to hold a treasure chest fundraiser.  Fill up a large chest with secret prizes, which have been donated to or purchased by your group.  Put a lock on the chest.  Sell keys that won’t work, as well as the one key that will successfully open the chest.  On the day of the event, allow everyone to line up and try his or her key on the lock.  Alternatively, you can sell cutout keys with each one having a special raffle type number on it.  On the day of the drawing, announce the winning number and let the winner collect the chest. 

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