Fundraising Christmas ideas are easy to come by. As Charles Dickens wrote in "A Christmas Carol", it is the time when want is most keenly felt, and abundance rejoiced. There is also, of course, the Christian observance of the birth of Christ, and the belief that it is more blessed to give than to receive.
So, next question, how to raise money for whatever type of charitable group you might be working with? The sheer number of possible methods is downright staggering when it comes to the Christmas season. There are the old standards: trees, wreaths, cookies, candies, Christmas cards, ornaments and the various small-scale presents for family members. To list all of them would truly take several pages.
For those people who want to be high-tech, a simple search of the Internet will yield page after page of possibilities. Then, there are the old-fashion ways. One very popular method that is used by high school Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) is the turkey shoot. Now, this is not as bloodthirsty as it may sound. Normally, a high school JROTC unit will have a shooting range where the students (cadets) learn to fire a twenty-two caliber rifle. So, what more natural way of raising money than making use of their firing range? The process is simple: first, they need turkeys. Usually, a national grocery chain (e.g. Publix, Stop & Shop) will donate a quantity of frozen turkeys. Next, the unit prints up a standard sized piece of heavy-duty paper with a series of one inch diameter circles on it, and runs off as many as the number of turkeys they have to give away. They then take these around the neighborhoods and allow people to buy a circle for a dollar each. The people write their names in the circle(s) they buy. After all the sheets are filled, they are taken to the firing range and a cadet puts one shot in each. Whichever hole gets hit, or is closest to the bullet hole, that person gets a free Christmas turkey. Not a bad deal for anyone involved.
So, from this brief article, it is easy to see that there is a regular cornucopia of fundraising Christmas ideas. A lot depends on the group involved. Making use of firearms may be fine for a high school JROTC unit, but not so for a group of grandmothers knitting afghans. It really all comes down to what the members feel is the best way to proceed, then doing a bit of research into what is available. As previously stated, the possibilities are only limited by a person’s imagination.