High Impact Fundraising Ideas
We think outside of the box.
POWER IN PURPLE
• Potential $10,000 or more
• Leaders in the community nominated and asked to
fundraise for a 4-6 week period of time. All new to
engaging with ACS.
• Each is asked to raise $1000 or more.
• Kick-off/reveal party
• Special Power In Purple Website featuring each
ambassador and their fundraising total.
• Facebook to help promote
• Encourage ambassadors to wear and promote purple and
Relay throughout the course of their fundraising period.
• Power In Purple Implementation guide and Ambassador
guide available.
• Celebrate winner at Relay, Wrap-up Or Kick-off.
• Can be done in a whole community, in sections of a
community such as a school or large business where
ambassadors work to raise more than their fellow peers.
• McLean County IL Results
• 6 candidates
• 6 weeks
• $10,033 raised
Power IN Purple Campaign
Overall Results – Mid South Division
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
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$700,000 Raised
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308 Candidates
Non MSABC Communities
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$175,000 Raised
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55 Candidates
Relay For Life Men In Pink
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$121,000 Raised
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127 Candidates
Total in 2016
490 NEW Leadership Volunteers!
$996,000 NEW Dollars!
KING OF THE WING
EASTERN DIVISION – NEW YORK, NY
• Each team must consist of 3 men and
3 women
• Wing eating contest will last for 10
minutes
• Participants are encouraged to get
pledges per wing eaten, or a straight
sponsorship donation
• Events are encouraged to plan a pre
and post party to enhance the
experience and raise more funds
• King of the wing trophy is awarded to
the team that raises the most money
from wing eating
• Individual awards also given for most
eaten
HARRY POTTER TRIVIA
NIGHT
• Already has raised over $12,000
• Takes Place November 19th
• Teams of 10- 40 teams at each session (800
people participating)
• Started a Facebook Group to promote.
• Only expense is the hall space.
• 2 Months to plan and implement.
• Volunteers are taking the lead
• Onsite fundraising with Harry Potter Theme
will be worked in throughout each session.
• ACS Mission will be woven in as well. Selling
of wands and each wand represents a ride to
treatment or reduced or free lodging.
FARM TO TABLE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI
• $75 per person, capped at 65
people
• Held at a local farm, venue
was free and chef donated
time
• Silent Auction all locally made
products
• Brought a new audience and
people who had left Relay
many years ago.
TASTE OF DICKINSON
• 8 local restaurants, food for 300
• Held at a country club for the feel
of an “evening out”
• ACS Mission table
• Engaging Emcee
• Tickets- 1 for $15 or 2 for $25
• Over 300 people
• Sent everyone with save the date
Magnets
• Signed up 4 new teams and set the
event up for success
DARE BOARD
CHERYL SMITH
• Using a dry erase board, have
influential people in the
community agree to have a
“bounty” put on their head
• Ex – get a bank manager to
agree to a pie in the face at
Relay if his “dare fund” raised
$250
• Dares performed at Relay
• Dares included pie in the face,
waxing head/legs, wearing a
tutu to Relay, egg roulette,
etc.
LAKE BASH
BATON ROUGE, LA
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5th year event
Raise $15,000 first year and $54,000
this past year.
Bands lined up to play all day.
Fundraiser
• T-shirt sales
• Food sales (hamburgers)
• Spirit competition with the
larger boats.
Completely volunteer owned
ELF RIDE
CANDACE DEAN – JACKSON, TN
• Parade-style event
• $25 per elf or $15 each for a
village of elves (plus add ons)
• Hot chocolate, cookies, pics
with Santa, silent auction,
Christmas carols
SUITCASE
FUNDRAISE
MOLLY EMBRY – BOWLING GREEN,
KY
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Connect to a survivor within a
church, school, manufacturing plant,
bank, Hope Lodge, etc.
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Ask for a $5 donation to
sign suitcase.
200 signatures = $1000
10 suitcases=$10,000
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Give suitcase to survivor
during presentation or
RFL event.
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Offer to existing teams or
get new teams involved
MUM SALES
KYNA SWANSON
• Partnered with a local grower
to fundraise
• 3500 mums sold – profited
$36,000
• Promoted through Facebook
and flyers in the community
• Most flowers were presold
• Communities had to set up
delivery locations and make
sure there were pick up times
offered for a few hours
INDY DONUT
FESTIVAL
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
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Brand New Event- Nov. 5th
Donut and Coffee Taste Testing
Tickets
• $10 (ages 5-12)
• $65- 4 pack of General Admission
• $20- 1 General Admission
• $25- VIP Package includes t-shirt
Local Bakeries and Coffee Shops
Letter to vendors for the ask and offering
the benefits. Personal follow-up.
Sponsors, t-shirts sales, donations and
ticket sales
$10,000+ dollars
Sold out venue 270 looking to adding a
second session/half to the donut festival
Volunteers from volunteer match.
RFL PLOW PULL
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
• Winter will not win!
• Teams of 6 people will compete
against each other to pull a
58,000 pound slow plow across
the finish line the fastest, 25 feet
away
• Teams register (and choose a
name), and commit to raising a
minimum of $500 by the event
date (October 22nd)
• Prizes are awarded for:
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Fastest all-male team
Fastest all-female team
Fastest mixed team
Best team spirit
Honorary mention for slowest team
BREWS CLUES
BOISE, IDAHO – GREAT WEST DIV.
• Scavenger hunt/bar crawl
• Participating businesses
have fundraising
component and mission
activity
• Teams complete tasks
and find clues to hop to
the next bar
• $25 to participate
• Bars offer prizes and givebacks
SMASH WEEK
RACHEL KEFFER – OKLAHOMA CITY
• A week long, student led philanthropy
week to raise money for ACS
• Every day there is a different
fundraising event – Ex. Guest
speakers, scavenger hunts, softball
tournaments, human bowling, color
war, relay races and more!
• Over $6,000 raised
• Lanyard pass costs $20 and allows
them to miss certain classes,
participate in activities, and have
access to food
• T-shirt sales
CREDIT UNION
ENGAGEMENT
• Engage your local credit union with
RFL!
• Campaign ran for 3 months, and 1% of
all new loans went back to ACS
• In addition, borrowers received a 2%
discount on the loan
• In East Texas, 7 branches came
together to raise $170k during the 3
month promotion alone. The team
raised $350k!
• A new branch in Houston tried it for the
first time this year, and raised $7,500!
• It’s a win-win that brings in new
customers to the business, and raises
life saving funds!