Christmas Fundraising Ideas

With all the purchasing that has to be done during the Christmas season, budgets can be easily depleted. Fundraising is a great idea to get a community or school involved in raising money specifically for the holidays or to use later. Here are a couple of neat fundraising ideas to use during Christmastime.

Have a group of people sign up for window painting. Holiday phrases or scenes look great on house or business windows during the winter season.

Have the artistic people of the group study Christmas cards for ideas. Stencils are great for fool proof painting. Window paint can be purchased at most art stores or discount retailers such as Wal-mart. Keep scenes and phrases simple. Having too much going on can look messy.

Have those that are less artistically inclined to do the promoting and purchasing of materials. Make a trip to the local art store to purchase the paint, brushes, and cleaning materials. Make flyers and give them to neighbors and businesses. Let them know that the window painting is for a fundraiser and offer to come back after the holiday to clean up.

Make sure to stay organized, with all the business you could be getting at the end of November and early December, things could get hectic. Make sure to keep enough people working at all times.

Another great fundraising idea for Christmas is decorating local businesses with holiday decorations. Many businesses don’t have time to decorate themselves and don’t mind paying a little extra money for the help.
If you are working with a school or church that has extra storage space, purchase large Christmas decorations that can be used year after year. Have volunteers sign up to visit local businesses for promoting and decorating. Make sure to offer to clean up when Christmas is over. To save even more money have a group of people make the decorations or donate them.

Get online and do some research. Many companies promote catalogs that sell Christmas and holiday foods or gift ideas which can be used as fundraisers. Find a company that you like and have your volunteers knock on doors or call relatives to shop through the catalogs. Companies that have fundraising in mind usually give a good deal of profits to the cause.

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