Organizing the Sale

Fund raising bake sales are a terrific way to make money for charity, but they are a lot of hard work. Members of your group need to be willing to put forth a great deal of effort to ensure the fundraiser is a success. Most people have a sweet tooth and are more than willing to part with their money for a homemade treat. First, you will need to select a leader for the fundraiser. This should be someone with great organizational skills. Her duties will include delegating responsibilities and organizing volunteers. She needs to be a people person and someone who can get people to do her biding without protest. Volunteers are needed to bake homemade goodies for the sale, seek out donations from local bakeries, set up tables, sell goods, handle publicity, collect money, package baked goods, decorate tables and clean up after the sale.

Your Market

Busy women are always looking for ways to cut their work load. Target this market when putting on a bake sale. These women will often pick up several weeks worth of treats and freeze them to use later. This market alone can bring in several hundred dollars. Another way to sell baked goods is to set up a table near a church on Sunday morning. When church is over and people stream from its doors, you’ll have a steady stream of customers. Along with the baked goods, be sure that you have some lemonade or juice for sale. Baked goods are sweet and cause thirst. This will also help you to raise extra funds.

Donations

It helps if baked goods are fresh. Recruit the bakers from your group and have a two day baking marathon. If your group doesn’t have a kitchen, ask a local church to donate theirs. Churches will often allow groups raising money for charity to have use of their kitchen without charge. If need be, donate a monetary gift for children’s Sunday school papers, or a missionary project. Once you have the kitchen, have members gather together to bake pies, cakes, cobblers, cookies, date and nut loaves, zucchini loaves, cupcakes, tarts, fudge, peanut brittle, candy apples, caramelized popcorn and other goodies. Have volunteers visit local bakeries and ask for donations of homemade bread, rolls, doughnuts and any other treats they’d like to offer.