Raccolta fondi è a the core sulle UMDF's capacità to award ricerche grants al mondo's top mitocondriali specialisti.  The a seguito lista è meant to assist you in your own sforzo to raise money per the vita-saving ricerche che generates SPERANZA. ENERGIA. VITA.

1)   AUCTIONS – Collect sports memorabilia, spa packages, gift baskets e altre items to hold a silent o Chinese auction. Or post them on eBay.

2)   BABYSIT – Collect donations from genitori to babysit loro toddlers durante a church servizio.

3)   BAKE SALE – Hold a bake sale a your home, office o ogni place con heavy foot traffic.

4)   BINGO NIGHT – Find a local banquet room e charge a canone per a chance to giocano bingo per prizes. Sell candy e refreshments to boost your funds.

5)   BIRTHDAY PARTY/HOUSE PARTY – Simply host a party a your home con cibo, drinks e games e ask guests a fare a donation o charge a canone.

6)   BOWL-A-THON – Reserve a few lanes a your local alley e ask I partecipanti raccogliere pledges.

7)   BREAKFAST WITH SANTA CLAUS – Reserve a local community centri e serve a pancake breakfast quando kids can hanno loro picture taken con Santa Claus.

8)   BREW AT THE ZOO – Rent your local zoo on a weekend evening e arrange per una varietà of breweries to pour 3 oz. campioni to ticket buyers.

9)   CALENDAR – Assemble a calendar con photos e facts riguardo le malattie mitocondriali to sell in your community.

10) CANDY SALE – Sell candy bars a your scuola, your office o door-to-door e donate the proceeds.

11) CARE PACKAGES – Put insieme care packages of candy, cibo e altre items. Sell them to genitori who wish to send them to loro kids a college.

12) CARNIVAL – Hold a carnival in your backyard o a a local park che caratteristica a ring toss, face painting, musical chairs, an obstacle course e altre exciting carnival games.

13) CAR WASH – Charge a flat rate per ogni car e ask drivers a fare an ulteriori donation.

14) CASUAL DAY – Ask you place of business seguire employees to dress casually per a al giorno in scambio per a donation to la UMDF.

15) CHILI COOK-OFF – Organize a chili cook-off in your community o place of business. Award prizes per “hottest chili,” “meglio chili,” o “most insolita.”

16) CHURCH/GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT  Make an announcement a your church o gruppo Convegno. Tell your personal story e menziona la UMDF would apprezzo donations made per vita-saving ricerche.

17) CRAFT FAIR – Set up shop a a local craft fair o flea market e sell your crafts o artwork. An eccellente way to raise funds e consapevolezza!

18) COINS FOR A CURE^SM – Place coin collezione containers in your scuola, church o local business per a designated periodo di tempo. Award le persone o organization che collects the most money.

19) CONCERT – Reserve a local amphitheater o stage venue e ask musicians to put on a beneficio concert.

20) COOKBOOK – Collect ricette from your friends e famiglia, poi organize them entro a cookbook to sell a your scuola, church o place of business.

21) DANCE MARATHON – Ask your scuola to hold a dance e encourage students raccogliere pledges.

22) DINNER OR GALA – Host a dinner in your home o a a pubblico facility. You can serve qualcosa from spaghetti to steak. Consider holding an auction o raffle come ben.

23) DOG WALK – Collect pledges per distances walked con your pet o host a walk a a park con a flat entry canone.

24) EASTER EGG HUNT – Hide eggs a a local park o in your backyard e collect donations from famiglie wishing to partecipano.

25) GARAGE SALE – Clean out your attic o basement e donate your proceeds. Ask your neighbors to donate loro unwanted items come ben.

26) GIFT RECYCLING – Host a post-holiday party in your home nei quali invited guests bring a gift they cannot use in aggiunta to a donation. All the recycled gifts sono poi bid on in a silent auction format.

27) GOLF OUTING – Reserve a local golf course per the al giorno e invite persone e quattrosomes to compete in a golf tournament. Secure sponsorships per ogni hole e award prizes.

28) GOOD GRADES – Ask your genitori e neighbors a fare a donation per ogni “A” you earn on your rapporto card.

29) GUEST BARTENDING NIGHT – Reserve a happy hour e ask local celebrities essere the bartenders per the evening. Tips collects può essere donated to la UMDF.

30) HOME AND GARDEN PARTY – Partner con Tupperware, Tastefully Semplici, Pampered Chef, o un'altra similare compagnie. Invite friends entro your home per product/servizio displays e donate your profits to la UMDF.

31) ICE CREAM SOCIAL – Ask a local grocery to donate the ghiaccio cream e hold your social a scuola o work. You can charge by the bowl.

32) KARAOKE NIGHT – Rent a karaoke macchina e reserve a cafeteria. Serve cibo e drinks e ask the audience to donate in honor of loro favorite singers.

33) LEMONDADE STAND – Set up an old-fashioned lemonade stand e donate your proceeds to la UMDF.

34) LETTER WRITING – Simply write a letter o send an email to everyone in your address book about your personal journey con malattie mitocondriali e ask them to donate.

35) LIGHT BULB CAMPAIGN – The UMDF will fornire you con luce bulb paper cutouts che può essere sold per a dollar a a local restaurant e placed on a designated wall o window to raise consapevolezza.

36) MOVIE NIGHT – Host a movie night a a pubblico facility con a grande projection screen. Charge movie-goers per admissione, popcorn e refreshments.

37) PERCENTAGE OF SALES – Ask a local restaurant o retailer to donate a porzione of loro sales over a designated time periodo to la UMDF.

38) RAFFLES – Hold a 50/50 drawing nei quali metà sulle money goes to the winner e the altre metà to la UMDF. Questo è the perfect accompaniment to ogni event.

39) RUN A MARATHON – Enter a local marathon e collect generale donations o pledges per ogni mile you run.

40) SACRIFICE – Give up coffee o candy o fast cibo per a week e donate the savings to la UMDF.

41) SCAVENGER HUNT – Organize a scavenger hunt e charge an entrance canone per teams. Be sure to award the winning team e consider making the event a pizza party come ben.

42) SPORTS DAY – Pick your favorite sport e organize an all-al giorno tournament con an entry canone. Award the winning team o individual.

43) STUFFED ANIMAL SAFARI – Have compagnie donate stuffed animali e arrange them in your home o a park to create a mini safari. Send bambini on a photo safari e allow them to buy loro favorite animal a the end sulle event.

44) TEA FOR MITO^SM – Mail an invitation e tea bag to your friends e famiglia. Ask them a fare a donation to your “virtual” tea party e drink the tea nella comfort of loro own home a a specifici time.

45) VIDEO GAME CONTEST – Pick your favorite video game e charge a canone to entrants.  Questo works ben come a board game contest come ben.

46) WALK – Reserve a location e register persone per an consapevolezza walk. Encourage teams e persone to solicit donations/sponsorships per loro partecipazione.

47) WEDDING DONATIONS – In lieu of gifts, ask your guests a fare a donation to la UMDF. Or make a donation in loro honor come opposed to sending them home con a party favor.

48) WINE TASTING – Partner con a winery o merchant to selezionati the molto meglio wines e reserve a reception hall o scenic outdoor venue.

49) YARD WORK – Ask neighbors se you can mow loro lawn, rake leaves o pull weeds in scambio per a donation.

50) BUILD-YOUR-OWN FUNDRAISER – The ideas sopra sono a mere campione of what a piccolo imagination can do. Put your own touch on uno di queste ideas o create an interamente nuovi fundraiser all on your own. The importante thing è che you put the FUN in FUNdraising.

No event è troppo big o troppo piccole e ogni contribution brings SPERANZA. ENERGIA. VITA. to a famiglia in need. Contatti la UMDF Special Events Department to partenza your own fundraiser today!