Spend Free Time Fruitfully With Different Fundraing Ideas

Spend Free Time
Fruitfully With
Different Fundraing
Ideas

You may or may not have a hobby but you sure do get some free time once in a while. Since free time
doesn’t come by so easily, it becomes crucial how you make that time worthwhile. One of the ways to
make it count is to indulge in exploring different fundraising ideas towards causes such as education, food,
nutrition, hygiene, environment or the likes. We give you some fun fundraising ideas that you may want
to indulge into during your free time.
Food truck
If you feel strongly for eradicating hunger, you may arrange an old vehicle and sell home-made food in
your vicinity. The truck must carry the message of saving food for the hungry and the proceeds gathered
should go as a charity donation towards feeding the hungry. You may choose this non-profit fundraising
idea for organisations such as The Akshaya Patra Foundation an NGO in India that feeds wholesome lunch
to school children.
Host a marathon
People are usually interested in events that combine charity donation with fitness. Today, it’s easy to
organise a marathon through social media channels in a small city or town. Marathon has become one of
the best non-profit fundraising ideas that communities have utilised towards charity donation. You can
raise funds by keeping a minimal entry fees that would be used towards awarding the winners while the
remaining would go to a charity.
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Host a cycling expedition
This is another low investment and non-profit fundraising idea that can be executed easily. Create a
Facebook group of cycling enthusiasts in your city. When you reach a 100-member mark, ask the members
to pick a day for cycling expedition. Spell out the purpose of the expedition as an attempt for charity
donation for causes such as education, hunger, environment, etc. Raise funds through entry fee so
proceeds could go as donation to a charity. You may also urge the members to contribute directly to the
charity by informing them about tax exemption in India in case of charity donations.
Viral challenge
Of course, nothing can be as successful as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge but it proved that social media
challenges can be made viral. Organise a fun activity such as taking three floors by stairs or balancing a
vessel on the head. Make a video and post it with the right hashtags such as
#ChallengeForCharityDonation or #TakeTheCharityChallenge. One of the conditions of participating is that
the person taking the challenge should donate a minimum amount to charity donation through online
donation or create an online fundraising campaign towards education. The participants need to attach a
screenshot of the receipt or proof of such charity donation or fundraising in the comments section. This
non-profit fundraising idea inspires a local community towards the importance of fundraising for nonprofit
organisations and causes.
Organise a carnival
If you live in a city that’s known for things like food, snacks, sareers, handicrafts or any fun cultural reasons,
you can organise a local carnival. Carnivals especially organised for non-profit fundraising are sure to
attract a lot of people, especially children. You may ask housewives or children to organise stalls and sell
their products. Be transparent about where the proceeds would go to so everyone takes it in good spirit.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation encourages all those people who cannot contribute regularly by money to
indulge in online fundraising campaigns. The charity donations with the foundation enjoy tax exemption
as per laws in India, thus, people can freely raise funds through encouraging others to donate. Fundraise
today.
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