Simple + Unique Ideas for Your Fundraiser

1. Pick three activities, challenges, or service projects from the lists below, depending on whether you’re fundraising as a school, a town, or even a whole stadium.
2. Then, your supporters vote on their favorite option by buying votes, raising money from their seats with a simple tap!
3. The option that receives the most votes wins, and your group follows through with the winning service project, challenge, or activity.

School Voting Options 

• Upcoming concert song – The audience votes on a song to be performed at the next concert. 
• Post choral/band performance singalong – Fans vote on a well-known singalong to participate in after the show. 
• Encore song – The crowd votes on an encore song, choosing from songs performed earlier in the year. 
  
• Post musical performance singalong – Fans vote on a well-known singalong to participate in after the show. 
  
• Upcoming musical or play – The audience votes on what musical or play will be performed next.
• Graduation song – Senior students and parents vote on the graduating class’ official graduation song. 

Community Voting Options

• Professional music organizations – Audience members vote on a song or piece to be performed by an orchestra, symphony, or formal music group.  
• Professional artist performance  – The audience votes on which songs or sets a solo artist, band, or touring act performs at the show. 
• Local community performance – Community members vote on songs or pieces to be performed at neighborhood concerts and local theater productions. 

• Community lemonade stand – Set up a complimentary lemonade stand for your community. Tips are welcome!
• Public meet & greet – Organize a fun, social event where people can interact with the team or group.
• Visit an assisted living facility – Spend time playing games and talking with residents.
• Visit a children’s hospital – Bring joy to kids with a visit and fun activities.
• Park or playground cleanup – Beautify a local park with a community cleanup.
• Team instructional Event – Host a skills workshop for younger students.
• Used sports equipment drive – Collect and donate gently used sports gear.
• Volunteer at a food bank – Help organize and distribute meals to those in need.
• Volunteer at an animal shelter – Walk dogs, play with cats, and help with cleaning.
• DIY dog toy workshop – Make and donate homemade toys for shelter animals.
• Thank-You goody bags – Put together small appreciation gifts for military or hospital workers.
• Book reading at a library – Have team members take turns reading books to kids at a local library.
• Yard work for seniors – Rake leaves, shovel snow, or plant flowers for elderly neighbors.
• Free car window wash at a gas station – Surprise drivers by cleaning their windshields while they pump gas.

Individual Voting Options:

• Random acts of kindness – Perform small acts of kindness for classmates and teachers.
• Help neighbors in need – Assist an elderly neighbor or help with community chores.
• Care packages – Assemble and deliver care packages for those in need.
• Walk dogs – Help out a neighbor by taking their dog for a walk.
• Plant flowers – Plant and care for a few flowers for the neighborhood or school.
• Bake goodies – Deliver yummy treats to post office workers, garbage truck drivers, mailmen, dentists, or neighbors. 
• Litter cleanup – Pick up trash around your neighborhood, park, or school.
• Homemade bird feeder – Create a simple bird feeder and hang it for a neighbor, nursing home, or hospital.

• Dance off – Compete in a fun group dance battle.
• Group karaoke – Perform hilarious songs in costumes and props.
• Quick reenactment – Act out a famous movie scene or sports moment.
• Blind taste test – Guess foods while blindfolded.
• Obstacle course – Set up a fun (and challenging) obstacle course to complete.
• Slip & slide – Race on a slip & slide covered in water, food, or other safe substances.
• Polar plunge – Take a freezing dip!
• Get dumped on – Cover participants in funny (but safe) substances like whipped cream, ketchup, or confetti.
• Random acts of kindness – Capture a moment of great generosity in action.
• Bad hairdos/bad outfits – Show off ridiculous styles.
• TikTok dance – Perform and record a viral dance trend.
• Public prank – Do a safe, harmless joke in public, like fake interviews or funny challenges.
• Backward challenge – Film a scene doing everything in reverse, then play it forward for a hilarious twist.
• Slo-Mo reactions – Capture team members’ reactions to silly actions, like getting pied in the face, in slow motion.
• Extreme makeover mystery – Team members give each other outrageous makeovers while blindfolded!
• Try not to laugh challenge – Take turns telling terrible dad jokes and see who keeps a straight face the longest.

• Spirit week theme – Students vote on the next spirit week costume theme.
• Cafeteria menu – Students vote on a new item to add to the cafeteria menu.
• Homecoming or prom theme – Students vote on a theme for homecoming or prom.
• College dorm events – Students vote on a dorm event, competition, or floor decor.
• Field trips – Students vote on the end-of-year field trip destination.
• New building names – Students vote on the name of a new campus building.
• Playground equipment – Students vote on a piece of playground equipment to add.
• Mural/school art – Students vote on a new school mural theme or art installation.
• Principal “payback” – Students vote on a fun way to “get back” at their principal.

Friends/Family

• Bar Mitzvah/ Baht Mitzvah – Guests pick the night’s official song or a fun activity.
• Birthday party – Guests pick a party theme, cake flavor, or location.
• Family reunion – Family members vote on a shirt design, party theme, or a form of entertainment.
• Dinner party – Family members and friends vote on a dinner theme, like an 80s night or pajama party).

• Couple’s first dance song – Guests vote on which song the couple dances to for the first time.
• Groomsman vs. bridesmaid challenge – Guests vote on a funny challenge between groomsmen and bridesmaids.
• Honeymoon adventures – Guests choose what adventure the couple experiences on their honeymoon.
• Kick-off party song – Guests vote for the first song of the dance party.
• Bridal party song or rap – Guests choose a song or rap for a battle between the bridal parties.
• Couple karaoke – Guests choose the couple’s karaoke song.
• DJ’s next genre switch – Guests vote on the DJ’s next style of music (classic rock, pop, 90’s throwback).
• Charity support – Guests choose a charitable cause the couple will donate to on behalf of the guests.

Collegiate/Professional Voting Options

• Mascot vs. mascot competition – The crowd votes on a specific challenge for mascots to compete against each other.
• Fan dance-off – The crowd picks which song fans and the mascot dance to.
• Mascot slip & slide – Fans vote on what type of mess mascots face on the messy slip & slide race.
• Mascot vs. fan race – Fans vote on a funny theme for a race between selected fans and mascots.
• Obstacle course – Fans vote on a funny theme/objective for an obstacle course.

Pre-Recorded Voting Options

• Mascot activities and pranks
• Prank between players, coaches, and/or mascots 
• Challenge between players, coaches, and/or mascots 
• Mascot delivers pizza – Show a pre-recorded video of a mascot delivering pizza to a local business or student.
• Mascot’s community impact – Show a pre-recorded video of a mascot doing a good deed.

• Team run-up song – The crowd votes on which song each team enters the stadium.
• Team warm-up song – The crowd votes on the song the team warms up to.
• Halftime song – The crowd chooses their own halftime song.
• Crowd dance-along song – The crowd picks a song to get up and dance to!
• Team fight songs – The crowd battles against the opposing cheering section to play their team’s fight song.

• Team pranks – The team and/or coach play safe, funny pranks on each other.
• Team TikTok dance – The team performs a group TikTok dance.
• Coach karaoke – The coach performs karaoke.
• Blind taste test – The team guesses foods while blindfolded.
• Mascot does team’s workout – The team takes the mascot through their workout.
• Team lip sync – The team performs a lip sync to a popular song.
• Try not to laugh challenge – The team tries to keep a straight face while telling dad jokes.