ALPHABET OF FUNDRAISING IDEARS
Fundraising ideas for the whole family. Listed in alphabetical order, here are some creative ideas for school fundraising, online fundraising, team fundraising, plus many more…
Want to help fundraise for K-CV or have additional ideas we could include? Contact us here: ambassador@kenya-childvision.org
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Auction Auction off various items or services, a portion of sales goes to the charity |
Arts and Crafts Sale Host and arts and crafts sale, exhibitors agree to donation a portion of sales to charity |
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Aerobics Class Host aerobics classes at lunch, the fee of the class goes to charity |
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Amazing Race City/neighborhood race using a map and compass to navigate between checkpoints along an unfamiliar course. |
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Air Conditioner How much does it cost to run the air conditioner in your office? Could you go a day, a week, a month without air conditioning and donate the money you saved to charity? |
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Baseball Host a baseball tournament, attend a local game, host a managers vs. employees game |
Basketball Host a tournament, attend a local game, host a managers vs. employees game |
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Bowling Night Hold a bowling night, portion of ticket sales goes to charity |
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Bottle Drive Collect used bottles and donate the refund to charity |
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Badminton Tournament Host a round robin tournament for staff, suppliers everyone donates to participate |
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Bake Sale Not much explanation needed |
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Bad Tie Day Pay two dollars to enter, employee with the worst tie wins half the port the other half goes to charity |
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Barbeque Pick a nice day and have a barbeque for employees, portion of tickets goes to charity |
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Bingo or Themed Bingo Not much explanation needed |
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Beer Festival Sample local or rare beers, ticket sales cover the cost of the event and support the charity. Drink responsibly |
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Boat Cruise A portion of ticket sales goes to charity |
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Buy a day Want an extra long weekend. Pay to leave early or take the whole day. Proceeds go to charity |
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Cake Decorating Competition and Sale The best cake wins, portion of sales goes to charity and winner |
Cocktail Party Host a cocktail party after work, serve drinks that traditional in different parts of the work |
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Coffee Pool Buy into an office coffee pool, portion of your daily coffee goes to charity |
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Comedy Night Host an evening at a local comedy club, portion of ticket sales goes to charity |
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Concert Host a concert featuring local bands, ticket sales go to charity |
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Craft Sale Not much explanation needed |
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Costume Contest Is it Halloween or Carnival? Who has the best costume? |
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Chocolate Sale Sell chocolates at the office to raise funds for charity |
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Cycling Event Ride for charity, sponsor a employees for a local ride or host your own |
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Darts Tournament Host dart tournament for staff, suppliers everyone donates to participate |
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Easter Egg Hunt Hide Easter eggs and prizes around the office to participate you have to donate to charity |
Email Signature Include a message about K-CV in your email signature |
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Employee Challenge Challenge employees to reach a work related target the reward is a donation to charity |
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Electricity Outage How much does it cost to keep the lights on in your office in the evening? Could you reduce energy consumption and donation the saved money to charity? |
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Fairtrade Showcase Bring vendors in to showcase their fairtrade products. A portion of sales goes to charity |
Fairtrade Fashion Show Bring vendors in to showcase their fairtrade products. A portion of sales goes to charity |
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Football Tournament Host a round robin tournament for staff, suppliers everyone donates to participate |
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Funny Hat Day Best hat wins and splits the money with charity |
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Foreign Currency Drive Ever return from a trip with lots of foreign change donate it to charity |
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Flower Sale A portion of sales goes to charity. Good event for mother’s day and valentine’s day |
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Garage Sale A portion of sales goes to charity. |
Gift Card Giveaway Buy tickets for a chance to win a gift card to your favorite store, portion of ticket sales go to charity |
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Garden Party A portion of ticket sales goes to charity |
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Golf Tournament A portion of sales goes to charity |
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Gala Host a charity gala for employees, suppliers, etc… Ticket sales go to charity |
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Getaway Giveaway The employee who raises the most for charity wins a trip |
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Holiday Party Host a party for employees around the holidays, a portion of ticket sales goes to charity |
Halloween Party Another excuse to dress up and party. Charge entrance fees and raise money trick or treating. |
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Head or Beard Shave Managers shave their head or beards for charity |
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Hockey Tournament Host a round robin tournament for staff, suppliers everyone donates to participate |
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Hawaiian Shirt Day The employee with the tackiest shirt wins half the prize money the rest goes to charity |
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International Women’s Day Event Recognize the day and funds donated to charity will help support girls and women in need |
International Children’s Day Recognize the day and funds donated to charity will help children in need |
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Ice Cream Fridays Portion of sales goes to charity |
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In Memoriam Gifts Make a donation to remember someone important within the company |
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Jewelry Sale Sell gently used jewelry, portion of sales goes to charity |
Jersey Day Donate to wear your teams colors to work |
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Jingle all the way Decorate your cubical for the holidays, awards for the best and worst decorations |
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Knitting Workshop Host a knitting workshop during lunch or after work. Portion of workshop fee goes to charity. |
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Lunch and Learn Host a lunch and learn on a wide variety of topics ranging from poverty to K-CV Villages. |
Lunch Money Donate your lunch money to charity |
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Lego Competition Miss playing with toys? Team up with your kids to build the best Lego project |
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Marathon or Half-marathon Sponsor employees to run in a local run for K-CV or host your own event |
Mini-Olympics Invite everyone you know to compete in traditional & silly sports. Charge entry. |
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New Year’s Party Host a New Year’s Party, ticket sales go to charity |
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Over and Above Reward employees that go over and above the call of duty, make a donation in their name |
Office Sports Pool Organize a NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, or MLB pool, half the prize money goes to the winner the other half to charity |
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Open House If a tour of your company would be of interest to the local community, hold an open house and ask for small donations to charity |
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Office Competition Which office can raise the most? |
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Paint ball Hold a paint ball tournament, the staff team the wins gets a prize |
Photography Sale Any artists in the office have them donate some of their favorite prints and sell them for charity |
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Plant Sale Its spring time! Bring in a vendor to sell potted plants |
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Pub Crawl Not much explanation needed |
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Picnic Pick a nice day and have a barbeque for employees, portion of tickets goes to charity |
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Poker Tournament Not much explanation needed |
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Quizzes Not much explanation needed |
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Refreshment Cart Sell light refreshments on Friday afternoons, portion of sales goes to charity |
Royal Treatment Buy tickets to win a spa day |
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Raffle Organize an office raffle, get the prizes donated and all ticket sales can go to charity |
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Recipe Book Publish favourite recipes from local restaurants and chefs. |
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Sports Day Host a sports day for employees, |
Spelling Bee Not much explanation needed |
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Treasure Hunt Search the office of prizes, donate to enter |
Twenty Four Hour Famine Get sponsored to go 24 hours without food |
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Tug of War A competition between employee groups. Winning group takes half the prize money the other half goes to charity |
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Themed Lunch Host a lunch the features food from the region you company supports |
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Used Things Sale Books, Movies, Video Games, Board Games, Etc… |
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Volleyball Tournament Host a round robin tournament for staff, suppliers everyone donates to participate |
Vacation Giveaway The employee who raises the most wins a weekend getaway |
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Walk for Children Not much explanation needed |
Wine Tasting Not much explanation needed |
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Yoga classes Donate to participate |
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Zumba Fitness Class Donate to participate |