Fundraising Ideas
Silent Auction- People bring themed baskets or items to bid on. Example:
"Movie Night"- had micro popcorn, DVD, bottles of pop, box of Junior mints put
into a large popcorn bowl. "Favorite Things" had horse treats, salt block,
brush, mane/tail detangler, comb put into a feed bucket.
50/50- we bought two part tickets sold them for $2.00 each- 50% went to
the youth and 50% went to the winner holding the ticket- we would update the
group on how much the pot was up to and that would get them buying more for
better chances.
"CHAIR"ity live auction- at the Memorial Day show and raised close to
2,500.00. The person would decorate a chair- new or used- with whatever excited
them- I can send pictures of those if you need some. We had gift certificates
added, toys, stuffed animals, plants, hats, benches, doll chairs, bean bags, all
kinds of options. It was a lot of fun too.
Silent Auction – Items are donated by the members of MPHC and put up for
auction on Sunday during the show. It’s always funny at the end to see which
items are being fought for!! We had almost 30 items last year and made nearly
$1,000 from this event. We plan to have it again this year as it was a big money
maker!
Pattern Books – at our three day shows, the junior club prepares and sells
pattern books to exhibitors. The judges supply their patterns in advance and we
have a member’s parent who prepares and binds the book at no cost to the club.
We sell the books for an affordable price of $5.00 and have had big success with
this fund raiser.
Practice Trail Course – again at our POR, the junior club sets up the
trail course twice during the event so that exhibitors have an opportunity to
practice. We set it up on Friday night and Sunday night, offer up practice at
$10.00 per exhibitor for ½ hour riding time and limit the riders to as many
obstacles there are. ½ slots are filled up fast – only help needed is to set up
the course and to keep exhibitors on the scheduled slots. Another fund raiser
that is easy and profitable.
Breakfast Sale – During the Memorial three day show we set up a breakfast
sale. Breakfast items are sold and prepared by junior members. This year we sold
breakfast burritos – it was a big success and very easy to prepare with a crock
pot and shredded cheese. A little salsa on the side too!! Members brought baked
breakfast items and doughnuts to sell. Coffee, juice and hot chocolate were also
offered.
Flower sale- in the spring for hanging baskets and bedding plants. We
contact a local nursery, make up a price sheet and order form and take orders
for about a month. They are delivered and we deliver them to buyers..Easy!
Sell - Tee shirts and sweat shirts that we have made up at a local
printer. They are very popular especially at our April show which is usually
very chilly.
Super clinic- with several local trainers donating their time and we
charge $45 for the day and make a great profit.
Stallion auction- with stallions donated from APHA stallion owners. All
proceeds were profit.
Host- an APHA youth and amateur show which has been a great success.
Free will donation- bake sales at each show. Youth club members and Board
of Director’s prepare cookies, brownies, etc. and the youth sell them. Rather
than putting a price on each item, we just say it’s a free will donation. It
works very well. We usually make between $100 and $150 at each show for very
little work!
Raffle - that way people can buy tickets for as low as $1. Plus it is
easier right now to get stores and farriers & vets or whomever to give things
like gift certificates than it is for them to give cash donations in this
economy. We've also had good success in the past with a silent auction at an
event.
Laminated back numbers: by a non-heated machine and laminate numbers for a
show
