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Raise money ideas?

I'm trying to help a friend out by raising money for her neice's funeral. Her neice was a 7month old baby who just, (i mean just recently like last night) passed away due to what the doctors say may have been SIDS. Does anybody have any ideas to help raise money, beens the parents of the baby are both 18 and barely getting by as it is?


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This is a straightforward cash collection fundraising at local merchants. Here's what you do. Save old coffee cans and cover them in bright color paper with your organization's name and logo prominently displayed. A catchy slogan never hurts. Visit all local merchants and ask if you can leave a can at their cash register. Don't forget to visit all participating local merchants once a week and collect all proceeds. Your organization gets 100% of the profit.



Specify on the can where fundraising donations will specifically go. Example: "to purchase school supplies for under privileged children". This helps those donating feel like they can associate their donation with an ongoing program, and if it happens to be one that warms their heart, they'll be more likely to give!

There are several commercial companies who sell fundraising donation containers in different materials and styles. They look "nicer" but reduce your profits. However, the printed labels can help 'legitimize' your drive. People tend to believe printed labels mean what they say.
Homemade Lollipops Fundraising
Make homemade suckers and sell them for your next fundraising event. With a relatively small investment in ingredients, combined with a little teamwork and fun in the kitchen you can make and sell hundreds of handmade lollipops. The cost of materials for making 300 lollipops (including sugar, corn syrup, molds, flavoring, food coloring, sticks, sucker bags and twist ties) will be about $40. Sell them for $.75 each and your profit will be $185.



Lollipop Recipe:

1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
1 cup water
2 teaspoons candy flavoring oil, any flavor
1/4 teaspoon liquid food coloring (any color)

lollipop molds - any shape
lollipop sticks
sucker bags
twist ties

Prepare molds by lightly spraying with non-stick cooking spray and inserting sucker sticks. In a large saucepan, mix together sugar, corn syrup and water. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring mixture to a boil without stirring. When syrup temperature reaches 260 degrees F., add color. Do not stir; boiling action will incorporate color into syrup. Remove from heat at 300 degrees F. or when drops of syrup from hard, brittle threads in cold water. After boiling action ceases, add flavoring oil and stir. Pour syrup into lightly oiled lollipop molds and allow to cool at room temperature (do not refrigerate) . Remove from molds and wrap in individual plastic sucker bags and tie with a twist tie. Depending on mold size, this recipe will make about 30 - 40 suckers.
also a ca wash is always good hope i helped