Creative Fundraising Ideas
Do What You Love. Use Your Creativity to Help Save Animals.
You don’t have to write a big check to help Sweetpea.
Use what you got. Do what you do best. Get your friends in on it. Enjoy yourself.
Your hobby, your job, your friends, a Saturday afternoon, or even that thing gathering dust in your basement can help Sweetpea rebuild a life-saving resource for animals in Central Massachusetts.
Big or small, it all adds up.
Start With What You Already Have
Flip Something for Sweetpea
Sometimes a fundraiser is already sitting in your basement. Have an old desk, chair, table or dresser?
Give it a little love, sell it and donate the proceeds to Sweetpea.
You get to make something. Animals benefit. Everybody wins.
Make What You Make
Already have a hobby?
Make candles. Sew dog bandanas. Knit. Crochet. Make jewelry. Paint. Make soap. Build things. Create ornaments.
Make a few extras and sell them for Sweetpea.
You don’t need to learn something new. Double down on something you already love doing.
Declutter for Dogs
Cleaning out the basement, garage or closet?
Before donating or tossing everything, pick a few things worth selling. List them online, a quick post on Facebook Marketplace could bring in a few bucks, you could event have them Venmo the payment directly to Sweetpea.
Your clutter could do some good.
Get Your Workplace Involved
Use these ideas or come up with your own.
Be the office hero!
- Dress Down for the Dogs
- Sweats/Jeans/Sneakers to work for Sweetpea – Wear sweats to work in exchange for donation to Sweetpea
- Sweets for Sweetpea Office bake sale
- Workplace raffle
- Department challenge
- Each department gets a week (or longer) to raise money however they want: dress-down days, bake sales, donation jars, pet-photo contests, selling crafts, etc.
- Donation jar
- Bring in a box of snacks for the breakroom and put a donation jar next to it with information about Sweetpea F.O.R. Animals
- Ask about employer matching Include Sweetpea F.O.R. Animals in employee newsletter/intranet
Venmo @SweetPeaForA
Use Your Time & Talents
Your skill doesn’t have to have anything to do with animals to help animals.
Ideas
- Rake leaves/Shovel snow/Mow lawns
- Wash cars
- Walk dogs
- Pull weeds
- Stack firewood
- Pet sit/Babysit
- Pet portraits
- Bake to order
- Sew or craft
- Furniture flipping/refinishing
- Other small services
Venmo @SweetPeaForA
Get the Kiddos in on it!
Lemonade/Cider/Cocoa Stand for Sweetpea
Bake for the Animals: Cookies, brownies, cupcakes or homemade dog treats. Sell them to neighbors, family or at a yard sale.
Create for Critters: Make friendship bracelets, bookmarks, painted rocks, keychains, drawings, ornaments or other crafts
Walk for the Dogs or Pet Sit
Suds for Sweetpea: Hold a car wash – or a dog wash if you’ve got some cooperative neighborhood dogs!
Chores for Paws: Rake leaves, pull weeds, shovel snow, sweep porches, bring in trash or help neighbors with little jobs in exchange for a donation.
Toy Sale for Sweetpea: Outgrown toys, books and games? Sell them for Sweetpea… but ask your parents first.
Birthday for Sweetpea: Instead of presents, ask birthday guests to bring a few dollars for Sweetpea.
Change for Change: See how much change the family can collect in a month.
Read for Rescue: Get family and friends to pledge a small amount for every book the child reads.
Cans for Cats & Canines: Collect eligible bottles and cans and donate the redemption money to Sweetpea.
Get the Whole Class Involved: With teacher/school permission, kids could organize a coin drive, pajama day, pet-photo contest or classroom challenge.
Kids often have better ideas than adults. Ask:
“If you had to raise $25 to help an animal, what would you do?”
Venmo @SweetPeaForA
Making a Big Impact with Zero Budget
- Print a Sweetpea flyer and ask your vet, groomer, coffee shop, workplace, gym or library to hang it up
- Invite friends to events
- Tell a business owner about Sweetpea
- Share the comeback story
- Follow us on Facebook and share our page
Venmo @SweetPeaForA
You Don’t Have to Raise $1,000
Someone flips a desk – image to the right sold for $100 and an extra $25 for delivery.
A kid sells lemonade and raises $32.
An office wears sweats and raises $400.
Someone hangs a flyer at their vet.
One person does a little. Then another person does a little.
That’s how a community rebuilds something together.
Find your way to help. We’ll do it together.
