Quick Fundraisers: Best fundraising ideas for your curch or school.

Some of the most popular sale items for fast, quick fundraisers are:

Selling Candy 

Gourmet food, 

trash bags  (yes, that's right. They do pretty well, too. Everyone needs them and parents are usually happy to help out).

Tupperware 

Magazines

bracelets and wrist bands (currently THE fad.)

scratch cards (Growing in acceptability and popularity).

Gifts through mini-catalogs and fundraising gift brochures.

Inkjet fundraisers

On-line school fundraisers like an on-line magazine or online catalog fundraisers

GOOD FUNDRAISING TIPS:

 Plan ahead
You should start to plan your fundraiser a month or two in advance if possible. Try to find out if related groups are having fundraisers at the same time and try to schedule around them.  Be sure to allow plenty of time for your fundraising products to arrive.  Line up volunteers, and delegate responsibilities. 

Set Effective Church or school Fundraising Goal. 
Set a goal that is motivating and challenging, but not discouragingly impossible.   If possible, get each volunteer to commit to reaching their personal goal.

Use Incentives For Fundraising Volunteers
Many fundraising companies offer incentives for individual participants.  Or make your own incentives.  

Have Fewer, quicker Big School or Church Fundraisers. People get tired of fund raisers- both the volunteers and the people who support them financially.  Rather than overstaying a fundraisers welcome, have two or three focused, energized briefer fund raisers a year.  

Have a let's get excited! Kick-Off Meeting or Party for your organization's fundraiser.

Publicize Your School Fundraising activities.
Write up a simple press release- there are many examples online- and send copies to radio stations, newspapers and other local media, just in case someone wants to pick up the story.  This is much more likely with a very unique fund raising approach and if the money is going to a purpose that the general majority can feel supportive of.