Restaurant Take Over Fundraising

Youth group contacted a local restaurant and volunteered to serve as dishwashers, bus persons, and buffet servers during the winter season, which is a slow time due to less tourists. We negotiated an amount the restaurant owner would donate for the volunteer services. Each youth had opportunity to work approximately 2 hours. We volunteered for 2 evenings. In exchange for being allowed to work in the restaurant our group promised to bring him additional patrons on the evenings they volunteered so the project was mutually beneficial. The owner also allowed us to inform the general public of our volunteer status and set up a donation box by the cash register for additional contributions. Hard work but a great fundraising idea.

This idea comes from a website called Do It Yourself Fundraising and you can find their website here