BMW of Northwest Arkansas in
Rogers, Arkansas offered folks a chance to test
drive a BMW. For every mile driven, the BMW corporation
donated a dollar
to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. This is an
easy fundraiser! Obviously the car dealers want folks to drive their cars in
hopes they will make a sale. They do this every day from their showrooms.
Since your organization will be providing free advertising and hopefully
getting more "test drivers" to their dealership, a local car dealer in your
area may offer something similar to BMW.
A school in Princeton County, Kentucky held a “Drive for
the Kids” fund-raiser in conjunction with the primary/elementary PTA fall
festival. Parents and guardians who test-drove vehicles earned money for the
schools. The fund-raiser was sponsored by a local automobile dealer and the
manufacturer. The manufacturer donated a fixed amount toward expenses involved
in hosting the event to the PTA, plus $5 for each test drive of a vehicle with
a completed evaluation form.
A high
school in Burlington, Wisconsin held
a "Drive One 4 UR School" fundraiser. Miller Motor Sales of Burlington
and Ford Motor Company donated $20 to the school's athletics department for
every person who test-drove a Ford vehicle on a designated Saturday at the
school. As of May 2011, since the start of Ford's
Drive One 4 UR School program in 2007, more than 275,000 test-drives at more
than 1,500 events have generated over $5 million in donations for high schools
nationwide.
We have included a number of do-it-yourself fundraising ideas in this
section such as a Test Drive 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 email
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