Hundreds of thousands of companies go through millions of printer and toner cartridges per year. Of these, a huge percentage end up in landfills, despite the fact that there are companies that will pay CASH for them!

If you are looking for a ‘green’ fundraising project with long term possibilities, consider hitting all of your local businesses to see if they have toner or printer cartridges you can collect and turn into money.

There are several companies that buy old print cartridges–some have been around for more than two decades now. Most will even provide you with a kit to start your fundraising effort. There are many businesses that go through a lot of ink–hospitals, insurance companies, doctors’ offices–just to name a few!

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Nature in Bloom’s flower bulb fundraisers offer a wonderful way to help Mother Nature stay happy by replanting gardens or starting new ones. Most people would agree you can’t get much greener than that - and will, when you present them with this great fundraising idea.

Planting or replanting a garden on a yearly basis helps the biological cycle of things, balancing the effect humans have on the earth. Nature in Bloom bulbs are a great fundraiser item you can use to encourage your entire community to give a little back to Mother Earth.

The profit threshold runs anywhere from 40 to 45%, which lower than some other projects but offset by the fact that there is no minimum order, shipping is free and most of the items are priced at an extremely reasonable $6 to $23. The brochures are attractive and uplifting, and with a little sharp salesmanship whole neighborhoods can often be convinced to ‘green things up’ a bit.

A great way to boost sales is to offer the services of your fundraising team to plant the bulbs upon delivery - this will ensure that they are utilized after purchase and encourage higher sales in the years to come as well!

dollars and up to a little over ten dollars per bulb.

This fundraiser will go over well in the very early spring when last frost is past. A bonus for many groups is the relative ease with which the bulbs sell and the fact that high volume orders can result in bonus bulbs being included for free. This extra product can be sold to maximize profits or used to enhance the beauty of the church, school or organization headquarters!

Don’t forget to educate younger fundraising members on the ecological benefits of gardens; they will impress would be customers with their knowledge and the bulbs should sell with ease.

Replacing ordinary products with ones made from renewable resources is a large part of what being green is all about. Aromalight Candles are made up of soybean oil which comes from (you guessed it) soybeans. And soybeans are (right again) a renewable resource!

Fundraisers that sell things people actually use are rapidly becoming more popular, as the knick knack and overpriced wrapping paper circuit is wearing thin. Products people actually use that are also eco-friendly are even more popular!

Aromalight Candles out-perform the standard paraffin or animal by-product candles most stores sell both in burning time and superlative scent, and are healthier to burn around your family. They are even better than beeswax, the other natural alternative, burning cleaner and lasting twice as long.

Using candles as a fundraising product always has a great response, and the triple scented soy candles from Aromalight have a reputation already for being the best candles around. Many fundraisers when starting their pitch will be cut short by a ready to order customer - just on the strength of the brand.

Most of the candles sell for $10 to $15 each - and around the holidays you can offer the pricier multi-candle packages that are highly in demand for gift giving. Each sale nets your organization 50% of the sale price. Since you don’t have to pay up front for the product, you can concentrate on selling as many as possible in any combination without a quota hanging over your head.

Even a group of just 30 people selling ten candles apiece will meet the free shipping minimum of 300 items, and with a profit margin of $5 to $7.50 it is possible to raise $1500 to $2250 per campaign. Larger groups can make even bigger profits! Three quarters of the country’s population buys candles on a regular basis, so let them know they can indulge their candle passion and go green at the same time!