On Thursday, June 14th, Chef Ilan Hall, winner of Bravo TV’s Top Chef and Executive Chef Ryan Hardy of The Little Nell’s Montagna restaurant worked together to create a delicious lunch all in the name of a very good cause. Fifty per cent of the proceeds from the lunch will be donated to Food & […]

The Horses for Healing Barn Dance on June 9th was attended by 450 people. It is their largest fund-raiser for the year, and includes a silent auction. The Bentonville, Arkansas charity helps special needs children in Northwest Arkansas. This year’s event was quite popular, as the charity chose to combine their fall concert with their […]

Last year, a lunch with the well-known investor Warren Buffett helped to raise $620,000 for charity. Buffett is once more auctioning a lunch to benefit the Glide Foundation. The Glide Foundation is a social services charity that provides assistance to the poor and homeless that live in San Francisco. Bidding for the lunch begins on […]

Students at the University of Texas at Austin danced literally all day and all night – for a very good cause. Their annual dance marathon raised $35,700 for the Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. More than 150 students danced and enjoyed themselves at the event held in the Gregory Gymnasium held on the […]

The TV show Survivor became the inspiration for members of a Parent Teacher Support Association (PTSA) at Nadaburg Elementary School in Wittmann, Arizona. The unusual event helped to raise funds to purchase sunshades for the school playground and promote the upcoming fall festival. The PTSA volunteers enlisted the help of several staff members from every […]

University of Michigan students held a water balloon contest after class to raise funds for a local charity. Students could buy two water balloons for a dollar to throw at instructors and other students. They raised $200 with this simple fundraiser. There are many ways to extend this fundraiser in order to raise more money: […]

One of the fun fundraisers listed on this site sparked an idea in one parent’s mind. Carla Cope from San Diego California wrote to tell me how they used this fundraiser in the local high school: Sandra, I want to thank you for your website. I really appreciate the information and resources for fundraising ideas! […]