Hello everyone, Thank you everyone who contacted me! Everyone has such fantastic ideas. Here is a summary: * Corporate sponsorships * Including various levels and swag for amounts donated * Races * Fun runs, 1 miles and 5ks for all ages * Local business sponsor the event * Big annual formal events * Galas * Dinners * Teas * * Chili Feeds * Board members of the Friends Groups make the chili and friends members serve it * Piggyback off of other area events/holidays * Seasonal photo ops where you just pay for the Santa/Mascot and attendees use their own phone as a camera * One such group highly recommends tagteaming this with a bake sale for extra effect * Sponsored bus trips to area attractions * Plays, events, historical areas * Group antiquing * Drawings for donated items * In-house flea market * Flower sales * Amazon book sales * Antiques Roadshow * $5 for an item appraisal from the local antique store Best, Kathy Kathy Kosinski Statewide Library Services Analyst Library of Michigan Michigan eLibrary team 517-241-2149 From: Kosinski, Kathy (MDE) Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 8:10 AM To: michlib-l@mcls.org Subject: Best fundraising ideas for boards, friends groups, and foundations? Hello! I'm working on a project for United for Libraries and would like to get a nice round-up of some of the great fundraising ideas that are happening in Michigan right now. If your library has done any really cool or unique fundraising, I would love to hear about it! Crowdsourcing, big events, ideas that spanned multiple age groups, your old standbys: I want to hear them all. Best, Kathy Kathy Kosinski Statewide Library Services Analyst Library of Michigan Michigan eLibrary team 517-241-2149