Cornell College Department

 


Contact Info

Director of Student Activities

Megan Comer

Fundraising Ideas
  • Sales or Retails:

    o Welcome to school kits
    o Exam care packages
    o Pompoms
    o T-Shirts
    o Coffee mugs
    o Holiday flowers
    o Hats
    o Balloons
    o Holiday cards/stationary
    o Candy
    o Craft Sale
    o Buttons/bumper stickers
    o Calendars
    o Food i.e., cookies, pizza
    o Plants
    o New/Used Books

    o Organization merchandise
    o "Garage" sale
    o Advertising
    o Birthday Cakes
    o Candles
    o Singing telegrams
    o Koozies
    o Art/Poster Sale
    o Car shades
    o Cook books
    o Discount Coupons Book
    o Contests
    o Halloween Pumpkins
    o Sport events
    o Bake-a-thon

  • Services:

    o Jewelry cleaning
    o Car wash
    o Pet wash
    o Wrap presents
    o Leaf raking
    o House keeping
    o Massages
    o Window washing
    o Typing or data entry
    o Mother's day out program
    o Walking dogs
    o Plant/pet sitting
    o Tutor
    o Service Auctions
    o Face painting
  • Other Ideas:
o Auctions
o Poetry night
o Fish fry
o Casino night
o Digital photo shoot
o Pumpkin carving contest
o Pie-the-face
o Swing dance
o Homecoming run
o Target shooting
o Step show
o Penny war
o Scholarship pageant
o 3 on 3 basketball tournament
o Art contest
o Faculty/student talent show
o Fashion Show
o Dunk booth
o Karaoke contest
o Community yard sale
o Aluminum can drive
o Sports tourney
o Hunger banquet
o Jail and bail
o Mardi Gras night
o Carnival night
o International food night
o Area business discount card
o Newspaper delivery
o Raffle
o Jog-a-thon
o Costume dance
o Starving artist festival
o Spaghetti dinner
o Haunted house
o Picnics
o Workshops
o Bowl-a-thon
o Evening dinner and entertainment

o Halloween Insurance: Sell Halloween Insurance for $1 or $2, and guarantee to clean up any soaped windows, cars, etc the day after Halloween.
o Cow Dung Contest: Grid off a large field. Sell the squares at $5 a piece. Day of the contest, have one or more cows run free. If the cow(s) does his business on the grid, the person who owns the grid gets a prize
o Seed Guessing Contest: Pass out grapefruit, apples, and pears, and ask people for donations based on the number of seeds in the fruit. The suggested donation was 10-20 cents a seed. (One group made over $1000 with this) Try to get the fruit donated.
o Trampoline-a-thon: Have your group members agree to jump on a trampoline for a certain amount of time and get donations for as many minutes as the group jumps. Each member could sign up for a time to jump. You can do this with jump rope, seesaws…practically anything.


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