Easter Seals Volleyball Fundraiser Ideas

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1 Happy Hours/Celebrity Bartending Event Easter Seals Volleyball Fundraiser Ideas Idea Description Comments Get special guest or executives/leaders in your company to bartend and rival for tips or you can ask the local bars/restaurants what they can do for you. Each restaurant is open for interpretation. Get an executive to help advertise and push the event. -Kelly s Logan House in Wilmington, DE (302) Iron Hill Brewery in Wilmington, DE (302) Green Turtle in Newark, DE (302) Famous Taverns ( Paul at info@famoustaverns.com -Catherine Rooney s -Call and inquire with any local restaurant/bar Silent or Live Auction Flower Days / Valentine Flower Sales Change Jar Items are donated and used in a silent or live auction. Examples: Gift Baskets, Venue Tickets, Movie tickets, Gift Certificates, vacation homes, etc. Selling flowers to be delivered to an associate. Contact a local florist and get a low-cost or donation of carnations. Associates in each department could purchase a slip of paper for $1 or $2 and in turn could use that paper as a to / from card that could be attached to a flower. The flowers could then be ordered and delivered on a set date. Jar is placed in a prominent location and clearly labeled for Silent or Live auction, items must be tangible. No direct solicitation allowed. Be sure to have a placard stating where the money is being donated to. 100% must go to the charity. Get approval from your work place to do this inside the building. No direct Get approval from your work to do this inside the building. No direct

2 fundraising. People donate their loose change. Guess Who/Baby photos Candy Grams Bowling Restaurant Night Employees bring in their own baby pictures and place on a display board and people donate a certain amount to guess who each person is on that display. Usually very fun teambuilding. Send a candy gram to a fellow teammate. Can go to BJ s or Costco and purchase items or make a bag of items that can be sold to employees who want to send another person a candy gram. For a donation, team members can participate in an afternoon of bowling. Great camaraderie! Various restaurants will donate a specific amount per person or a percentage of their sales for advertising on a specific night. Get approval from your work to do this inside the building. No direct Get approval from your work to do this inside the building. No direct - Prices Lanes, 3215 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington DE (302) Bowlerama, 3031 New Castle Ave, Wilmington DE (302) Middletown Bowling, 875 N Broad St, Middletown DE (302) Call your local bowling facility to see what they will offer you. - Friendly s Restaurants all give a portion of the night s total - McDonald s call a local location - Timothy s in Newark, 100 Creek View Road, Newark DE (302) Red Robin call a local location - Grottos call a local location - Buffalo Wild Wings - Contact Alison MacKenzie (302) Chick-fil-A call your local location - Texas Roadhouse in Bear, DE, (302) Chili s Give Back event (qdi.com/corporate/community.htm - California Pizza

3 - Applebees - Arbys - Boston Market - Brusters - Cheesecake Factory - Chipotle - Bob Evans - Claymont Steak Shop Dining for Donation Dollars Wine Tasting Various businesses will sponsor wine tasting event with proceeds being donated back. - Deerfield Fine Wines, 205 Louviers Drive, Newark DE. Dean (302) Premier Wine & Spirits, Limestone location (302) or Newport location (302) Pie in the Face Associates sell the opportunity to apply a pie on their manager. Great team-building event! Get managers to be the willing victim Raffles For an entire month, have an individual/team sell raffle tickets where 50% of the proceeds go to the winner. Incentive can be in your creating increments such a 1 ticket for $1, 5 tickets for $3, or arm s length for #? Hot dog eating contest Have 5-10 people in your organization agree to participate in the contest. Those people will sell raffle tickets in which people vote on who they think will win. Those that purchased tickets for the winner will be in a prize drawing. Another method is to No direct solicitation allowed; be sure to have a placard stating where the money Make sure your company allows this. Place a placard out and make sure that you state where the money is being donated to. Make sure your company is open to this. Be sure to have a placard stating where the money is being donated to. 100% must go to the charity.

4 just ask people to put out jars with each contestant s name on it and ask for employees to put a dollar or 5 dollar bill in which jar of the person they think will win. Super Bowl Football Grid Candy sale at your desk Bake Sales Fitness Fun raiser Used DVD or book sale Jewelry/other party 10x10 grid, $20 per cell, 50% of proceeds go to the winner. Go to BJ s or Costco and buy bulk candy bars and set at your desk or snack room and charge $1 per item or $2. Based on honor system. Have a team hold a bake sale in a common area in your building. Either each member of the team bakes something or gets items donated from bakeries. Can be done for breakfast or lunch. Find a person who teaches dance or a fitness class and ask them to donate time to lead a fundraiser. Charge a fee for each person to participate. Get donations from your team and advertise a sale and list all of the items. Price items so that they are affordable. Find a local representative who would be willing to do a party at a location of your choice and a portion of the proceeds of the Check with your company and legal if this can be done in your company. Check with company to make sure it can be done. Make sure you place a placard stating where the money is being donated to. Check with your company to make sure it can be done. Make sure you place a placard stating where the money is being donated to. Check with company to make sure it can be done and if so can it be done on site. Make sure you state where the money is being donated to. Make sure you state where the money is being donated to. Make sure you state where the money is being donated to. -Thirty-One gifts -Avon

5 Hold a Wii sports event party would be donated to your team. Either hold at work (get permission) or at your house and advertise as a tournament. To get into the tournament they have to pay an amount and winner gets half and your team gets the other half. -Silpada -Origami Owl -Premier Jewelry Determine how you want the tournament to be run. Set rules. Determine how many players you want. Find a person with a Wii. Get permission to hold at work. Make sure you state where the money is being donated to. Hole in One or Closest to the pin Wing Eating contest March Madness Pong Tournament Hold a Hole in One putting contest or Closest to the Pin contest at your work. Get permission from management. Set an amount and rules. Winner gets half the pot and the other half goes to your team. People vie against each other to eat the most wings. Employees pay $10 to attend, eat and drink and they can also pay extra to wager who will win. Can be company wide beer pong tournament early rounds throughout the work day (with water in cups in early rounds) with a sweet sixteen at night (with beer and pizza). Determine rules, set location. Get permission to hold at work. Make sure you state where the money is being donated to. Need management approval to hold. Expenses could be paid for by the company. Expenses are: Wings, refreshments and food. Additional money could be made if you have raffles. Need management approval to hold. Location needed. Expenses company could fund the beer and pizza and prizes. Pairs buy into the tournament for $30; spectators attend for $10; option to buy raffle tickets. Krispy Kreme donuts Call your local store Pre-purchase gift certificates to redeem or purchase value cards

6 Jeans Day at work Pick day to pay to wear Jeans at work Pay 5 bucks to purchase a day to wear jeans at work. Consult with your HR department on approval. Skyzone Night at the Skyzone park Work with Skyzone to have a night that your company comes out and has fun. Other ideas welcome, these ideas are to get you started!