I also like Chinese auctions, a bingo, wine sale, etc.. A lot of these things are easy to be done, and a lot you can get donors for the items.
Locally I know of 2 organizations that raise almost their entire years worth of expenses via those. Another organization I know sends out magnet calendars to the entire country at this point. They then get advertisers from each community hat they are targeting. And every year their list of places they send it to grows. This might seem simple and small, but over time it has grown and raises a ton for the organization (you can send an envelope to the people with the calendar, hoping to get them to pay, but the costs is all covered by the advertisers).
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