4 Responses for "I need really good fundraising ideas for a sorority philanthropy!?"

1. dghggh April 25th, 2009 at 11:56 am 1

   Anything with food will get you money.

   Realistically, you could have the girls do burlesque dancing and sell tickets to that, I think you would make a lot off the frats.

   You could do a car wash, bowling, etc.
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2. Ed Atun April 25th, 2009 at 12:44 pm 2

   Rent a ballroom in a local hotel for $400. Hire a local band for $250. Buy some balloons. Charge $15 at the door and you can easily make $1,500. If you sell chips and soda, you will make more. Be brave. The hotel and the band will wait for payment.
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3. phoneburg April 25th, 2009 at 1:26 pm 3

   I would recommend visiting http://www.cellitused.com then go around to your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors and collect as many cell phones as possible then go to the site and sell them. They pay up to $200 for working cell phones. It is just an idea.

   http://www.cellitused.com
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4. Sugarplum April 25th, 2009 at 1:45 pm 4

   There are a bunch of different directions you could go here. I'll give you a few:

   1) Sporting event that frats, other sororities, and/or other students can compete in. Local companies can donate food, prizes, and t-shirts. The teams can either pay an entry fee OR write a certain amount of fundraising letters to their family and family friends back home. Examples: volleyball, hockey, soccer, flag football, basketball, etc.

   2) Food sales. Self-explanatory. A lot of chapters at my school targeted the drunks on the weekends late at night (but this has pros and cons). Examples: nachos, hot dogs, spaghetti, grilled cheese, etc.

   3) Collaboration: This can get creative but it's GREAT and gets more people involved. You can collaborate with another chapter or a fraternity and come up with something cool - dance-a-thon, week of service, etc. It's great for Greek relations too.

   4) Alumnae event: If you have an active alum chapter, see if they want to team up with your OR hold an event for them - you can include raffle items, silent auction, wine tasting, etc. A chapter at my school did a great job with this, but we never really got it to work.

   Others: penny wars, creating contests amongst the Greek houses, seeing if your charity has any events/strategies that you can get involved in.
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   Former philanthropy chair of my sorority - past Philanthropy of the Year winners at our university and one of the top fundraising chapters in our sorority nationally.