Do-It-Yourself Fundraiser Of The Month

Goat Insurance: Hold a "goat insurance" fund raiser that people can't resist because they can't stop laughing. Flyers are mailed to your membership and/or other groups to announce that your organization will raffle off a donated goat.  For $10, a person can send in the names of three people.  Letters are then sent to those three people, telling them they have a chance to win a goat.  But, for $10 they can buy "goat insurance" to protect themselves from being entered in the raffle.  The winner of the raffle does get the goat,  but after the fun wears off, the goat's returned to its owner.  

The Garden Fresh fun-raiser program is an innovative way to raise funds for your non-profit organization. All your group members have to do is enjoy a great meal at Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes on a designated night and 20% of your event sales will be donated to your organization. In addition, your organization can receive quantity discounts by purchasing large amounts of our gift certificates (scrip); if you buy $1,000 or more, your non-profit group can receive a 15% discount! You can then sell the certificates at face value. To learn more please contact your local Souplantation or Sweet Tomatoes restaurant.

Bandcandy.com:  Attention bands, orchestras and choirs!  Are you ready for something new?  Would you like to offer a product that your community will immediately identify with you?  Introducing  “American Band Candy” and “Music Box Chocolates,” - two products created just for music groups and available this fall.  American Band Candy and Music Box Chocolates are 4oz boxes of three delicious flavors:  Caramel Concertos, Minty Minuets and Sousa Smoothies.  A tote contains 18 boxes and can be custom labeled for your organization!  Earn up to 50% profit.  Call for a free sample, (800) 628-5905 or visit www.bandcandy.com for more details.

Fundraiser News Briefs 

Shawnee, KS: Car wash uses grand opening to raise funds for child abuse prevention center; Cut Bank, MT: Decorated stools to be auctioned at CBRS fund raiser; Oakhurst, CA: SPCA holds fourth annual Tails on the Trail fund-raiser; Sebastopol, MS: Little league tournament slated as fundraiser; Lancaster, UK: Volunteers spend night in haunted house to raise funds for residential home for the elderly; Lawrence, KS: "Maiden Voyage 2004 What Floats Your Boat" event held for at risk kids; Kalgoorlie, Australia: Loud Shirt Day fundraiser held for Speech and Hearing Centre; Bloomington, IL: Police officers direct traffic from roof of doughnut shop to raise funds for the Law Enforcement Torch Run and Special Olympics; Waynesville, NC: Zonta Club holds 'An Evening of Art & Chocolate" to benefit the Macon County Health Department; Racine, WI: Man loses 100 pounds to raise funds for local schools; Austin, TX: Bikers host poker run for the Texas School for the Blind; Kokomo, IN: Decorated fiberglass steers part of fund-raising effort for social services agency; Westwood, OH: Home tour fund-raiser held for the Westwood Historical Society; Wynnewood, PA: Nationwide lemonade fund-raiser to fund research on childhood cancers; Exeter, NH:  Church uses flamingos as VBS fundraiser; Greenup, IL: Blind man dominates canoe race fundraiser.

In 1917, there was this salesman named Edwin Cox who sold the newly invented aluminum cookware. He was so unsuccessful at selling this junk, that he decided that he needed a gimmick. From his years as a pot salesman, he knew that a major complaint was the way that the food stuck to the pans. He concluded that what was needed was something that combined the abrasive nature of steel wool with the cleansing ability of soap. In his kitchen, he hand dipped steel wool into soapy water and let it dry. He then repeated this until the steel wool could hold no more. The idea worked. More housewives let him through the door and more pots were sold. Each woman received one free sample. He then ran into a problem. The women wanted to purchase more pads, not pots.  (continued)

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