This hilarious, interactive game can result in huge donations for your playspace project. Community members such as students, parents, etc., pay to have a big pink flamingo in their neighbor’s or schoolmate’s front yard. In order to have the flamingo removed, the person that received the flamingo has to pay $5 to have it removed and placed in another yard. You’ll need more than one flamingo to start this game, or you can use your school’s mascot or anything else that has meaning to your community. Folks will love going out in the morning to see who got “flamingoed” the night before.
Prep Steps:
1. Either purchase a plastic hot pink flamingo or create a 4-foot tall wooden pink flamingo. You will need 6-8 flamingos to start this game.
2. Explain the game clearly to the community through informational flyers, or even beter, through a letter to your neighbors and members.
Explain that ten, huge, hot-pink flamingos will mysteriously appear in ten yards on a given day. For a $10, the flamingo can be removed, or the recipient can pay $15 to have the pink flamingo placed in someone else’s front yard. You can offer “flamingo insurance” for $25. This game continues until the cutoff date.
3. To avoid “flamingoing” someone by accident, have folks sign-up to participate in the Flamingo Hop.
4. Recruit volunteers to help deliver the flamingos.
Materials Needed:
1. At least 6 plastic flamingos or tall wooden flamingos
2. Registration forms
Helpful Hints:
• The element of surprise is important with this game, but it’s your decision to let the person know who sent them the flamingo.
• You can do an office-friendly version of this fundraiser by making paper cut-outs of flamingoes, and charge office mates to flock other people’s offices or cubes. Reduce costs for an office version.
STORY: One community raised nearly $2,000 and had a lot of fun with this fundraiser. While most donations were in the suggested range of $10-20, organizers were surprised by the number of larger contributions.
Raised: $$
When: B
Publicity: Medium
Volunteers: <10
Challenge: Moderate
Audience: 500
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