20 Fundraising Ideas
1. Organize a pancake breakfast or a spaghetti dinner with the proceeds going to the Adullam Orphanage or a particular project (contact us for project needs). Ask businesses, friends and family to donate the supplies. Raffle or auction off donated items during the dinner, and encourage attendees to bring along items they can donate. Think about the people you know and what they could offer you. Do you have family who own a timeshare or condo or cabin? If so, auction off a weekend! 2. Sell unwanted household items on eBay and donate the proceeds. 3. Have a yard sale. Get friends and family members to donate items for you to sell, especially big items like good furniture. Advertise well, listing specific high-demand items in your newspaper ad. 4. Organize a golf tournament with the proceeds going to the Orphanage. 5. Organize a film event or a benefit concert with proceeds going to the Orphanage. 6. Request that your birthday gifts be donated to help the Orphanage. 7. During the holiday season request that those who traditionally give you gifts donate to help the Orphanage instead. 8. Instead of sending a gift to someone, donate the amount of the gift you would have given to help the Orphanage and inform them of the donation being made in their name. 9. Dollars for Orphans. For one month ask everyone you come in contact with for $1 to help an orphan. Explain that most orphans live on less than $1 each day. 10.Encourage your school to conduct a "Dollars for Orphans" project where each child is invited to bring in $1 to help an orphan. We can match up a school with a specific orphanage project. 11.Hold a birthday party for the Adullam Orphanage children and invite your friends to come and each bring $10 to donate to help a child who has probably never had a birthday party. 12.Challenge family members to match your personal donation to the Orphanage. 13.Hold a Families Helping the Orphanage BBQ and donate the proceeds. 14.Sell your homemade crafts such as beadwork, knitting, picture frames, etc… and donate the proceeds to the Orphanage. 15.Organize friends and family to do a "Car Wash for the Orphanage." 16.Ask your church to sponsor the Adullam Orphanage or a particular project. 17.Put a link to www.adullamorphanage.org on your business or personal website. 18.Ask a local business to have a jelly bean jar on their counter, whereby they collect money for the Orphanage when people guess how many jelly beans are in the jar ($1 per guess). The winner gets the jar! 19.Host a Rice & Beans Dinner. Display photos of the Orphanage and children, show a slide presentation and ask your dinner guests to donate. 20.Organize a Fashion Show and charge an attendance fee to benefit the Orphanage.