Hey Vertical Parents! We need your help with ideas for fundraisers. Senior trips, retreats, camps and mission trips cost money and from a youth pastor’s standpoint I understand how money plays a role in participating in these important connecting points. Please leave your ideas so we can be a better help to you. Thanks and God bless as we enter 2008.
January 5, 2008...5:04 pm
Fundraising Ideas
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January 7, 2008 at 1:20 am
I have a few ideas how we can raise money for our youth.
1- Raffle tickets sale. Nintendo DS or any other little electronic device that are driving our society extremely crazy.
2-We can have a praise and worship video
with the youth band.
3-A temporary photo studio set in a room in the church.
We need a good computer, printer and a good mega pixel digital camera and a green sheet for
super with any backdrop.
4-I will donate my time and equipment if anybody needs transfer any video to DVD’s (from vhs, svhs
and 8mm or HI8mm. for example
we can charge a minimun of $20.00 per dvd.
these are a few that I think we can working right away.
Lets talk about.
Oscar/Daisy Salguero
January 8, 2008 at 7:51 pm
One of the most profitable (around 50%) and easy to accomplish fundraisers I like is Red Wheel pies and breads. The North Church Power House normally uses this fundraiser at Eastertime to raise money for Camp Dry Gulch. I would love to see a combined effort between Power House and Youth. A booth set up in the lobbies to sell to the whole church. Usually, a very small percentage of church members are tapped for sales. An “all church” fundraiser for Power House and Youth would be amazing. I strongly believe members would be very willing to support and will absolutely enjoy the Red Wheel products. I will be happy to work “more deeply” on this fundraiser if we can get approval for “all church”. Please call me at 972-513-0388 home. Pam (Madysen and Bailee’s mom).
January 9, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Hi Tim and Tracy,
I’ve never really been that good at coming up with ideas about fundraising but Maddie’s school did something called a ‘work-a-thon’ where they solicited per hour donations from family members, friends for each hour that they worked at some type of service to the community.
Maddie’s class went to Beautiful Feet (a homeless feeding ministry) in Ft. Worth and spent the morning preparing and serving breakfast & lunch to the homeless. They’ve also gone to CCA in Lewisville and helped organize the food pantry, I believe – just stuff like that. In return, they received money for their school from those who pledged in advance.
That takes a lot of coorinating to go outside of the church but perhaps the youth could do a work-a-thon day at the church, assisting with things around the church on Saturday. The kids get the benefit of being a blessing, those who receive the benefit of their labors are blessed, and those who give to support it are blessed as well.
Also, I liked Pam Stewart’s idea of using the Joash box to solicit donations for scholarships. Don’t forget that there are some parents who can afford to pay for more than just their one child and would most likely be willing to provide scholarship money. I bet if you openly asked for that from parents, that you would find some who would participate. I’ve become aware lately that the church could benefit from a ‘benelovence fund’ over and above the tithe specifically designated for those in the church who are struggling with urgent needs.
Lisa Jessie
January 17, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Tim,
I know I’m not a parent of teenager however I have an idea we did when I was in youth years ago and if my memory serves me right we made some money. In the spring when families and going through their spring cleaning phase auction off kids to go to homes to assist with the work the families need. They can assist with cleaning windows, blinds, changing air filters etc.
Secondly, back in the day we did fund raiser lunches after 2nd service in the gym. We sold tickets for the lunch but we really made the money on the dessert auction. We had a few key people really put together great cakes, pies, and others and we made somewhere around $1000 each time.
Hope this helps,
Dustin