Christmas is a time to give. There is always somebody in this world who needs your help in one way or the other. You can reach out in a small way but make the world a better place. To change the world during this festive season, there are many ways that you can put a smile on people faces by helping raise money for charity. Here are a few tips on what to do to make someone smile.
You can organize a competition whereby the winner has a gift to win. For one to enter into the completion they will be required to pay some entry fees. The fees will go towards charity. You can organize various competitions provided winning comes with an advantage.
Selling raffles is a form of competition. You will let people around your community to buy raffle ticket that will stand a chance to win a prize. The proceeds from the sold raffles will go towards the charity event. The more raffles one buys the higher the chances of winning. This will make more tickets sell.
A dance a thon is an event whereby couples dance and the last couple to remain dancing wins a prize. This is an economical way of making money out of people. The couples will pay some fees to enter the competition and they will enjoy themselves as they dance.
You can ask people around your community to donate their belongings. The belongings will then be bought by other people who will find them pleasing. The proceeds from the sales will be directed towards charity.
You will inflate balloons with tickets and sell them to participants. You will then choose a specific day at a specific public location and allow the participants to burst their balloon and see if they have the winning ticket.
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Bring out people to compete to sing. The best singer goes home with a prize. However, the participants have to pay to enter into the competition. The revenue from the karaoke competition will be your contribution towards charity this season.
You can sell a $0.75 chocolate for $3.00. You can increase the price of anything that the people will eat by more than half because the extras will be going towards charity. The best way of raising more money would be is doing the cooking yourself and putting a more than reasonable price tag to the food.
Do you known that you can make people give up certain activities for a good cause? If you drink coffee three times a day, you can get people to take only a cup a day and donate the extras towards charity. You do not have to follow up on the volunteers to see that they have given up their activity for charity provided they send their contribution.
You can raise money through crowd funding. Crowd funding is a process that allows people to donate towards a cause and they get perks for it. Millions of dollars have been raised through crowd funding. However, you will need to promote your campaign.
It is the festive season; there is a lot of laxity around the job area. This is the opportunity to take advantage and organize a go causal day. Set a target for a charity and persuade the management to allow the employees to go casual of they reach the target. You will be amazed at how people will respond to going casual.
There are many ways through which you can raise money. You simply need to give people a reason to give more and be creative with the cause.