Large Fundraising Ideas?

Please help me come up with some great fundraising ideas so my co-workers and I can help feed DC's homeless.

• I need some fundraising ideas to help feed DC's homeless. Every year, my office of roughly 200 people is split into two teams to "compete" against each other to see who can raise more money to donate to the http://www.dccentralkitchen.org/. It's a great cause, and the competition is very friendly. I've been tasked with coming up with a few good ideas to raise money. So far, here's my ideas: - Charity Kareoke - everyone who attends has the option to buy songs at $5 a pop. The twist is that you don't have to sing, but can choose to assign the song to someone else. - Keg Party - after work happy hour, charging $10 at the door. We're able to get a good deal on a keg though a contact at a beer distributor. - Book sale - We're encouraging people to bring in books that they've read to sell to they're co-workers. Has anyone had success with office wide fundraising?

• Answer:

  Raffles are easy, because they're open to anything you provide. Get a couple of baskets, fill them with things people like (themes are helpful if people are working together to get items without planning things in detail). Talk to local businesses and tell them that you're raffling the items in-office to raise funds, and tell them the success from prior years, and you could get some freebies. If you have a few particularly crafty folks, they could sell their goods (or add them to raffle baskets). I know some knitters who will churn out scarves like nothing, often as a way to pass time or something to do while watching TV. You might have a few such folks in your office.