Auctions Desserts Dinner raffle Silent auction PledgesBowl-a-thon (pledge per pin) Walk-a-thon (pledge per mile) Bike-a-thon (pledge per mile) Rock-a-thon (using rocking chairs) Trash-a-thon (pledge per bag) Corporate car wash (donations from businesses) Dime-a-dance DinnersAfter-church brunch All Saints Day flower sales/dinner Café night Dinner in concordance with church meetings Pancake breakfast Dinner theater: Friday, Saturday, Sunday matinees (free will offering) Potato or salad bars Spaghetti feed Basket lunch: church attenders who sponsor students are thanked with a creative lunch basket. Sweetheart banquet Dinners at people's homes, with entertainment provided DonationsFree will offering Loose change offering Slushie machine Sponsor-a-Student Pop machine: invest in students and become a stockholder. Community HelpsBooth at a fair Free car wash: students get pledges for how many cars they can wash in so many hours. Phone book deliveries Partnership Days: match up a student with people to serve and to work for donations. Car detailing Deliveries for florist EventsDrive-in movie Benefit concerts/music/speakers Golf tournament Talent show RecyclingBottle drive Aluminum can drive Paper drive SalesBake sale Christmas decorations Christmas trees Cinnamon rolls/donuts Crafts Concessions at a local school Community yard sale Fruit Coupon books Candy Flowers and plants T-shirts "First and a Foot to Go": people order subs during the Super Bowl and the youth make in-game home deliveries. Miscellaneous"Adopt-a-Grandchild" to pray for and financially support (for adult sponsors) Flamingo insurance: Sell flamingo insurance to church members in various amounts, which guarantees that their homes will not be the flocking ground of pink flamingo lawn ornaments. Place as many lawn ornaments as you can on uninsured lawns, and charge a service fee for their removal. To add even more fun, one member can hire a flamingo hit on another member by paying more than what that person bought their insurance for. Provide the opportunity for the insured to increase their insurance amount. Students write an adult sponsor a letter before and during the ministry event with prayer requests, then have dinner with the sponsor when they come home. Monthly payments: have families contribute each month to a fund —Tim Schmoyer; adapted from www.studentministry.org. Used by permission. 
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