Raise Money – Bakin’ Somethin’ Good…

I love to bake. And summer is NOT the best time to do the baking, but it’s a great time to raise some money for your local volunteer fire station or the town’s soup kitchen.

So why don’t you and a dozen of your friends stir up some batter and dough and have yourself a neighborhood bake sale to raise some bucks for local organizations.

It’s also a great way to socialize with your neighbors.

So bake something sweet, just cuz.

Raise Money – Have A Car Wash

Grab your buckets, brushes, rags, and soap! Call your neighbors, other members of your place of worship, and colleagues. Have your teenage kids call their friends. Get together at your local gas station and have yourself a summer car wash, with proceeds going to a cause that’s near to your heart. It could be a local non-profit, or a library, or use it to purchase new choir robes for your local high school choir.

It’s a great way to work as a community to better your community. It doesn’t take too much time and effort, and you’re doing it to help others… just cuz.

Raise Money – Have A Dog Wash

Interacting with people is almost always a positive thing. If you interact while you’re doing something for someone else, it’s just that much more rewarding.

How great would it be if you started your own fund raising club? Once a month, your group could pick a cause to support. Get your family involved, as well as your neighbors, classmates, or people from your local place of worship.

Every once in a while, I’m going to try to come up with a means of raising money. Even if it ends up being five dollars, that’s five dollars that your cause didn’t have before your event.

During this summer, go to your local animal shelter or humane society, and ask them if you can have a Saturday Dog Wash on their property in order to raise money for their organization. Not only will you be able to give them a few bucks, you’ll be sudsing somebody’s schnauzer, cleaning somebody’s collie. Perhaps even getting another companion animal adopted by someone who has room for one more!

Good luck with the money raising! Have fun, and do it just cuz animals need some happiness too.