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Re: Fundraising Ideas.
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Originally Posted by trumpthero786 View Post
Car Washes!!! Storm Robotics just had a car wash in weather that was less than ideal. It was cloudy and looking like it was going to rain and we still managed to bring in around $1000. Not bad for six hours of soapy hands We also sold baked goods a drinks for a dollar each. Reach out to a local gas station that gets some good traffic with room for a cars to be washed and voila, you've got an awesome way to help pay for a robot and events!
If you do a car wash, make sure you can have a garden hose with good water pressure set up. Believe it or not, a mall had a complimentary car wash with valet parking several years ago. They couldn't get a hose for washing, so what did they do? They parked the cars first, then used one of those hand pumped bug sprayer things to RINSE the cars. Needless to say, it wasn't very effective, and a lot of cars probably left not much cleaner and with more scratches.

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Originally Posted by BaileyJoseph166 View Post
One of the favorite fundraisers that our team does is a haunted house every October. Our town has a local "Halloween Party" for the kiddos in Merrimack, and we are able to take over one of the buildings on the property. We design a new haunted house every year, coming up with a new theme (last year it was Frankenstein's castle, the year before was a creepy circus).

Its really fun to build all the cool elements to the haunted house, and then spook all the people that come to it. Even without access to a building like we do for the event, I don't see why it would be unreasonable to build something like what we do that would serve the same purpose.

A haunted house I think is just a great way to raise some money, as we usually have tons of interest and sell cider and hot chocolate as well. We have done a demo at the same time as well to show off your robot as well!
Great idea! Maybe also find a way to incorporate the robot into the haunted house...

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
The trick to car washes is pre-selling tickets. Even if they don't show up, you have raised fund.
Yes! Don't forget to charge extra if they want soap, a rinse, and/or if they want you to dry their car.

Raffles are good too if you can get enough items.
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