5 Great Fund Raising Ideas

So your family reunion event is just around the corner and your reunion dollars are low. How do you use those few dollars to make more funds?  One word. Sell. Find free or cheaply prices items, mark them up and sell them at your next fundraiser. It really is that simple. But it can get even simpler.

Online Fund Raisers

One of the most time efficient and cost effective ways to raise funds is to promote a fundraiser to all family members via your google+ or facebook page. You can do this easily using your FRP Social Interface. Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social features great fundraiser ideas which I will discuss later in this article.

Another way is using a standalone application and pre-built website all in one by the MyEvent.com people. These folks have been online for 11 years and have learned out to give the online community want they need in terms of a functional fundraising application Take a tour at Myevent.com

Another great way to raise funds is selling family reunion t-shirts.  T-shirts are designed to promote awareness and to send a message about the importance of standing together. Much more attractive compared to signs and when priced right they encourage contributing to the cause. It's amazing how easy it is to design and promote t-shirt sales online.  Simply design the shirt, price the shirt and send reunion attendees a link to the design.  You can adjust the price of the shirts to include additional funds in care of the event.  A great place to go to do this at Customink.com

Park and City Square Fund Raising

Consider raising funds for your event by holding a performance at a busy local city/town square or street corner. Simply have very talented volunteers perform at the busy location for two or more hours. Carefully place a hat or collections pan near the performing artists. If talent is limited consider having a bubble show in a park or open area. Make sure you are a considerable distance from oncoming traffic. Review this video for setup and location ideas.

Backyard Fundraisers - What To Sell?

Now lets say you want to have a fundraiser in your backyard. Many attendees are frugal and will not buy just anything. Offer coupon books, gift cards and event accessories such as coolers, bags, caps and outdoor sportswear. Print and frame poems that will be featured at the family reunion banquet dinner. You'll find 5 popular artistically designed printable family reunion poems in Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social web app.

Books DVD's Music CD's and more Books
While frequenting weekend flea markets Brenda and I found the the hot sellers were books, music CD's, DVD's and vintage posters. The trick to big sales  at your fund raiser is knowing the titles of books and DVD's your attendees will want to buy. So how do you start?

You could email all your family reunion attendees and ask for suggestions on book, music and movie titles they're interested in. Create a log list of titles then start collecting books by asking for donations from the family, friends and acquaintances  Most family members are more than happy to donate books to free up space in an apartment or small home. Collect books from library book sales and giveaways.  

Dollar stores are a great place to find 5 to 10 year old best sellers dirt cheap.  Now is the perfect season to go on the hunt for most wanted titles at yard sales and flea markets. Flea market and yard sale managers tend to cut prices much lower during the late summer month compared to early spring.

Don't have time for all that footwork? Go online to places like amazon.com or Google shopping. You'll find books as low as 50 cents. Don't forget to take advantage of free shipping. Makes it all worthwhile.  

Getting The The Book and DVD Titles Right

Knowing how to stocking up on cheap books and DVD's in preparation for your fund raiser is just half the battle. You also need to know how to get books and DVD's your buyers want.  You could ask. But chances are you'll get little response.  A time saving approach would be to make use of your FRP Social Interface. Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social features a sortable searchable database listing all your facebook friends and family who members who have facebook accounts.  The database contains their photo, name, birthday, relationship status and interests in books, movies and music titles in categorical order. Takes all the guess work out of finding titles, movies and music they are sure to like.

Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social is a family reunion planning application. Get this browser based application along with the award winning family reunion planner with the reunion planning ebook. 

Acquiring Hot Sale Items

How To Find Book Titles:  After get access to Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social locate the Invitees Interest List database on the interface. Move the slide bar to the Books category. Notices the titles of books listed by each friend and family member. Focus on the titles listed buy folks likely to attend the fund raiser. Copy and paste the title onto a list. Once you have the most popular titles go to an online price comparison market and purchase the books at the lowest price.  You may even consider purchasing other titles written by the same author.  Even if the attendees who listed the title do not purchase the book they will likely recommend it to others at your fund raising event thus promoting sales. 

How To Find Music Titles:  Look over each attendees favorite titles as listed in the FRP Social database and purchase the more popular music titles listed. in addition, if you notice that many of your attendees like the same titles and artists consider purchasing several titles by that particular artist. 

How To Find Movie Titles: Use a similar method when purchasing movie DVD's. Focus on the more popular movie titles of the same genre by the same director.


Find dirt cheap new and used books CD's and DVD's at discount warehouse prices at online stores. Compare prices and buy cheap. Take advantage of free shipping offers. Fimark Home Online has a gateway to some of the best quality and lowest priced products and goods online.  

Sell Restored Vintage Photo Keepsakes

Nothing touches tugs and pulls at the heartstring more than a family reunion keepsake and heirloom in the making. 

Here are some 5 great family heirloom fundraising ideas to make your family reunion fundraiser a great success. 

1. Framed Extended Family Photos
2. Framed Vintage Family Photos 
3. Restored Dated Family Photos
4. Combine Subjects of Two Separate Photos into one Restored Portrait.

Restoration: How to do it. 
Step 1. Create a fundraising account with paypal. 
Step 2. Take a digital picture of each photo you want restored or combined. 
Step 3. Send them to Fimark Home Online via email. Submit to fimarkhome@gmail.com with the words "Photo Restoration Request" or "Combine Subjects Request" in the Subject line and attach photos to the message. Your photos will be process within 48 to 72 hours.
Step 4. Once the work is done you can view the images on a private webpage. 
Step 5. After purchasing the restored high resolution digital image you can print it and frame it for sale at your fundraiser.

You can also send family members to the private photo viewing page. When they purchase the image they are forwarded to the high-res page via email and funds are added to your paypal account within 24 hours. 

Rallying Support

Send out flyers, emails, text messages and invitations at least three weeks in advance and a reminder each week until the event. List some of the items or categories that will be available. Have attendees share in organizing and managing some aspect of the event to ensure that they will be present to bid.

Your fundraiser is to raise reunion funds not to spend reunion funds. That said, make sure that all who attend bring a dish, drinks and supplies to equalize the expense and prevent having to dip into the reunion account.

For more ideas to get your fundraiser off the ground consult Fimark's award winning Family Reunion Planner Social web app for use in your Chrome browser. What, don't have FRP Social yet? Good news. The app is reduced from $49 to only $40 for a limited time.

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