This wiki features great ideas your community can use to raise funds and friends for your new playspace! Use this to jumpstart your fundraising, but don’t stop here! You know your community and what will work best.
This list is by no means exhaustive, so we invite you to add to it! Use it with your brainstorming team, and add lots of your own ideas!
- Click on the links to the right to see details on fundraising ideas. You can also search for specific ideas.
- If you have an idea that isn't listed, click the "create new page" button on the upper-right side of the page and tell everyone about it.
- Do you have questions or issues with any of the ideas? Post a comment.
You can also edit pages to add more thoughts on a fundraising idea. Just click the edit link at the top of each page.
We have tried to give you an idea of some of the basics involved, but these really will vary widely and will depend on you, your committee and your community. The information in each description that follows, includes rough guides to the following:
Average amount of money you can raise:
$$ = Less than $500
$$$= Between $500-$2,000
$$$$= More than $2,000
Average amount of publicity or awareness an activity will generate
An approximate number of volunteers required to organize or manage each activity
An ideal time to conduct each fundraiser, based on the KaBOOM! Road Map:
Every idea has a letter associated with it. What do the letters mean?
B=Beginning (Miles 1 and 2)
M= Middle (Miles 3 and 4)
E=End (Miles 5 and 6)
O=Ongoing, meaning this one’s easy and effective to do several times!
Be creative! Get crazy! And don’t forget to play!