Fundraising Resources Fundraising Idea Exchange

From the June 2009 Friends Support Group's Fundraising Idea Exchange:

Moveable Feast [Friends of the Heermance Memorial Library (Coxsackie) & Friends of the Hyde Park Free Library]

Bus Trips to NYC [Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District & Friends of the Heermance Memorial Library (Coxsackie)]

• Other bus trip destination ideas:
  • The Mount, Edith Wharton's Estate and Gardens in Lenox, MA
  • The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
  • The Clark, Williamstown, MA
  • White Flower Farm, Litchfield, CT
  • Olana, Hudson, NY & Cedar Grove, Catskill, NY

Plant Swap [Friends of the Heermance Memorial Library (Coxsackie)] "bring one, get one" or $1 a plant

Library Mini Golf

Book Sale

• Book Sale & Attic Art Sale [Friends of Starr Library (Rhinebeck)]: "Attic Art" = frames, mirrors, sculptures, paintings donated to the library
• Preview Party the night before general admission to your book sale

Artist "Spin-off" [Hudson Area Association Library] Using a photo of the library artists in the community each did their own rendering of the photo in their medium for an art auction.

Dance Event - live music, dance lessons

• Jazz Night
• Swing

Holiday Boutique [Friends of the Starr Library (Rhinebeck)] Gift Quality Books and donated items that would make a great gift

Wreath Auction [Friends of the Heermance Memorial Library (Coxsackie)]

Garden Party

Chili Cook-off

Victorian Tea [Friends of the Pine Plains Free Library]

Scrabble Tournament ($7 entry fee)

Rabbit Hash Mayoral Election [CBS News] $1 a vote!

Piggybanks - small plastic piggybanks that can be picked up by patrons, filled with spare change and returned to the library

The "Non-Event" [Extreme Fundraising Ezine]

MORE IDEAS: Fundraising Ideas A-Z [Orbis.org]

Need details on any of the above? Contact MHLS Coordinator of Member Information, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich: rsmith@midhudson.org

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