Summer Fundraising Ideas
Summer Fundraising Ideas for Teams, Camps & Groups
Summer can be a great time to raise money when your fundraiser works around warm weather, vacations, travel, and busy schedules.
Browse our summer fundraiser ideas and choose the options that best fit your group's plans.
Summer Fundraising Ideas
Summer Fundraising Ideas for Teams, Camps & Groups
Summer can be a great time to raise money when your fundraiser works around warm weather, vacations, travel, and busy schedules.
Browse our summer fundraiser ideas and choose the options that best fit your group's plans.
Recommended Summer Fundraisers
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Perfect Scents for Every Season
Perfect Scents for Every Season is one of our first summer recommendations for groups that want a candle fundraiser that doesn’t depend on refrigerated food or heat-sensitive candy delivery. The brochure is available year-round, so it works well when your summer schedule doesn't line up with seasonal catalogs.
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Your supporters can choose from soy-blend candles, wax melts, room sprays, essential oils, and other fragrance products for their homes or as gifts. Your sellers can also share the online store with family and friends they may not see during the summer.
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Your group can sell with the brochure, add online fundraising for a hybrid fundraiser, make it cashless, or keep it completely virtual. Brochure and online ship-to-group sales earn 50% when your group reaches 150 items and 40% below that. Ship-to-home and virtual-only orders earn 40%.
Simply Delicious
Simply Delicious can work as a summer fundraiser when your group wants to give your supporters plenty of food choices. Along with Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough, the brochure includes French bread pizza, cheese and sausage, cheesecake, baking accessories, and more.
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Your group earns 40% profit, with no minimum order or upfront brochure costs, and each seller's order is packed separately to make distribution easier.
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Because some of these products are frozen or refrigerated, summer delivery takes a little more planning. We recommend choosing your delivery timing carefully and having your families pick up their orders promptly so the products aren't sitting in the heat.
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Spring Heartland Goodies and Gifts
Spring Heartland Goodies and Gifts is a summer fundraiser to consider if your group wants one catalog with a wide mix of products. Your supporters can shop for gifts, chocolates, flowers, and more, giving your sellers plenty of choices to share.
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We especially like this option for teams that want to start raising money before fall. Your group earns 40% profit on every item.
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Because some food and snack products can be affected by summer heat, plan your delivery so families can pick up their boxes promptly. We don't recommend leaving products in hot cars, gyms, or other warm storage areas.
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Coffee Fundraiser
A coffee fundraiser can be a good summer choice when your group wants a product that appeals mainly to adult buyers. Coffee fits into home, work, and travel routines, and it doesn't bring the same summer heat concerns as chocolate or refrigerated foods.
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Boston Coffee Roasters offers your group a brochure fundraiser with no upfront costs, and you earn 40% profit on every sale.
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We especially like coffee for groups with parents, coaches, coworkers, and other adults they can reach during the summer. It gives your sellers something useful to offer while they're raising money for upcoming expenses.
Questions?
Best Summer Fundraisers for Groups
The best summer fundraisers fit your group's schedule and give supporters something they will enjoy buying. Our summer fundraiser ideas include different ways to sell, so you can choose what works best when your families are traveling or busy with summer activities.
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Some groups prefer easy summer fundraisers that keep selling simple, while others want an online option they can share with family and friends wherever they are.
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When we help you compare fundraising ideas for summer, we look at what you’re selling, when your orders will arrive, and how your families want to participate.
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If you’re still narrowing down fundraising ideas for the summer, keep in mind that warm weather means some products need a little more planning for delivery and pickup. A little planning can make summer fundraising much easier for your group.
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Our summertime fundraisers include both catalog and online options, and we can help you find fundraisers for summer that fit your plans.
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If you're looking for fun summer fundraisers, we can also help you compare our other summertime fundraising ideas. When we look at fundraising ideas summer groups can use, the goal is simple: find something that fits your plans and helps your sellers raise the money they need.
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If keeping things simple matters most, we can help you narrow down our easy fundraising ideas, too.
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Summer Camp Fundraising Ideas
If your families need help with registration, travel, equipment, or other camp expenses, our summer camp fundraising ideas can give them a way to start raising money before those costs are due. We recommend starting early so your families have time to reach their goals without feeling rushed.
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Our camp fundraiser ideas can work for day camps, overnight camps, and other summer programs. When families compare fundraising ideas for summer camps, we can help them choose an option that fits their schedule and how they want to sell.
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The right camp fundraising ideas can make funding for summer camps more manageable for your families. Fundraising for camp works best when families have enough time to sell and feel good about
what they're offering.
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For school trips and outdoor programs, fundraising ideas for school camps may also include science camp
ideas and other educational travel expenses.
Summer Sports and Preseason Fundraisers
Summer sports fundraisers can help your team raise money for registration fees, uniforms, travel, equipment, and other season expenses. Our summer fundraiser ideas for sports teams give players and families different ways to reach people who want to help.
You can also explore our Sports Fundraising Ideas when you want to compare additional options for your team.
We’ve worked with summer fundraisers for sports teams for years, and we know every team's expenses and schedule can be different. If you're comparing youth sports fundraising ideas, we can help you find an option that works with when your team needs the money and how your players want to sell.
Cheer can get expensive quickly with camps, choreography, uniforms, travel, and competition fees. Our summer fundraisers for cheer teams can help your families get an early start, and our Cheer Fundraising Ideas can help you compare summer fundraising ideas for cheerleading based on your squad's goals.
Dance families face many of the same costs. If your team needs summer dance fundraiser ideas, our Dance Team Fundraising Ideas can help you get started before competition season, giving your dancers more time to raise money for costumes, entry fees, and travel. For studios with competitive teams, our gymnastics fundraising ideas can also help families with summer training and upcoming season expenses.
Swim teams also have pool rentals, coaching, equipment, and travel to consider. If you’re looking for summer swim team fundraising ideas, we can help you choose something your swimmers and their families can share throughout the season.
Our football fundraiser ideas depend a lot on when your team wants to start. If you're comparing Football Fundraising Ideas, a May, June, or July fundraiser can help with camps and summer expenses, while pre-season fundraising ideas in August can help your team or booster club get ready for fall. We can narrow your choices based on your timing and what your families will enjoy selling.
Back-to-School Fundraisers
Summer fundraisers for schools can help your group raise money for trips to Washington, DC, museums, STEM-themed theme parks, and other activities planned for the new school year.Our Field Trip Fundraising Ideas and School Trip Fundraising Ideas can also help groups compare options for educational trips and other school travel expenses.
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Back-to-school fundraisers can begin in late summer, giving your PTO group, club, team, or class a
chance to get started before the early fall rush.
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Our summer fundraising ideas for schools can also keep things simple as families get back into their
routines. We can help you choose something that’s easy for them to share without adding too much to an
already busy time.
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If the timing works for your group, fundraising ideas for the summer can help you start raising money
sooner instead of waiting until every other organization begins selling in the fall.
Summer Fundraising Products to Consider
When you're comparing summer fundraising products, consider the weather, storage, and whether you want orders packed for each seller or delivered in bulk. Candle fundraisers and coffee fundraisers can be especially good summer choices because they aren't centered on frozen foods or chocolate-heavy sales.
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Spring Heartland Goodies and Gifts can also work well when your group wants a larger catalog, and Popcorn Fundraisers offer another product option when the timing and delivery fit your summer plans.
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Simply Delicious is one of our stronger-performing food fundraisers and can still be a great summer choice. Orders arrive on refrigerated trucks, so it works best when your group has refrigerated storage ready and can distribute your sellers' orders promptly.
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Snackin’ in the USA and In-Hand Sellers may also work for some groups, but summer heat deserves a little more thought. If products could end up sitting in a hot car, gym, or storage area, we can help you decide whether that option makes sense for your timing.
Online Fundraising for Summer Groups
Online Fundraising can be especially helpful during the summer when your sellers may not see everyone in person. They can share our online stores by text, email, or social media with family and friends who are traveling, live farther away, or simply aren't part of their usual summer routine.
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For most groups, we still recommend combining the online store with a brochure. With hybrid fundraising, your sellers can take brochure orders from the people they see and share the store with the people they don't, giving them more opportunities to reach supporters and increase their sales.
Church, Youth, and Travel Group Summer Fundraisers
If you're looking for church youth summer fundraising ideas, our Church Fundraising Ideas can help your group raise money for mission trips, camps, travel, and other summer activities. Starting early gives your families more time to work toward their goals.
You can also explore our Youth Organization Fundraising Ideas when you want options written specifically for youth groups.
Our youth fundraiser ideas can also work for scouts, community programs, and other youth organizations. Tell us a little about your group and what you're raising money for, and we can help you narrow your choices.
Travel groups can use our summertime fundraising ideas to start raising money before their trip or activity gets closer. The earlier your group begins, the more time your sellers have to reach family and friends without feeling rushed.