TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING IDEAS

[Pages:2]TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING IDEAS

1. Heart Sales: Pick up paper hearts at your local AHA office to sell at your work place. 2. Silent Auction: Get items donated and conduct an auction at a service club luncheon, place of worship, party of

friends, a local restaurant (happy-hour for example). Ideas of auction items include memberships to local gyms, gift certificates to restaurants or store, weekend at vacation homes, season tickets to a sports team or theatre, movie tickets 3. % Of Sales: Ask local merchants or restaurants if they will donate a percentage of their sales on a specific day to the American Heart Association. 4. Dinner/Dessert Party: Invite everyone over for a dinner/dessert, and ask them to make a donation equal to what they would have paid for a dinner/dessert at a local restaurant. Go to for ideas of healthy recipes! 5. Theme Party: Celebrate any holiday (Valentine's Day; 1st Day of Spring; St. Patrick's Day; Daylight Savings Time, July 4, Labor Day, etc.!) by having a theme party and ask for everyone to buy a ticket or make a donation to attend. 6. Birthday/Anniv Party or Bridal/Wedding Shower: Instead of bringing gifts, guests make a donation 7. Finale Party: Who will be the next Survivor or American Idol? Gather a bunch of friends to watch the season finale. Ask each guest to make a donation to the Heart Walk. 8. Restaurant Take-over: Talk to a local restaurant about making their facility available for a fundraiser. 9. Canister at local stores: See if local merchants will let you set up a donation canister near the cash Register. Print up a flyer that explains your efforts are on behalf of the American Heart Association. 10. Local Business with Heart: Ask the local skating rink, pool, bowling alley, golf course, indoor children's play center, etc...to designate a single day as a fundraiser for the American Heart Association and donate all profits, % of sales for the day, or specific dollar amount. Ask local media to help with the promotion. 11. Huge Yard Sale: Get your friends and contacts to donate their goods to your yard sale, with all proceeds going to the American Heart Association. Ask people who have just held yard sales to donate what didn't sell to your sale. Advertise your effort in local paper and sell sodas or snacks (purchased at warehouse prices) for additional revenue. 12. Cover Charge at Local Venue: See if a local venue (comedy store, club...) would be willing to have the cover charge for a particular night go to the AHA. 13. Conduct a Sports Event or Tournament: Mini-golf, tennis, bowl a thon, dance-a-thon, aerobics and other sports can all be set up as events or tournaments with all proceeds from entry fees, refreshments and silent auctions going to the American Heart Association.

14. Used Book/DVD/Video Sale: Hold a sale at your place of worship, school, neighborhood, Farmer's Market... 15. Food/Snack/Bake Sales: Buy snacks and other items at wholesale price and sell at work for regular price. Pay

yourself back the cost of the items, and the rest goes to your fundraising goal! 16. Recruit a few friends to help you raise funds. Get together one night with your phone lists and hold a mini-

telethon to call everyone and raise funds. 17. Tribute Donations: Ask your donors to make a donation in honor or memory of a loved one with heart disease or

stroke. 18. Garden Tour: Organize a garden tour of a local landmark, historical home and charge admission. 19. Donated Class: Ask your local photography instructor, scrapbooking consultant, Zumba instructor, aerobics

instructor, yoga instructor, dog trainer, personal trainer to donate one class and invite friends and family to attend and ask them to make a donation as an admission fee. 20. Heart-a-thon: Organize a fundraising event with a theme like a Bowl-a-thon, Bounce-a-thon, Rake-a-thon, Haircuta-thon 21. Game Night: Invite friends over to play poker, Monopoly, Scrabble, Pictionary.....serve food and drinks. Ask for a donation to attend. 22. Car Wash: Hold a car wash in a busy part of town, or your place of worship, or near a big sporting event etc... and ask for a fee or a donation for the service 23. Spaghetti Dinner or Pancake Breakfast: Ask your place of worship, work, service club, local restaurant, or other organization to host a fundraising meal. You could get items donated and also have a Silent Auction as part of the event. 24. "Lecture/Discussion" event: Invite friends to attend an evening or Sunday afternoon lecture on a topic of interest (astrology, health issue, interior design, etc.). Suggest a donation equal to what the information would cost if provided through the community college or other such program ($25-$50). Provide light refreshments. 25. Dance Party: Host a dance/music night with a theme (50's, 60's, 70's) and ask guests to come in costume and make a donation to attend. 26. Wine Tasting ? Ask a local winery or wine shop to host a wine tasting event to benefit the American Heart Association. You could also get items donated and hold a Silent Auction at the same time 27. Karaoke Night ? Ask a local bar who offers Karaoke to designate one night "Heart Walk Night" and ask for a donation as admission

Your letter/email writing campaign should be the foundation of your team's fundraising because it is the easiest and most efficient way to reach lots of people; however, Team Fundraisers are also a great way to raise funds towards your team's Heart Walk goal. Please keep in mind that the American Heart Association cannot make any investment, pay for, or reimburse any expenses incurred as a result of a Team Fundraiser. This means that the event/promotions sponsor must pay all expenses prior to giving the net proceeds to the AHA. Teams are encouraged to keep expenses low and get items donated.

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