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Fundraising can take many forms it all depends on the size of the group and the people you want to sell to. Some suggestions that have worked very well groups I have been associated with.
1. Yard Sale at a members house with donated items especially if the member has a home in high traffic area. Pretty much 100% profit.
2. Pass the hat at every meeting those 1 dollar donations add up over time. This only really works if you have a regular group meeting.
3. Hold a special event for all the members in your State and send out a mass email invite. A spagetti dinner social with a silent auction (donated stuff) but make sure you make it totally a social event. No heavy speeches or political stuff so that people can bring their families and just enjoy being together. Something like a homecoming leave the heavy political stuff for the State Convention. Hold it at a hotel or rent a community building, church rec room if you are real lucky you have someone with a really big house. Create a meetup group and pay pal method so people can pay for a ticket online. Get people to sign up in advance and pay in advance so that you know how much to spend on food.
Example: If held at a free location like a person's house.
20 people pay $10 each you spend $5 on food and drink, that is $100.
5 donated silent auction items, with $10 min. bid that is another $50.
Even with this small number of people you have just raised $150 for your group in one evening. The more fun you make it for the people the next one will raise even more money.