FUND RAISING IDEAS
Fundraising
is usually done to earn extra money for a special event, a long trip or to fund
the Bronze, Silver, or Gold Awards work.
This is generally done by Brownie
troops and older.
Please
remember that you must submit a request to your local Council to hold a
fund-raising event and that different Council's have different interpretations
including, but not limited to:
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Cookie Sales
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Fall Product Sales
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Bake
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Car Wash
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Concession Stand
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Cookbook
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Craft Booth
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Garage Sale
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Gift Wrapping
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Pizza
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Pool Party
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Program for Other GS
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Recycling
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Sell Items
OPTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL
OR THE SERVICE UNIT
COOKIE SALES:
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signed
agreement sheet for each girl
o
no
other permission required
o
various
ideas for selling cookies
o
Rolling
Booth
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Traditional
cookie booth – decorate it to catch customers’ eyes
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Give
samples
o
Provide
recipes using the cookies
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Make
tags that say thank you
o
FALL PRODUCT
PANCAKE BREAKFAST BOOTH:
BAKE
o
Traditional
CAR WASH:
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ask businesses or
individuals to sponsor you for so much a car. You MUST advertise! Have a list
of your donors at the event to advertise their support.
o
Advertise
your car wash as a Free Car Wash. Put up a sign at the event stating what your
goal is (trip to....) and that donations are gladly accepted. BUT, make sure
that all customers (whether they choose to leave a donation or not) are treated
equally. You could even have a No-Bake, Bake Sale in conjunction.
CONCESSION STAND:
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local sports
complexes for large sporting events. Arrange with the concessions of these
sports complexes to sell souvenirs or food at a local sporting event.
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Local
festivals usually offer booths to non-profit organizations. Arrange to man such
a booth at your local festival.
COOKBOOK BY THE TROOP:
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Collect
favorite recipes, organize them and bind them.
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Outdoor
cookbooks
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advertise and SELL!
CRAFT BOOTHS:
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Assemble
all of the non-perishable ingredients of a favorite cookie or cake recipe into
a canning jar, add the recipe, decorate the jar,
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local grocery
stores, bazaars, craft sales etc.
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Some
good ideas are scrunchies, pot holders, Beadie
Critters, and anything else that is popular with the crowd you will be
selling to
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Ask
for donations
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Theme
booths – pets, garden, etc.
GARAGE SALE:
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Collect items to sale – ask family, friends, neighbors if
they have things to donate for the troop sale
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Run the garage sale and collect your profits.
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The leftovers can be taken to a donation center so you help
the community as well.
GIFT WRAPPING:
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especially successful
during the Christmas holiday season (from Thanksgiving to Christmas).
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Many
places will provide you with paper, tape, scissors, etc. and you supply the
labor.
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Put
a sign on a nicely decorated box or basket indicating who you are and what the
donations will be used for.
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Make
sure girls are well versed in how to wrap a package properly.
PIZZA SALES:
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Purchase
pizza fixings at a local food distributor (or obtain donations if possible and
if approved by your Council). Sometimes
you can check with local pizza places.
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Have
girls take orders for different varieties of pizzas before hand.
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On
the scheduled day, make the pizzas and have the girls deliver their orders.
POOL PARTY:
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Have
a Junior, Cadette, and Senior pool party and charge
admission
PROGRAMS FOR YOUNGER GIRL
SCOUTS:
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experienced at working
with the younger girls.
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Events
can range from Badge or Try-It workshops to camping events and more.
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Try
to pick events that do not have a lot of expenses.
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Make
sure that the fee you charge is reasonable and not overly expensive.
RECYCLING:
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Each
week, have girls bring in their plastic soda bottles
and aluminum cans. Profits accumulate. It is also a good way to begin to teach
the girls about "saving our planet".
SELL ITEMS:
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Sell
sweatshirts and shirts that say Girl Scouts