Any fundraising ideas?

Our company does pancake breakfast once a month in the summer. A block party. Christmas parade. Flea Markets.

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Permalink Reply by ashfire on June 9, 2012 at 10:09am

Our dept has sold Christmas trees a few years. One thing we did was sell bags of mutch around Spring.

We have rented our hall for differnet things like art or antiques auctions to make a percentage off the sell.

We have also sold tickets for events like entertainment shows.

Some of the other depts in our county have done custom car shows and frozen food sells where the people select what they want delivered and the food company will deliver to their house.

Permalink Reply by S.Ruble on June 9, 2012 at 5:19pm

GUN Raffle

Permalink Reply by Jessie Pollard on July 12, 2012 at 12:55pm

We have a monthly Fish Fry that paid for the bulk of what we have. There's been suggestions of putting in an ice machine (like in front of convenience stores). I went to another department's Bingo Night and Chili Dinner (small operation, but it did very well!). Cater to your area. What do people in your area like to do (are you going to have a tractor pull or a turkey shoot in the suburbs)? Participate in a community event (fall festivals, Founder's Day, etc.) to get the word out and possibly start a fundraiser that you could run on your own or at any time.

Permalink Reply by Leland Lavender on August 15, 2012 at 10:18pm
Do a mud/obstacle/firefighter challenge. Get creative and bring out the competitor in everyone
Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on August 15, 2012 at 10:32pm

Ask your Highway Department, School Teachers and Police Departments what fund raisers they use.  Whatever methods they use they tend to be successful since you don't ever see them doing cow plop bingo, spaghetti dinners or 'fill the dump truck'.

Or........you could just go to your town government and tell them they have to fully fund their OWN fire department.  Of course, that means that you lose you 'social club' status but hey...you're in it to save lives and property, right?

Permalink Reply by rfdjumper on August 16, 2012 at 10:38am

Simple, It's called a fire tax.  Guaranteed income   Get out of the fundraising / begging business, and concentrate more on the training and running calls business.

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