Easter Seals Volleyball Fundraiser Ideas
Idea
Happy
Hours/Celebrity
Bartending Event
Description
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.
Comments
Each restaurant is open for interpretation. Get an executive to help
advertise and push the event.
Silent or Live Auction
Items are donated and used in a
silent or live auction. Examples:
Gift Baskets, Venue Tickets,
Movie tickets, Gift Certificates,
vacation homes, etc.
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.
Flower Days /
Valentine Flower
Sales
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
Get approval from your work place to do this inside the building. No direct
solicitation allowed. Be sure to have a placard stating where the money
is being donated to. 100% must go to the charity.
Change Jar
-Kelly’s Logan House in Wilmington, DE (302)-652-9493
-Iron Hill Brewery in Wilmington, DE (302)-658-8200
-Green Turtle in Newark, DE (302)-454-1592
-Famous Taverns (www.famoustaverns.com) , email Paul at
info@famoustaverns.com
-Catherine Rooney’s
-Call and inquire with any local restaurant/bar
Get approval from your work to do this inside the building. No direct
solicitation allowed. Be sure to have a placard stating where the money
is being donated to. 100% must go to the charity.
Easter Seals Volleyball Fundraiser Ideas
fundraising. People donate their
loose change.
Guess Who/Baby
photos
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.
Get approval from your work to do this inside the building. No direct
solicitation allowed. Be sure to have a placard stating where the money
is being donated to. 100% must go to the charity.
Candy Grams
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!
Get approval from your work to do this inside the building. No direct
solicitation allowed. Be sure to have a placard stating where the money
is being donated to. 100% must go to the charity.
Bowling
Restaurant Night
Various restaurants will donate a
specific amount per person or a
percentage of their sales for
advertising on a specific night.
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Prices Lanes, 3215 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington DE (302)-9988806
Bowlerama, 3031 New Castle Ave, Wilmington DE (302)-654-0264
Middletown Bowling, 875 N Broad St, Middletown DE (302)-387-0677
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)-7389915
Red Robin – call a local location
Grottos – call a local location
Buffalo Wild Wings - Contact Alison MacKenzie (302)-227-3567
Chick-fil-A –call your local location
Texas Roadhouse in Bear, DE, (302)-322-3443
Chili’s Give Back event (qdi.com/corporate/community.htm
California Pizza
Easter Seals Volleyball Fundraiser Ideas
Wine Tasting
‘Pie in the Face’
Various businesses will sponsor
wine tasting event with proceeds
being donated back.
Associates sell the opportunity to
apply a ‘pie’ on their manager.
Great team-building event! Get
managers to be the willing victim.
50-50 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
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Applebees
Arbys
Boston Market
Brusters
Cheesecake Factory
Chipotle
Bob Evans
Claymont Steak Shop – Dining for Donation Dollars
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Deerfield Fine Wines, 205 Louviers Drive, Newark DE. Dean (302)266-8061
Premier Wine & Spirits, Limestone location (302)-996-9463 or
Newport location (302)-999-1500
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No direct solicitation allowed; be sure to have a placard stating where the
money is being donated to. 100% must go to the charity.
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.
Easter Seals Volleyball Fundraiser Ideas
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
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.
Check with your company and legal if this can be done in your company.
Bake Sales
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 to make sure it can be done. Make sure you
place a placard stating where the money is being donated to.
Fitness “Fun”raiser
Used DVD or book
sale
Jewelry/other party
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 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
Easter Seals Volleyball Fundraiser Ideas
party would be donated to your
team.
Hold a Wii sports
event
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.
Hole in One or
Closest to the pin
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).
Call your local store
Wing Eating contest
March Madness Pong
Tournament
Krispy Kreme donuts
-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.
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.
Pre-purchase gift certificates to redeem or purchase value cards
Easter Seals Volleyball Fundraiser Ideas
Jeans Day at work
Skyzone
Pick day to pay to wear Jeans at
work
Night at the Skyzone park
Pay 5 bucks to purchase a day to wear jeans at work. Consult with your
HR department on approval.
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!