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Get a bunch of pink flamingos (we paid $5.99 for six flamingo driveway reflectors through Oriental Trading Post) Other resources might be Walmart - I've been told that they can order them for you in the Spring; some garden stores also have them in stock or can get them for you. If you decide on the large plastic birds, expect to pay about $10 for 2. Put the flamingos in a church member's yard. The idea is that the yard will look so hideous with the pink birds that the church member will be more than happy to give a donation toward the fund raiser to get them out of there. Some options to consider are: *pre-sell flamingo insurance to prevent yards from getting flocked; *when a church member gets flocked, they get to pick the next victim; and *have a map at the church that charts their progress. We found this fund raiser to provide benefits far beyond what was expected. Letting the member whose yard is flocked chose the next yard included far more members than we expected. Not only members who attended worship every Sunday were flocked - we used it as an outreach tool. We flocked people who rarely attended, or who had only just started visiting! We discovered that no one was willing to be the last one to pass them on! Everyone was interested in where the flocks were (we had four flocks out). Conversation between members on Sun. morning usually started with, "I saw the flamingos in your yard...." The birds really brought the "family" together. And we even heard, "I'm glad they came to our house. I thought we were going to be left out." Allowing for donations instead of a set fee increased our income. The average donations was $25, but donations actually ranged from $10 - $200! We were able to raise close to $2,000 for our summer youth servant trip. Give it a try - we had a GREAT time with the cute, pink, little birds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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