nitaaolson 1 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 I am new to being an Activity Director. Does anyone have any good ideas for fundraising? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennie 26 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Hi Nita One thing you need to do when you are having a fundraiser is to tell everyone why your raising the money! Some of the things I have success with are: Purchase some Bingo Sheets Like these (check Ebay) & sell them for a $1 for 4 Bingo Cards to staff, residents & family members. Every day Mon - Fri in the am call out 1 number. Post this number on your bulletin board for everyone to see. Keep these numbers up until someone bingos. The money you collect will be divided between activity department & winner. If you have 2 winners then split it 3 ways. Be sure to post winning card for everyone to see and be sure when someone wins that you don't give out the money until next day. This will give staff from night shift a chance to check their cards. This is a hugh hit at the facility & raises quite a bit money. Another way to raise money is to put together baskets & sell tickets for it. This can be done during holidays. IE Easter, Mother's Day etc. Sell food: It is best to do this on a pay day or day after. Sell hotdogs, potato chips & sodas to anyone who wants to buy them. Have residents help serve this. During summer ice cream cones &/or sundaes are hugh hit too. Another way to raise money is fix up 3 or 4 baskets & hold a raffle. People purchase raffle tickets & place it in a box in front of the basket they want to buy. Sell tickets for several days to collect more money. Do a search for raffle ticket. Purchase the double row kind. That way they can place 1 in the item they want & keep the other end: Just a few ideals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marybowden09 0 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Here are some ideas I have heard of: -You could do a bake sale. -Have the residents make ornaments and sell them to staff. You could even make a booth at a craft show if you're able to. -If your facility allows a casual day (jeans or khakis) you could design shirts with the facility logo, department name, etc. Those who would like a shirt would sign-up (you would need to discuss with administrator whether it would be a payroll deduction or they pay you with cash) and then pick one day a week they can wear the shirt. If they want to dress casual (facility shirt and jeans/khakis) they pay one dollar, which goes toward the activity fund for the residents. I have a staff member who did this at a previous facility and it worked and great; the money adds up over time. -If your facility does not allow a casual day, you could still make t-shirts they could wear outside of work (great advertising tool) and they money they pay goes into activity funds (you just charge a few extra dollars than what the shirt costs so you keep the extra 2-3). My facility did this 5-6 years ago. -Raffles for baskets at holidays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindayoung 0 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 GEt Staff to donate the supplies, sell breakfast foods, everyone loves to eat, done this once to help a employee out and done so well the facility started selling breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsea 0 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 This is such a great idea!!!! Hi Nita One thing you need to do when you are having a fundraiser is to tell everyone why your raising the money! Some of the things I have success with are: Purchase some Bingo Sheets Like these (check Ebay) & sell them for a $1 for 4 Bingo Cards to staff, residents & family members. Every day Mon - Fri in the am call out 1 number. Post this number on your bulletin board for everyone to see. Keep these numbers up until someone bingos. The money you collect will be divided between activity department & winner. If you have 2 winners then split it 3 ways. Be sure to post winning card for everyone to see and be sure when someone wins that you don't give out the money until next day. This will give staff from night shift a chance to check their cards. This is a hugh hit at the facility & raises quite a bit money. Another way to raise money is to put together baskets & sell tickets for it. This can be done during holidays. IE Easter, Mother's Day etc. Sell food: It is best to do this on a pay day or day after. Sell hotdogs, potato chips & sodas to anyone who wants to buy them. Have residents help serve this. During summer ice cream cones &/or sundaes are hugh hit too. Another way to raise money is fix up 3 or 4 baskets & hold a raffle. People purchase raffle tickets & place it in a box in front of the basket they want to buy. Sell tickets for several days to collect more money. Do a search for raffle ticket. Purchase the double row kind. That way they can place 1 in the item they want & keep the other end: Just a few ideals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyAlviar 1 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 Do 50/50 and auction! great way to involve resident's ask them to do arts and crafts and auction them at the end of the month. Invite the families and staff to participate. that will raise a lot of moneu. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karrym 1 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Do a classic car show with registration fee's as donations . Residents love looking at the cars and it would benefit your cause . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaKevinPotter 1 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 One thing we do at our facility is we by candy bars, soda and chips and different kinds of snack and we sell them to the resident and staff and family members and let the resident volunteer to run it. If you are a crafty person you can make wreaths and also sell them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers 0 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Shelter for homeless Bake Sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerieh 0 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 We have had bake sales, sold lunch to staff( walking taco or hot dogs & chips) the staff likes this. Candy bars are good to you can get the fundraising packs at GFS stores. Also ask for donations always have a wish list to hand to people who ask about donations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriesl 0 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Hi, I work in a LTC community, I like to do a lot of different fundraisers, bake sale, raffle baskets with Mary Kay items or Avon or I have made the baskets with themes like movie night. but my far best is a community fall carnival, l just in that yearly we make $900.00 and more. we started of doing it to raise money for computers for the residents and when someone came to the carnival they donated two New Dell computers... after that it just stuck it is far best if you are needing items for residents. Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriesl 0 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Penni, I have been looking for a motivator for staff , thank you I love the bingo game What a great idea, I am going to start it next week!! .Every Easter I hide eggs for staff with questions in them regarding state survey, each question is worth lottery tickets, how ever some eggs have fun things in them to like gathering 5 people and do the chicken dance and receive a lotto ticket or why did the chicken cross the road good answer and receive a ticket. The staff looks forward to that every year. The staff will love this. Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieGoldstein 0 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 A lottery tree raffle for staff works well for our facility. Hosting a progressive palette party brings in some money as well . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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