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Fund-raiser ideas for short-term mission trip teams and individuals

Fund-raiser ideas for short-term mission trip teams and individuals


hculbert@snu.edu

Short-term missions resources

Mission trip fund-raising
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President Gresham's dream for SNU graduates

The "Mormon model" of giving a year of your life to missions
 
Guiding thoughts

1. Begin by being an intercessor.
2. Devote yourself to the task. Give time to it.
3. Be confident (If God has called you; He has also called the resources).
4. See yourself as a vision setter, not a fund raiser. Be an educator.

Adapted from material by Rob Martin of First Fruits foundation
 
Fund raiser ideas based on material by Kevin Paszalek, Houston (TX) Southway Community Church
This is the short form. Click here to go to an expanded form

Building financial support through the mail

  1. On the average, $2500 can be raised through well-written letters sent to about 75 people who know you: family members and friends
  2. Some groups prepare a fund raising letter in an electronic format so participants can easily personalize it [ more info ] [ sample letters ]
  3. Spread the word widely; don't limit the letters to Christian friends and family.
  4. Send thank-you letters for every financial gift. Sometimes, "thank you" notes will even bring follow-up financial gifts

How local churches can help come up with the needed money

  1. Give official blessing or sanction
    • Provide letters of endorsement on church stationery
    • Let individuals share with the congregation in services
    • Allow pleas for donations during services
    • Host informational meetings about the trip
  2. Publicize the trip
    • Information in the congregation's monthly newsletter
    • Inserts in the weekly church bulletin
    • Call attention to those who get involved in local ministry when they return or decide to go long-term as a result of going short-term
  3. Provide direct financial support
    • Provide partial funding from the church budget [ one church's policy ]
    • Help in getting out a support raising letter [ see samples ]
    • Organizing prayer support
  4. Organize fund raising events within the church
    • Sell salvation bracelets [ more info ]
    • Auction off 6 hours of the trip participant's time [ more info ]
    • Hold dinner/auction of baked goods [ more info ]
    • Auction of baked goods with pie-in-the-face
    • Penny drives

Other ideas

  1. Car Wash: Sell car wash coupons [ more info ]
  2. Percentage of purchases people make through an online site
  3. Organize dinners or dinner theaters and sell tickets
  4. Chicken catching [ more info ]
  5. Hold giant garage/rummage sale
  6. Sell barbecue
  7. Organize and teach an Internet beginners' course[ more info ]
  8. Sell tubs of frozen cookie dough
  9. Find a restaurant that will donate part of the cost of a meal or provide meal
  10. Sell restaurant meal tickets
  11. Sell discount cards
  12. Car-hopping for tips
  13. Sell soap and other fair trade items made by African villagers or contact info@zambiansoap.com ]
  14. Set up a website at youcansend.me For $10 a month, you get a personalized fund-raising website to share with friends and family.
  15. Sell IV7 disinfectant. To get to fund-raising video, click on "Mission" at bottom of page and then click on panel that has a chess piece with a cross on it. Or contact Victoria Pate 870-447-2611 gillisv@windstream.net

The joy of giving

NextOne story of how giving to people going on mission trips brings joy [ read more ]

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