Purchase colorful holiday stationary. Keep the quantity low until you see how sales are going. Colorful Christmas stamps are also a must! Take orders in advance. Get payment with the order. Set a cut-off date to make sure the letters will be delivered timely. Pick the city you want the letter to be postmarked from and contact the postmaster there to make sure that they will open your bundle of letters and re-mail them for you. Some choices of cities could be North Pole, AK; Santa Claus, GA; Reindeer, KY; Christmas, FL, etc. You get the idea. ">Set a price. Similar letters are available from a number of sources for $4.00 to $10.00. Since you are doing this as a fundraiser, your supporters will probably be generous but keep the price reasonable enough to generate good volume. This is not a big fundraising money maker but it can be fun. Birthday Newsletter This is similar to the Santa Letter fundraising but requires you to purchase a 'birthday' software program which will produce a Birthday 'Newsletter' or 'Chronicle' with the recipients name and containing celebrity birthdays and events occurring on that date and world headlines for that year. Usually available for dates between 1900 and 2000. All you do is insert the recipients name and date of birth, and the software generates the 'Newsletter/Chronicle' for that day. Programs are cheap ($20 - $50), simple to install, and require minimal computer knowledge. A color printer is preferred. We have included a number of do-it-yourself
fundraising ideas in this section such as
a Santa Letter or Birthday Letter that offer a
break from traditional product sales. They were developed by
groups just like yours in an attempt have a little fun with their
fundraiser. Some of them are tried and true while others show a lot of
creativity ... and even wackiness in some cases. All of them are
obviously not appropriate for every group, but sometimes, with only a
little modification, your might find some fund raising ideas that are
perfect for your group. If you have an idea for a do-it-yourself fund
raiser you are willing to share with others, please send it to us via
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