University of Central Florida
Relay for Life at the University of Central Florida
Captain's Corner

Fundraising Ideas

Team Fundraising Ideas

  1. Silent Auction: Collect donated items from your employer and businesses in the community and hold a silent auction. Get creative. Someone can donate hosting a gourmet dinner for four or housecleaning for a month.
  2. Garage Sale: Designate one weekend in your community as Relay For Life garage sale weekend. Encourage all teams to participate and donate their earnings.
  3. Monday Morning Pick Me Up: Offer a specialty coffee along with all the extras (real Cream!) and ask for donations from co-workers.
  4. Valet Parking: Have valet parking at church on Sunday morning and charge $5 to park cars.
  5. Jean Passes: Teachers usually can’t wear jeans to school. Check with the principal to charge teachers $5 to wear jeans on Friday.
  6. Bridge Tournament: Charge your regular bridge club to enter your tournament. Get prizes donated and have team members make the lunch and snacks.
  7. Baby Picture Contest: Collect all the baby pictures from your team members, make a board to put up at work and sell chances at guessing who the babies are. Most correct answers win.
  8. Wine & Cheese Party: Host a wine and cheese tasting party, charge your guests, sell luminaria and hold a chance drawing for a case of donated wine or a basket of wine and cheese.

Student Fundraising Ideas

  1. Hat Day – Students pay $1 to wear a hat to school. One school raised almost $1,000!!

  2. Carnations for Mother’s Day – Ask a local florist to donate carnations for students to sell in the schools for Mother’s Day.
  3. Used Book Sale – students bring in their used books for a huge book fair.
  4. Penny Drive – On the 100th day of the school year, have a penny drive. Have a competition between classrooms.
  5. Add a dollar to sporting events – with the schools approval, charge an extra dollar for sporting events or offer attendees the opportunity to donate a dollar to your team with the purchase of their ticket.
  6. Car Window Wash – Wash the car windows for $1 as the cars come through the bank drive through. One team raised over $100 in one day!
  7. Babysitting – tell your regular families you baby-sit for that half of your fee will go towards your Relay For Life team. Many families will probably increase their rates!

  8. School Dance – Have a local DJ donate their time and sound system for a school dance. All the proceeds will go to your Relay For Life team. Refreshments could also be donated and sold for fundraising.
  9. School Competitions – Have a volleyball or basketball game between rival schools. Proceeds from ticket sales would go to your team.
  10. School Carnival – Host a Relay For Life carnival with lots of indoor activities to raise money.