| Throw a Christmas in July event and hire a local ice | | | | Host a celebrity auction. Invite local VIPs in your area |
| vendor to create snowfall on a hilly field and sell | | | | to donate items as well as experiences and have |
| tickets for sledding and toboggan rides. Or sponsor | | | | people bid online or live at a fundraising cocktail party. |
| an "American Idol" style competition in which | | | | Offer bidders the chance to pilot a plane, be mayor |
| contributors pay for a chance to perform before a | | | | of the city for a day, take a tour of the local |
| panel of local VIP judges. Schools, charity | | | | firehouse, or be chauffeured to and from school or |
| organizations and other not-for-profit institutions | | | | work in a limousine. The possibilities here are endless. |
| looking to raise funds should accent the fun in their | | | | Host a Murder Mystery Party at a local restaurant, an |
| creative fundraising ideas. People today will spend | | | | event at which guests enjoy wine and dinner while a |
| their money to have more fun and creative | | | | theatrical troupe mingles throughout the attendees |
| fundraising ideas that focus on fun things to do, fun | | | | until one of the "guests" is "murdered". Offer a prize |
| experiences and fun products are likely to raise more | | | | such as a vintage bottle of wine or a restaurant gift |
| money or even exceed fundraising goals. | | | | certificate to the guest who is the first to solve the |
| Nostalgia is fun, so host a fundraising Carnival | | | | mystery. |
| complete with rides, games of chance and skill and | | | | Throw a Christmas in July event and hire a local ice |
| plenty of old-fashioned carnival foods like candied | | | | vendor to create snowfall on a hilly field and sell |
| apples, caramel corn, funnel cake and cotton candy. | | | | tickets for sledding and toboggan rides. Or sponsor |
| There are special event companies that can pull the | | | | an "American Idol" style competition in which |
| whole event together for your organization or do a | | | | contributors pay for a chance to perform before a |
| bit of research on your own to find carnival vendors | | | | panel of local VIP judges. |
| to help you create a money-making event. | | | | |