Fundraiser for a Lazy Youth Group

My mother is the youth leader at our church, and she is always asking me to find fundraising ideas for her. These days, simple bake sales just don't cut it, so I am always on the lookout for novel fundraisers that are easy to do, cost effective, and will bring in a profit.

A few weeks ago I was on Pinterest when I stumbled across a pin about M&M Minis fundraising. The concept is simple: hand out tubes of M&M Minis to members of your congregation with a little note attached asking that they return the tubes filled with whatever change they can fit in them. Each 1.08 oz tube can hold over $14 in quarters, so this can be a very profitable fundraiser if done properly.

Back when I was a young person, we did everything possible to raise money - car washes, door to door donation requests - everything. Our current youth group is, sadly, not that motivated when it comes to fundraising. We thought that this would be a good fundraiser for them as it involved absolutely no effort on their part.

So I went on Amazon and ordered a box of these:

Find Here: http://www.amazon.com/Ms-Chocolate-Minis-1-08-Ounce-Tubes/dp/B003N7T55I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379193638&sr=8-1&keywords=M%26M+minis

Then made some labels to tape around them:

Feel free to use this for your own fundraiser.

And we handed them out on the first Sunday of the month.

There are 24 tubes in each box. We've gotten 7 back since we handed them out, and have raised $60 so far.

So if you are looking for a good fundraiser to do with your youth group, consider this one.

*Update: Up to $104.60 this week. Definitely a great fundraiser to try.