We did a HUGE fundraiser last year - but it was seriously about 2 months full time job for us on the comittee, so we can't face another for about 5 years

We made a chinese auction night (you have like 80 or 90 different prizes, but you put your tickets into the one you want to win, some cost 1 ticket to enter, some cost more, but that way you can go for what you want, rather than a traditional raffle where you win whatever order your ticket comes out in)

We gave out a booklet to everybody (we got i think around 300 or so ladies there (it was a ladies night) and people had paid for add's in there.

We also had an auction were we auctioned off prizes, including one piece of artwork per class from the school - one of the classes went for $1400 (it was really gorgeous - the boys has superimposed a b&w picture of their class onto a canvas and then painted around it), and we had packages - we got a single new bed, new mattress, new doona, new linen etc that was all 1 auction prize.

We worked really hard to get (and collect) all the donations - ranging from moutain buggy pram, a silver cross pram, to things like an upright freezer, OiOi nappy bag, 3 months gym membership etc etc.

We also sold people a package where they got 1 chance in every chinese auction for like $180 instead fo $250 - we sold around 20 of them which was $3600 just like that.

We charged $10 at the door from memory (i'm trying to block it out it was that much work, i barely slept in days), and they got 2 free tickets.

Offering c/c facilities also helped.

We put on a beautiful supper also.

It was done in memory of our dear friend who was on the PTA with us who passed away suddenly in her sleep last year leaving 5 gorgeous children behind.. it was her dream to do this function so we did it for her.

In the end we made around $28,000 profit.