These ideas can be adapted to your club by using Zoom, Google Hangouts, Houseparty, Facebook or any other platform that works for you.

A Baker's Dozen of Virtual Ideas

Picture a wall of envelopes numbered sequentially from 1 to 144. The goal of the fundraising drive is to fill each envelope with a currency value corresponding to the number on the envelope:
$1 goes in the envelope marked "1", $50 goes into the envelope marked "50" and so on, all the way up to 144.

144 Envelopes

Use the talents and services offered by club members to your fundraising benefit. Gather willing members to provide services or talents (chef for a day, business consulting, artistic pursuits, etc.), and auction these services.

Auction of Talents

Hold a Bingo Night for your club! It is a low-key evening, fun for a range of ages, and is easy to organize.

Bingo Night

As the center piece of a ball or special event, a diamond and champagne evening is an elegant way to raise funds. The concept is simple:
There is one REAL diamond lying at the bottom of a champagne flute. But to make it more challenging, there are imposter crystals of the same size in other glasses. One lucky winner goes home with the real diamond!

Champagne Diamond

Bring back the 70s (or 80s) with a chocolate fondue party! Invite members to dig out that fondue pot, and don their best 70s attire. Enjoy a delicious and hilarious evening!

Chocolate Fondue Party

A great way to showcase your club to potential members, sponsors or people who don't speak English.

In-Home Cocktails

Multi-event activities to raise awareness about the environment and make positive change.

eARTh Exhibition

Invite club members to join you for a 'tasting' evening of wine and dessert pairings. Attendees will have the opportunity to try multiple pairings!

Drinks & Desserts

Organize a sustainable fashion bash! Invite members to donate nearly new or new clothes (shopping mistakes). Attendees can purchase great pieces at a fraction of the retail price!

Fashion Bash

Organize a themed fundraising lunch, where the menu, entertainment, and decorations are a part of a central theme. Maybe a country cuisine, holiday lunch, or another theme entirely!

Fundraising Lunch

Arrange a date, invite club members with their old jewelry, engage a gold buying agent, and add a little food and wine you have a gold party. The jeweler will appraise the items and will make an offer. Make this a charity fundraiser and ask the attendees to split the profits - they keep half of their proceeds and donate the other half to your favorite charity!

Gold Medal

Set up a White Elephant party, with tips for maximizing sales and minimizing work for your volunteers!

White Elephant

Member club or local artists perform for charity and are able to sell their products to a keen audience.

Benefit Concert

A fun evening for mixed group of all ages. If you can count to 10, you can play Bunco! 

Bunco Dice Game

Save money and give your unwanted items another life while learning about and supporting the FAWCO Target Project.

Swap Not Shop

Perfect for those gifts that you receive, but aren't your taste or interest. Hold this fundraiser in January, to get rid of unwanted holiday gifts, and raise money for your favorite charity.

Oops Auction

Don't you have a handbag that you've never used? Maybe the color or the size was wrong, somehow it just didn't work. Now is the time for your bag to come out of the back of the closet and do some good in the world! Auction these handbags in a fun fundraiser for all!

Helping Handbags

The perfect fundraiser to accompany a luncheon or tea. A three-tiered "cake" is formed of various prizes. Each tier has "slices", each tier's slices cost a different amount. The lower tiers are cheaper, and the top tier is the most expensive.

Triple Tiered Treats

Get significant participation from your club by having members share their time and talent with others. It is a great way for new members to connect with veteran members, for members to connect with each other and also for old friends to try something new.

Share Your Gifts For Good

This is a win-win fundraiser for wine lovers and wine gift givers.

Instant Wine Cellar

This quick and fun game can be played at any sit-down occasion but is super for more formal events when members are dressed up and other “games” don’t seem appropriate.

Heads or Tails

This is a low-key, easy to prepare event that has a tremendous impact.

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