Did you know driving safely and sensibly can help the environment? You can put a twist on the old car wash fundraiser that educates and informs people about the benefits of being responsible vehicle owners and drivers!

A car wash is a tried and true method of raising money. You can spice up a regular car wash with a few extras, however, and let people know how they can drive green! All it takes is talking a local rental shop into donating the use of an air compressor, and the auto store into donating a box of tire air pressure gauges.

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A time honored sports fundraiser is selling stuff at sporting events. Snacks, drinks, trinkets and water bottles are frequent choices. For the younger set, however, there is a huge need for first aid supplies!

Kids are getting into sports at preschool ages now, and accidents happen. Scrapes, bruises, cuts and jammed fingers or toes are common. Often there isn’t ready access to supplies to take care of the kids!

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Looking for a fundraiser that is environmentally friendly?  Have a senior facility or day care center in your community? Why not brighten the lives of old and young? Bring some green to their lives and some green into your coffers at the same time! This fundraiser is great for small towns with local owned businesses and a strong sense of community, especially if your charity or cause is somehow connected with the center you plan to beautify.

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A great way to fundraise that has little or no environmental impact is to hold a Recycle Sale!  Donations of used items can be taken early in the year, and if the first sale is a success you can make it a monthly sale to provide ongoing income for your group or cause.

People are usually only to happy to donate old household items. With a little elbow grease and some one with fixit skills, old furniture can be repaired, refinished or repainted for sale. Clothing can be washed, sorted and sold as well.
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Looking for an environmentally friendly fundraiser? Want something fun that benefits the whole community? How about a project that helps our four-legged friends into the bargain?

It’s easy to say ‘spay and neuter’ - but some people can’t afford it. Even basic shots can be too expensive at times!  A great fundraising idea impacts the environment by cutting down on the dog and cat population explosion. This fundraiser does require a bit of lobbying to enlist the help of local animal shelters, pet stores/groomers and vets, so get an early start and put together a proposal they can’t refuse.
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It’s that time of year! Fundraisers that focus on the holidays are popular, but finding ones that focus on green can be hard. There is one thing about Christmas that is always green, however, and that’s the tree! Discarded Christmas trees have a big impact on landfills in the first few weeks of the new year. There’s an easy green fundraising solution, however, that can work two ways to raise funds for your organization. 

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Here’s a great fundraiser that is completely green - in more ways than one! Kids, teachers and parents alike can get together to make this fundraising idea raise buckets of cool green cash - without impacting the environment at all. It’s a win, win, win, win situation.

Ever want to motivate your kids to do something - not just for personal gain but for a cause? All this fundraiser takes is a few pledge sheets and envelopes to collect the cash!

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Books are one of the best recyclable resources around. They have value no matter what their age, and hold appeal for adults and children alike. The concept is simple - get people to donate books, then have a sale. The best way is to canvass for books, and then sell coupons for the book sale when you pick up the donated items. 

The ideal book fundraiser will work like this: 

First, arrange for a place to hold a sale, preferably 2-4 weeks in the future. Second, start your canvass - you can target schools, churches and neighborhoods to promote your fundraiser and let people know about the sale. 

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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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A great way to raise money for your cause and show your support for green living is to host a garage sale to encourage people to recycle belongings rather than discard them.

First you need to round up donations for your sale. Almost everyone has a few things in their house they have no further use for, that still has some life in it for another lucky owner. Usually people will be happy to give these types of items away - particularly if you are willing to pick them up!

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