A Delicious Fund Raiser Idea - Dining for Dollars
Here's an interesting fund raiser idea sent in to us from Michelle J. of Chula Vista, CA.
This is particularly well suited to groups that want to sell products but are frustrated with the ordering, storing and delivery process – not to mention the tendency for some of those products to be overpriced.
It's difficult to ask someone to buy something from you knowing that they could swing by the local grocery store and pick up the same item for less than half the price you're selling it for, even if it is for a good cause.
True story: Several years ago I sold a bunch of gourmet popcorn to my coworkers to raise money for my son's Boy Scout troop. The popcorn tins were “only” $14 dollars each. Mind you, these tins were fairly small; about the size of a large coffee can. At the time I thought that the price was a little on the high side, but I really didn't know how high until a few days later. One day, on the way home from work I stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few items and I noticed a display with large, neatly-stacked tins of flavored popcorn for sale. When I say large, I mean these tins were huge. They were the size of 5-gallon buckets. The store was selling them for a whopping $3.95! I couldn't believe it. I just hoped that none of my coworkers would be visiting a grocery store any time soon. Even though it was for a good cause, I felt that I was ripping people off on behalf of my fundraiser.
A cool idea
With this fund raiser idea you can bypass buying overpriced fundraising products and avoid the product storage and delivery problems as well. You can buy dining certificates to local restaurants for a deep discount and resell them to your supporters for face value (or less if you prefer). You don't even need to wait for the mail because you can order as many or as few as you need and simply print them out on your own printer.
Where to get them
This website sells discounted dining certificates that your customers can redeem at restaurants of their choice. Some of the certificates sell for 50% off, while many of them sell for even less. For example, for lots of different eating establishments you can buy a $25 dollar dining certificate for only $10 dollars. That's a 60% profit if you sell it for face value.
So your customers help your fundraiser group raise money and they get to go to restaurants of their choice for no more than they would pay anyway. And it gives them an excuse to try new restaurants.
Of course, you can also buy them to use as gifts or just for your own use to save money, or to try new places you've never been to.
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