Three Innovative Ways to Fundraise

There are more charities for good causes than ever.charitable runs. Who really wants to pound the
How can you get people to choose your charity topavement for miles and miles in order to earn so
donate to over the other 999,999? By doing one ormany cents per mile? A better alternative is to
more of these eye-opening and interestingauction off volunteers to spend time in a fake jail,
money-raising promotions.which is usually nothing more than a very large dog
Celebrity DonationseBay online auctions have becomecrate. If your fund raiser is for a school, then the kids
the standard for many charitable fundraisers. But youand their teachers will be interested in raising enough
should not offer predictable, every day items. Youmoney to put the principal in jail for a few hours.
need items donated by local, national or internationalMusic Videos
celebrities. All a celebrity needs to do is autograph aThere are many free websites where you can post
publicity photo or another item like a record album ora music video about your charity and then link it back
item of clothing. Celebrities have incredibly devotedto your webpage. Special effects are easy to come
followers that put the "fan" in "fanatic." Even if a fanby in software programs, but it's more important to
is not interested in your charity, they will certainly behave a good original song sung well than special
interested in the donated item.effects. Using an original song will not get you into
Jail Auctionsany copyright problems.
Another fun way to raise money is a twist on