Fundraising

Try some of these fundraising ideas found on the next several pages to help send your youth group to a week of Christian camp.  It could be a spiritually life-changing week for them. 

Auction

“White elephants” or “bigger & better” items from a youth activity

Bake Sales

Your imagination is the limit!  Here are a few ideas:

• Set up at a grocery store.
• Have an auction after church.
• Set all the goodies out and sell different sizes of boxes. The box owners then get to fill their boxes with the goodies of their choice.
• Take orders and then have an all-night baking party; serve breakfast to the kids and deliver the goods the next morning.

Banquets

Get the food donated and charge per meal.  Try this before a school event, such as an open house.

Bar-B-Que

Set up in a shopping center parking lot.  Do not try to give choices on the menu.  Possibilities include ribs/slaw/drink, chicken/slaw/rolls/drink, tri-tip sandwich/beans/salad.  Advertise with posters around the area.

Beverage Container Refund Drive

Use a team approach; competition is a great motivator!

Car Wash

There are many variations on this theme:

• Fee per car at location
• Tickets sold before event
• Sponsors pledge per car washed
• Door-to-door

Christmas Day-Care/Craft Day

Provide a day of child-free shopping for Mom and a time of homemade presents for kids.  Sell tickets to parents ($5 for first child, $4 for second, $3 for third, rest free).  Have the teens assist the children in making and wrapping ornaments or other gifts for Mom and Dad.

Corsage Sale

Call all the dads in church and take orders, make the corsages, and hand out on Mother’s Day Sunday.  Carnations work well.

Country Fair

Set up booths (dunk tank, throw balls, crafts for sale, etc.).

Dog Wash

Go door-to-door, or set up in a parking lot and charge five cents a pound.

Garage Sales

Have teams compete for best or most donated items.

Gift Wrap

Set up in a mall or department store at Christmas time.

Hot Lunch Service

Hot dog, handful of chips, and fruit punch—$1.50; ice cream—$.50.  Set up at school once a week, and have kids man the booth.

Play Night

Put together a comedy night (with skits, stunts, film) and charge admission.  A dinner or snacks may precede the play.

Soup Sunday

Make a huge batch of soup and sell after church (cup, bowl, or pint).  Have someone taste it during announcements and tell the rest how great it is.

Spook Insurance

Sell policies for Halloween prankster protection (coverage for dwelling, auto, property).  The claims must be in by a deadline and damage is excluded—only covers what the kids can clean up.

Sundae Sunday

Sell a bowl of ice cream for $0.75 and let the customers top it with assorted toppings of their choice.

Windshield Wash

Set up in a shopping center parking lot and volunteer to wash windows for $0.50.