Third Party Fundraiser
Often, people spend their own time, money, and effort organizing a fundraiser to benefit our rescue. These fundraisers vary in type and size, but include supply drives, garage sales, lemonade stands, bar crawls, motorcycle runs, golf tournament and more. Lola's Rescue is fortunate for the great generosity and support of people and organizations.
If you are interested in organizing and hosting your own event to benefit Lola's Rescue, please review our policies & procedures, then check out our tips and downloads to help make your event a success.
- Choose your fundraiser. You can pick from our list or come up with one of your own.
- Read our policies and procedures regarding third-party fundraisers.
- We'd like to know about it! Please click here to fill out our short form with the details of your fundraising event.
Just a few fundraiser ideas
These are general fundraiser ideas focused around pets.
This will take a lot of work to plan but the returns are excellent, and the event is a lot of fun. The link gives you an idea on how to plan this type of event.
Talk about a fun raiser. Egg My House Fundraiser for Lola's Rescue. The link shows how another group that did this.
You could use a travel crate. Here it was done with a suitcase, but it's the same idea. Both the crate and the money raised are donated to Lola's Rescue.
Paper Airplane Contest
Paper Airplane Contest – for accuracy. Make and fly paper planes from the second story of a building to try to land them on the Lola's Rescue's logo or a big drawing of an object below. All planes must be constructed from standard 8 1/2 x 11 copy paper, with no added parts. $5 per plane entry fee, the proceeds go to Lola's Rescue. Winner gets a small prize.
Garden owners pay a fee for the removal of a decoration invasion that you sneak in during the night. These could be Plastic Flocking Flamingos or Garden Gnomes. Increase earnings by allowing people to buy insurance against having an invasion, and/or an extra fee to have the invasion go to a specific person's garden after leaving theirs! Proceeds go to Lola's Rescue.
Raising Bail
Raising Bail Fundraiser for Lola's Rescue. Have a volunteer, boss, principal, owner of a restaurant (or a few) jailed in public view, and set a bail amount for donors, supporters and passersby to raise for them to be released!
Wall Stuck
Charge a fee for lengths of duck tape that participants can use to stick a high profile volunteer (like the principal of your School), to the wall. This fundraiser is an absolute hit at schools! Proceeds go to Lola's Rescue.
Bake Sale
Hold a bake sale with the funds raised going to Lola's Rescue.
Adult Spelling Bee
Take it back to elementary school! Each participant should be sponsored and/or raise funds for Lola's Rescue with their entry fee.
Auctions
Ask for donations from local businesses and set up a live or silent auction. Auctions can be held at work, during a party or even a family reunion! Get creative – auction off the boss as your personal assistant for the day, auction off that close parking spot, auction off your centerpieces. Ask everyone to bring their favorite bottle of wine and auction them all off! Money raised can go to Lola's Rescue.
Change Jar
Each team member takes a jar with the Lola's Rescue logo on it and the first person to fill it up gets a prize. Start off with small jars and increase in size each round. Prizes get better each round.
Cook-Off
Who makes the tastiest chili in your office/school/church? Which team member bakes the best cupcakes? Both Entries and tasting judges are charged for each voting ballot. Whoever gets the most votes is crowned “Master Chef.”
Dating Night
Get bachelors and bachelorettes involved with this one. The contestants are unseen and must pick their date based on the individual’s responses to questions composed by audience members. Charge admittance to this event.
Dance Off
Which classmate or officemate has the best moves? Hold a dance off to find out! Each dancer pays an entry fee as well as judges. Each round has a surprise theme (disco, break dance, ballet, moonwalk, river dance, robot).
Face Painting
Set up a booth at a park or in conjunction with another event.
Fashion Show
Put a spin on the old fashion show! Have local college students design the clothes, hold a pet fashion show, a Halloween costume show or an accessories fashion show. Be creative, charge an admission fee.
Game Night
Host a party and have every team members bring their favorite game. $10 to get in the door! Or hold a card tournament with a $20 entry fee – half goes to the winner and half goes to Lola's Rescue. Don’t forget to set up a concessions stand for some extra fundraising.
Garage Sale
Team members band together by donating items for one huge garage sale. Advertise the sale wherever you can and make sure everyone knows where their donations are going!
Haunted House
Decorate a house, office, school, field, or forest and charge admission. Set up a couple games (bob for apples, witch hat ring toss).
Igloo Contest
Perfect for winter! Participants make snow igloos. The best one wins a prize. Igloos too difficult? How about a snowman competition? Charge an entry fee and get $1/vote.
Karaoke Night
Hold this event at a popular neighborhood spot and charge entrance OR rent a karaoke machine and hold a tournament at your house. Voting is done in dollars for dogs.
Office Olympics
Have a fun day at work. Hold events like typing competitions, swivel chair races, staple pull contests, stress ball toss, water cooler drinking game, etc. Ask all athletes to pay an entry fee that will go to Lola's Rescue.
Pancake Breakfast
This is a perfect event to host before work or worship service. Create a mouthwatering hot breakfast menu with coffee and juice. Charge $10 a plate!
Play-Off
Choose your favorite sport and put departments, grades, genders, or teachers vs. students against each other. Invite the rest of the school or company to watch and cheer. Sell tickets or charge an admission at the door.
Quiz Bowl
Hold a trivia night at a local establishment. See if the restaurant will donate a gift card to the winner and a portion of the night’s proceeds to Lola's Rescue.
Showcase talent or make a fool of yourselves for fun (and charity)!
Spot the Baby Competition
Have everyone bring in a photo of when they were a baby. Have co-workers, friends, or family see who can name the most. Charge $5 for each entry.
Tug of War
Which department or class is the strongest? Hold a tug of war tournament to find out. Teams pay an entry fee and are encouraged to create names, t-shirts and cheers. Afterwards, hold a pot luck.
Setup a Golf of Mini Golf Tournament with proceeds going to Lola's Rescue.
Motorcycle Run
Plan a Charity Motorcycle Run to support Lola's Rescue.