Bake Sales!

I belong to a volunteer group of kids. We meet a couple of times each month and do a project for our community.

We found that bake sales can really make a lot of money! One day we raised over $1,000 to send volunteers to India to help after a major earthquake. Another afternoon we raised over $500 to send copies of The Way to Happiness booklets to Israel. That project was done in support of the Association for Peace and Understanding in the Middle East.

The trick to holding a successful bake sale is not to charge too little! That cookie might only be "worth" $1 - but you can ask for $20 for it, if it's a fundraiser. And people will donate that much, too! And even more. We asked for donations of $20 for a cookie, and one lady donated over $300.

You just have to have a worthy cause, and people will help.