101 Ways to Raise Money

Design a web site for a donation
Give up junk food and put the money in the bank
Sell CD’s and DVD’s you no longer listen to or watch
Get a part-time job at K-Mart, Target, or Burger King
Go to one less concert and bank the savings
Put an announcement in your church bulletin advertising jobs you can do
Offer to clean an elderly neighbor’s yard for a donation
Have a Kool-Aid or bake sale in your dorm
Start a massage service for your friends for a donation
Umpire or referee games in your community
Ask your professors for the change in their pockets each week for a month
Offer to clean the trash out of the rooms in your dorm for a donation
Deny yourself something and save the money
Sell Tupperware for a season
Shop for clothes at the Salvation Army and bank the savings
Avoid the dog track
Offer to read stories to kids at a local library for a donation
Work overtime
At the end of the day, collect loose change from parents, siblings, roommates
Stand in an airport and collect loose change
Ride a bike and save gas money
Walk and save gas money
Postpone dating until after college
Make a bet with someone that you know you’ll win
Charge a small fee to anyone borrowing your car, bike, cd player...
Go on “cheap” dates and save the extra money
Enter your pet in a “Stupid Pet Tricks” contest
Enter yourself in a “Stupid Human Tricks” contest
Sell your pet
Deny yourself something and save the money
Wear a sign that says, “I’m a poor college student going to a conference that will train me in how to take over the world” and keep a donation can nearby
Raise a cow or hog and sell it at the state fair
Watch for people painting their house and offer to help
Clean your RA’s room for a donation
Ask your roommates to stop drinking beer for a month and donate the cash to your fund
Offer to walk your professor’s dog each week for a small donation
Sing for weddings, parties, or special events
Invent something and sell it
Recycle newspapers, glass, and aluminum cans for cash
Offer to weed your professor’s garden
Walk the neighborhood around campus and offer to cut people’s grass for a donation
Deliver pizza
Check the campus part-time bulletin board for jobs
Shovel snow, rake leaves, sweep streets, etc, in the neighborhood around campus
Talk to your parents about an early birthday present
Ask your friends to give you money for your upcoming birthday, instead of going partying
Don’t get a haircut until after SICM and bank the savings
Buy lottery tickets (and contribute 45% of the winnings to your mission fund)
Find baby-sitting opportunities
Burn a CD and sell copies to your pals
Ask your church for a missions offering
Host a garage sale in your dorm and ask folks to donate their “junk”
Set aside money each week for your mission (i.e., $10 a week...be frugal)
Ask your professor for 2.5% of their salary as a donation
Go to the cheap theater and save the difference
Give up drinking pop/soda for six months and bank the savings
Buy generic products and bank the savings
Don’t wash clothes and save the laundry money (but do your laundry before going home...smile)
Look for loose change in pay phones
Start a paper route
Host a kissing booth in the student center...$2 a smooch
Deny yourself something and save the money
Skip spring break and save the money
Offer to cater a romantic evening for your friends for a donation
Sing the national anthem at a local sporting event for a fee
Offer to drive your friends around for a small fee
Become a lifeguard
Wash your neighbor’s car for cash
Sell candy door-to-door
Set up a lemonade stand in the student center lobby
Take a metal detector to the beach and look for loose change
Quit using shampoo, deodorant and perfume, stop shaving, and save the $
Have your grandma teach you how to sew or cook and sell your services
Sell anything you don’t use anymore
Sponsor a three-on-three basketball tournament
Ask your friends to skip a meal and give you the money (10 people @ $5 = $50)
Talk to your high school teachers about a donation
Offer to iron your friend’s clothes for a donation
Plan a fun run on campus and have students raise pledges for your mission fund
Work for a temporary agency
Host a learn to swing dance party and charge $7 a person
Buy a six-pack of pop/soda and sell the cans for $1.50
Give three of your friends $5.00. Ask them to invest it using their talents over the next three months to multiply the money
Sit in the cheap seats at a concert instead of the better ones and bank the savings
Deny yourself something and save the money
Sponsor a concert on campus and earmark 2% of the earnings to your fund
Sell mulch
Hold a carwash on campus after a bad storm
Don’t chew gum and save the money
Type term papers for money...what’s the going rate per page?
Ask your dad to give up his golf money one time for a donation
Write to famous people for a donation to your leadership development fund
Enter a contest to win a cash prize
Ask your mom for a percentage of her bingo winnings
Help a local school with their computer lab for a small donation
Sell your computer to a friend and use campus machines for a while
Sell your old textbooks
Offer to be a tutor on campus
Don’t buy any CD’s, DVD’s, or MP 3’s until after your assignment, and bank the savings
Don’t upgrade your computer until after your assignment
Your idea here...improve and build on the ideas above…or create new ones